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Each week, Pastors from the Grove challenge and encourage their community to be a missional church that brings the healing message of Jesus to a broken world. Join this thriving, progressive movement in the southeast valley of Phoenix, AZ, as we Love God, Grow Together and Serve the World.
Palmer starts our series off to remind us of the pieces to the Christmas Story. His talk will go into the 5 W's: who, what, when, where, and why.
Serve The World month has a speaker coming from Malawi, his name is Blessings Chibambo, and he is the Live Love Malawi Director. Hear his message on how it is because of His authority that we are to go and teach all nations, Christ's authority gives us maximum confidence that our efforts will not be in vain, and His authority is the basis for going and making disciples.
This service is on facing the impossible, but with Christ we can do it! Palmer reminds us that God lifts us up in the most challenging circumstances.
Please tune in as we look at the idea of cleansing our lives of cultural toxins. As Christians we are to be Holy, (set apart)
And often times that means being different from the standards of our society—and that can be hard!
This week we begin our new series "Do Something". Pastor Palmer discusses how the world is a broken place and how we can use our lives to change it. Do something that matters, something that is innovative, something that you love, and to start now.
Thank you for tuning in to our Ironman study. This week we take a look at the toxin of materialism.
Money and possessions never completely satisfy us, on Jesus can do that!
This week we are closing out our series in Creed. Nathan, our Youth Pastor, explores the perception we have of Jesus. Was He a liar, a lunatic, or exactly who He said He was. Lord and Savior.
This week, we are continuing our Creed series as Palmer teaches us about the fire of the Holy Spirit. Fire, as we know is not lukewarm, but burns full of energy. Palmer reminds us that with the power of the Holy Spirit, we have a supernatural power, a guiding power, the power of peace, love & joy, and the collective power of the church.
Today’s toxic emotion is ANGER! Anger doesn’t have to be toxic, but it often times is when we don’t control or channel it the right way.
We live in an angry world, and we as Christian men need to break the mold!
Palmer continues our Creed series and talks about our Good Good Father. God sent us his son to give us an example of how to be. Though there were challenges Jesus faced and even died for us, but we know God is a Good Good Father.
One of our Elders, Chrystal Richardson, opens our series, Creed: A Study of What We Believe. Forgiveness is a way to share the love of God with those close to us. There components are part of the forgiving process:
- Make room for it
- Bring something
- Do not linger
We are in chapter 6 this week of soul detox. The toxic emotion of the week is envy, I hope you guys enjoy the video and learn the art of contentment!
Byron shares his thoughts on overcoming struggles with boundaries. Some actions we can take are: setting boundaries at work, making sure you know what your job asks of you, making a list of the tasks you need to complete, and even speak with your boss to discuss any overload on your plate.
join us in our series about detoxing our minds and our souls! On this video we are talking about hidden hazardous waste in our life—uncovering and confessing lies and dishonesty in our lives
Join us for our third episode as we are going through our book called “Soul Detox” by Craig Groeschel.
We are blessed to have you part of our Sunday Worship. Closing out the month of August, Palmer speaks to us about the qualities of the influencer. Some of the most important qualities are they speak up, take action, and they are optimistic, full of hope, and more. These are also traits Jesus had and we can look to Him when we feel the struggles in our lives.
Join us for our second episode as we are going through our book called “Soul Detox” by Craig Groeschel. Kyle
Guest speaker, Justin Hamilton continues The Grove's Influencer series by giving us 3 ways on how Jesus can work within us, so we can show others the affect Jesus has on our lives and choices. We can influence many with our actions!
Jesus wants to give you a new perspective of yourself
Jesus wants to give you a new purpose for your influence
Jesus wants to give you a new passion for your city
Join us as we go through our new series at the Grove Church in Chandler Arizona. We are studying through a book called “Soul Detox” by Craig Groeschel. Follow us each week through our 8 week series!
Palmer Walks us through being an influencer in our tribes and what it looks like to be a good influencer vs a bad influencer and asks us who we are in our tribes.
By sharing our story we give people a chance to see who we are as followers of Christ. While we share our story, we can also bring people to Jesus.
Every day you have opportunities to influence people around you for Jesus Christ, and the most natural and effective way to influence people through Christ is through authentic, meaningful relationships.
Key Idea: God is ready to lead you into your most productive season of ministry, if you will stop chasing donkeys and hiding in your insecurity. This is your place, your moment is now.
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Nate unpacks Ancient Wisdom For All Seasons of life: summer, fall, winter, and spring. God is with us in all seasons of our lives.
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Hey Ironmen, thank you for joining us for our 6th and final episode of the summer series, as Kyle wraps up the book on giving and living generously. He goes over that we should live a generous life and bless everyone we meet cause when we go to heaven we leave everything behind so live a life full of love and generosity.
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Leading a generous life is what we can all do, Paul shows us what can be done with our lives and efforts. Placing our hands from being clenched, out, and up are physical and visual representations on how we can choose to live our lives.
The harvest is plentiful, but those willing to stand up, move out, and actually do something are few. Therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his field...Do something you love, do something engaging, and do something now." - Paul Chinchen
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Hey Ironmen, thank you for joining us for our 5th episode of the summer series. This week Kyle Goes over the ways of getting started wether that be with giving your time or money or even with the talents that God gave all of us.
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Children's Pastor, Christine Sani, shares Joseph's story of faithfulness. Our faiths will be tested, but we must remember circumstances outside our control cannot deter God's purposes for our lives. This is shown in the story of Joseph, which Christine will guide us through.
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Welcome to our 4th session of our summer series. This week we are diving into what we own and the value we place into those items. Each item we buy is another thing to think about, talk about, and clean, rearrange, and even replace it when it's gone.
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The story about Samson is one we know as a sign of strength. But what choices did Samson make with all the power he had from God? A perspective Scott takes, shows how God given abilities, as great as they are, will never make up for areas of continued disobedience.
Thank you for joining us for session 3. This week, we are speaking about our rewards in Heaven. But should that be the motivation for doing good deeds on earth? Navigating through this can be confusing, so Kyle will help us explore this concept.
Thank you men for joining us again this week for our study through The Treasure Principle.
Kyle goes personal about who our possessions and money really belong to. We are called to be humble and share what God has blessed us with.
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When facing challenges, we realize the solution speaks to being among people who are like minded and willing to take action. At the core of this concept is hope and with hope, we find Jesus.
Men welcome to our summer series on generosity! We are working our way through a book called The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn. Joy is so important to all of it but don't realize that giving is tied directly to feeling full and joyful. We hope this series enlightens all of us to the gift of giving!
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We all need someone who will support us and that support can make all the difference. Someone willing to take the uphill climb and do the hard thing. With God, you can be unstoppable!
The ways our souls are guided is by: surrendering our hearts, renewing our minds, and disciplining our bodies. When our souls are guided by God, just think of all God will do!
We all collect dust. On the roads of life, we all collect the dust and dirt of sin. Today, let Jesus Christ wash your soul clean.
Our soul is like a deep well that can only truly be filled from the inside. Look to Jesus to fill us up and our lives can change.
Hey Ironman, Welcome to our final episode on our series on evangelism. Kyle is going to go over on how to ask someone if they want to accept Jesus into their heart and how to go through that process
Hey men, Thank you for listening in this week! We are grateful for the opportunity to share the gospel with those we encounter but what is the gospel??? Kyle dives deep into what the gospel means. We hope this enlightens you on how to share what the gospel is.
How Gratitude Works:
Benefit: Wake up to the good
Benefactor: Give God the credit
Beneficiary: Realize, I am the blessed one
Benediction: Practice gratitude
Gratitude is you super power. Ingratitude is your kryptonite.
Hey Ironman on this weeks Podcast Kyle is going to expand on his talk last about the "How To's" of evangelism and goes over the story of the rich young ruler and shows us how Jesus can work in our lives.
Hey Ironmen, we had an amazing weekend in Mexico for our man camp if you missed it but wanted to hear about it come connect with us via our page at thegroveaz.org. we are continuing with week 6 of our series on evangelism talking about how to talk about evangelism and what to do.
4 Pillars to a wholistic approach: Christian Community, Attached to Jesus, Rest, Eliminate Hurry
Welcome back for another week in our Evangelism series! We are praying for you as we all go through these new ideas of sharing our faith. Today we have a special guest Kody Kness. He has an incredible message on the times we should be sharing the gospel and our appointed times. We hope you take something away from this today!
You are created by God, with a purpose, to make a difference in this world for His kingdom.
Hey Ironman, Kyle is bringing us a great message on where should we share our faith. Even in times where we are scared to share our faith, God is telling us to push ourselves and share his story with all those around us no matter how awkward it can be.
Life in the kingdom of heaven starts here and now. It's the kingdom of love, joy, peace, blessing and justice. We are agents of Christ's Kingdom.
Hey Ironman, hope you have great a week. Kyle has an amazing message on why you should share your faith. Hope you are feeling blessed this Easter week.
Jeremy Jernigan digs into Why Christianity is Unfair. What we find is that Jesus' kingdom doesn't work out like we'd expect.
Hey Ironman, Thank you for joining us for week two of our series on evangelism. Kyle takes us through the parabel of the lost son. He talks about how when the father welcomes back his son he does it with dignity and loves his son as God Loves us. So we should do the same with people we meet and talk with dignity and love.
Hey Ironman, we are back with a new series on evangelism. Kyle takes us through the importance of sharing your faith with others, and how no matter where you are in your faith journey you can bring people to God.
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Leaders learn to be self-aware, manage their emotions, and pay attention to the emotions of others. An amazing resource to explore these emotions and how to be self-aware is the Enneagram.
Continuing our Art of Leading series, we see that "Ok" is not ok, Go for Gold, Open The Door.
When leading, the bottom-line has to be watched. The "bottom-line" is revenue minus expenses. Leaders watch the bottom line at work and at work. Is your bottom-line God's bottom-line?
Hey men, We hope your week has been blessed. This is our final week together in this series. Don't worry, we will be back on March 29th with a new series we hope you will join us for. We pray this series has impacted you and you have created some Godly men to keep you accountable in life.
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Pastor Scott Shows us the ways of being a leader in our workplaces by being the light and showing christ with our whole being no matter where we are in our life.
This Weekend palmer Chinchen goes over that we should love each other no matter what and to love your neighbors as your self.
The friends who believe in God are part of your "God Squad." Your God squad will shape you, they should be safe, and will walk through the fire with you.
Hey Ironman, If this is your first time joining us welcome! Kyle has been going through a series on Friendship. If you want to hear the previous messages check them out on Youtube under The Grove. Today is a tough conversation through confession but we must understand the importance of that in order to get better and have open relationships with Godly men.
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Children's Pastor, Christine Sani, speaks about what the opposite of love is, how our choices shape our love, and how her life experience has shaped her outlook on love.
Palmer explains the 4 pillars of love in a marriage: Agape, Companion, Action, Embrace. The 5th and final component is a Spiritual one. The final component of the wedding canopy is the prayer shawl completing the Chuppah.
God has dreams for your life too! It's important that we don't let our God Dreams die, the dreams you have can also dramatically impact others and help change the world for good.
Lead Pastor, Palmer Chinchen, shares what The Grove is looking to accomplish in the next 20 years. Our vision is to multiply: Christ-Followers, Leaders, Change Makers & Creatives, and Worship Houses.
Paul Gunther goes over how our generational moments affects us and how we can use our moments to grow and to help others grow
The Grove turns 20 this year and Palmer shares the beginnings of our church. He speaks with his wife Veronica Chinchen and later interviews the Baxter Sisters and how their story is integrated with The Grove
As we start a new year, setting goals is important. Including God in all your goals, would be a great way to start the year. A few categories for goals range from: Spiritual Goals, Mental Health Goals, Relational Goals, Physical/Personal Goals, and you can combine categories!
With all the distractions and stress in the world, we can find clarity when our focus is on one thing.
We can all help in our communities, but help should not be dispersed one time a year. Help comes in the form of showing grace and mercy, compassion and understanding, and love on a regular basis. Love is the remedy and it will change your perspective.
Osheta Moore goes over how our stories are unique and how we can follow God and how to center our lives around Jesus and how he loved us all and how we can use that to love our neighbors and those around us.
If you have spoken to people who have been on a mission trip, the common theme you will find is that most people say to GO! They know that it is worth the risk, the experience changes them, and the world is crying for help. So start now, and GO!
Completing a marathon is not an easy task and help is always required. Help we can turn to and always depend help from God. Lean on Him and he will be there no matter what point in the race you are in.
Some lies we hear are: "you can do it ALL BY YOURSELF" "ALL hope is lost" or "I'm NEVER going to
Our Spiritual Formation is a process and a journey of opening our hearts to a deeper connection with God. We are actively involved in our growth with God, who is always inviting us into a deeper more meaningful relationship with Him.
it's in our shared experience of a meal that we find love, comfort, belonging, intimacy, and friendship. We must never forget in our pursuit of health that community is truly one of the most important pursuits.
Pastor Palmer goes over the effects of worship on us: how it brings us back to him, restores our soul, changes the posture of our heart and reminds us what matters most.
Palmer Chinchen goes over the ways that God has a plan for you: Plans to prosper you and plans for you to be a change in the world.
Pastor Anthony Edwards touches on these 4 ideas on how fasting helps our relationship with God; Seek Him Out, Know His Ways, Pursue His Answer, Draw closer to Him
Aug 15 | This Is Our Moment | Palmer Chinchen, PhD
Think big, trust in God and follow Him into your next bold step of faith.
Life is filled with moments of opportunity from God. You can ignore them, waste them, and let them slip by or you can choose to capture the Divine moments to make your life count and change this world for good.
July 25 | Summer Book Club | Palmer Chinchen, PhD
Change your thinking, change your life.
July 18 | Summer Book Club | Paul Gunther
Exchange a mild and mundane faith for life with an uncontainable God.
June 27 | THRIVE | Palmer Chinchen, PhD
Relationships require boundaries, learning their story, grace, and peace.
June 20 | THRIVE- Overcoming Life's Greatest Struggles | Byron Chinchen
We can all thrive through life's disappointments by making decisions like Paul.
Jun 13 | THRIVE- Overcoming Life's Greatest Struggles | Palmer Chinchen, PhD
God multiplies and blesses when you let go and invest in heaven.
April 11 | Brad Lomenick
We need to build our life around this framework: Identity, Calling, and Assignment
June 6 | THRIVE- Overcoming Life's Greatest Struggles | Paul Gunther
Thrive with the authentic me from the outside and inside.
May 2 | To The Ends Of The World | Christine Sani
God wants us to stop for the one every time.
April 18 | To The Ends Of The World | Palmer Chinchen, PhD
We are called to go to the ends of the world. You have the power to make change.