Beyond the Weekend: Recent Episodes
New Heights Church
Beyond the Weekend is a podcast by New Heights Church continuing the conversation around the weekend messages as well as discussing cultural and spiritual topics prevalent today.
Matt Nissen sits down with Shelly & Mark Johnson and Sarah Martinez to discuss New Heights’ annual trip to Slovakia. They talk about teaching English, building projects, and the cultural differences of a post-communist country as it pertains to faith.
Matt Nissen sits down with Matt Edmonds, Chad Leonard and Jaret Carlson to discuss New Heights’ annual trip to Indonesia. They talk about the goal of the trip as well as the day to day routine, travel regimen, and how God uses their time there.
Matt sits down to recap the summer camp season with Evan, Justin and Gabrielle. They discuss our biggest camp season to date with stories of how God has been moving in the lives of students here at New Heights this summer.
Matt Nissen and JP Mumley sit down to wrap up our series with the Heart Problem of guilt.
Matt Nissen sits down with Mark Hartley this week, to discuss the heart problem of anger.
Matt Nissen and Matt Edmonds sit down with their Big Gulps to talk more about greed and how it is prevalent in our culture.
Beyond the Weekend is back! Matt Nissen sits down with Matt Edmonds to kick off our new series: Heart Problems. They look back at the origin of this series and look forward at what is to come as our church walks through it.
Matt Edmonds sits down with the four members of the production team that were tasked with the privilege of capturing Ryan & April’s story. They get to share fun stories about their time overseas and the impact the trip made on their lives.
This week we continue in our advent devotionals with a focus on peace. Take time to pray and seek the Lord as you listen.
This Christmas season, as a church family, we get to study the four traditional themes of Advent. This week Natalie unpacks the theme of Hope in a very non-traditional Beyond the Weekend podcast. Take some time to listen and pray as you do.
It’s a big week for New Heights! Amy sits down with Mark Hartley and Patricia Tiernan as they highlight some fun announcements from the West Vancouver Campus and our church as a whole, including a Lead Pastor candidate.
We’re coming up on the 8 year anniversary of Iglesia Nuevas Alturas joining New Heights Church. Oscar Suarez sits down with Amy Ruth and shares the story of how God brought our congregations together, including some painful pieces of his own faith journey. Deeply wounded from a previous church he first pastored, Oscar swore off ministry telling God, “never again.”
Week three of our Campus Highlights series, hearing the stories of how God is at work in and through people at New Heights. Central Vancouver is in focus today, with Corey Hancock and special guest, Tom Flagg. In late elemtary school, Tom was introduced to Jesus by the foster family he lived with. 50+ years later, he's made it his life's work to introduce the next generation to Jesus. Listen in for a little bit of New Heights history and huge dose of inspiration!
Big news at Battle Ground ... after a year-long search, we've got a Campus Pastor! Amy Ruth and Matt Nissen sit down with John McLeod for a lively Q&A.
We're kicking off a 5-week campus flyby with an East Vancouver highlight. Amy is joined by JP Mumley and Geoff Bennett as they celebrate the launch of an Alcoholics Victorious meeting at the East Vancouver campus. Geoff shares his story of alcoholism and the impact community had on his recovery.
Matt, Chad, and Becca sit down for pt. 2 of our worship takeover of Beyond the Weekend. They field more questions from listeners as well as answer common questions around worship and production.
This week we have a special episode of Beyond the Weekend. We're joined by a few of New Heights' worship leaders (Matt Nissen, Becca Pickrel and Chad Leonard) to discuss all things worship. They cover a few questions that were written in as well as a few other common questions surrounding worship.
Matt Edmonds is joined on the podcast by Josh Carlson and Evan Ramirez. Josh and Evan talk about their longtime friendship through trials and conflict and how they have mended their relationship.
This week, Matt is joined by Sarah Martinez and Andrea Cornwell to share an amazing story of our church’s community lived out to show care and generosity.
Matt sits down with experienced accountability partners, Nick Canazzi and Ben Young, to discuss the how and why behind holding each other accountable.
Matt sits down to interview Steve Boe and Terry Wren. Steve and Terry have served together for years and have lots of wisdom to share about friendship and the beauty of serving God together.
The podcast is back! The campus pastors and Matt Edmonds sit down to recap a giant summer of God's faithfulness as well as touching on the wins of homecoming weekend.
Amy hosts Mark for our last episode of BTW before we break for the summer. They discuss what it means to go through the narrow door while understanding that we can’t work for our salvation.
Mark and David sit down to discuss the Supremacy of Christ, as well as the different roles the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit play in the Trinity.
Today on Beyond the Weekend, we get a student ministries take over! Justin and Evan get to talk about the struggles facing this next generation as well as what you can do as a parent or leader of students to help.
Today, the teaching pastors sit down to talk about how to live our earthly lives with hopeful expectation of Jesus’ return.
Today the teaching team discuss greed, our abundance of wealth in America, and the dichotomy of the kingdom of God being now and not yet.
David and Mark explore how to take prayer to another level as modeled by the writings of Paul.
Amy and David sit down to talk about what it means to pray the same prayer over and over again—both in practice and in their own lives.
JP, Mark, Corey and Evan sit down to talk about prayer and bringing our requests to a Father who loves us.
Today on the podcast we get a special treat! ALL of this weekend’s teaching pastors (Corey Hancock, JP Mumley, Justin Laskowski, and Mark Hartley) discuss the story of the Good Samaritan that they each taught at their campus.
Amy and David sit down to talk about how we maintain unity as the body of Christ while also holding differing opinions on secondary issues.
Mark and David sit down to discuss the importance of the seemingly boring parts of the Bible. They also discuss the inerrancy of scripture and some difficult passages in the Bible.
Amy and David sit down to talk about celebrity pastors, fame, social media, and the culture we try to build here at New Heights.
Mark, Matt Edmonds, and special guest Matt Snyder talk about the weekend's message, what they had to leave on the cutting room floor, and what lessons they learned as they prepared their messages.
Corey and Mark get the unique opportunity to sit down and talk about a well known parable they both got to teach from this weekend.
Amy sits down with Mark to talk about our new Parables series and how to study the Bible, with plenty of tangents.
David and Mark discuss a lot of questions surrounding Noah and the unusual story in Genesis as well as the difficulties surrounding alcohol through the lens of the Bible.
Mark, David and Ben sit down to talk through what it means to live on the other side of the flood.
John Warren hosts Beyond the Weekend to discuss the complications of the flood story, as well as the subject of doubt.
Happy New Year! Today on Beyond the Weekend, Mark and David discuss the importance of spiritual disciplines in growing in your relationship with God.
Late night recording on Beyond the Weekend! Mark, David and Paul record after Thursday services with some hot takes and more discussion about Christmas in Israel.
Special guest Ben Ronda joins us for some story time from Israel. Mark and David look at the evil of Herod and the hope of Jesus.
David and Mark sit down to talk about more common misconceptions surrounding the birth story of Jesus.
Mark Hartley is back hosting the podcast! And today we talk about the "why" behind the Christmas In Israel series. We also get a fun behind the scenes look at the series.
David and Beth sit down for a part II of their interview to discuss the vision for counseling at New Heights Church.
This week on Beyond the Weekend, David sits down with our Director of Counseling Beth Claes, to get to know more of her story. This is the first part of a two part podcast interviewing Beth. If you have any questions about Beth or the future of counseling here at New Heights, email them to podcast@newheights.org
John is back hosting with David on Beyond the Weekend discussing dinosaurs, Christmas lights and chiastic structure in the Bible.
John Warren hosts the podcast for the first time with plenty of shenanigans. Plus David and John talk about taking the Bible literally when it comes to Genesis 1-11.
Amy Ruth hosts the podcast and talks to David about life expectancy, fallen angels, and much more all surrounding Genesis 6.
David sits down to interview Dr. Drea Olmstead an OBGYN who used to perform abortions but has since become an anti-abortion advocate.
This week on Beyond the Weekend, David sits down with Dr. Jim Heid and Dr. Suzanne Slayton-Milam to hear about their expertise and experience surrounding abortion.
This week on Beyond the Weekend, David is joined by Pam Marchand. She shares all about Options 360 and how they help women with their sexual health, pregnancies and babies.
This week on Beyond the Weekend, David is joined by Jessica Layne. She shares her incredible story, the impact abortion has had on her life, and how God is using it to minister to others.
Matt Nissen and Matt Edmonds sit down (wearing the same shirt) to wrap up the Keep Christians Weird series.
It's the final episode of Beyond the Weekend before we take a break for the summer! David and Mark talk about what we can do to maintain a biblical relationship with money.
Mark and David sit down to discuss how they individually grow through the six catalysts for spiritual growth that David mentioned. They also discuss the importance of serving in the local church.
New Heights Student Ministries take over Beyond the Weekend! Evan Ramirez and Justin Laskowski sit down to talk about summer activities for students: Camp Black Lake for high school and Club Mid & Camp Getaway for middle school. They also break down the typical weekly gatherings of MSM and HSM.
Mark and David breakdown the most common reasons someone would be hesitant to join a community group.
Mark and David sit down to talk more about why church attendance has changed over the decades and what the implications are for us at New Heights.
Mark and David break down how we’re making more AND better disciples here at New Heights Church, and we get to hear a more in-depth story of how David came to New Heights.
David and Mark talk about the up and coming book groups and discuss the importance of God's story of redemption in all of our lives.
Mark gets to interview Eric Bustillo and hear more of his incredible story about how God pursued his life.
Beyond the Weekend welcomes David back to the podcast! After a few weeks of being gone, we get a special Easter episode where we’ll hear more details about David’s dad’s life as well as the significance of Easter and the resurrection of Christ.
Mark and Paul get to interview Corey Hancock, our new Kids Ministry Pastor, to hear about his testimony and ministry journey.
Beyond the Weekend regulars, Mark and Paul, get to sit down and interview John Warren, our East Vancouver campus worship pastor, to hear about his story and testimony after having a bit of fun.
Mark and David answer some questions sent in by listeners of the podcast (send your questions to podcast@newheights.org). They also cover some of the difficult passages from today’s message.
David, Mark and Paul sit down to discuss some of the Bible’s harder to believe stories.
It’s Beyond the Weekend’s 100th episode! Mark, David and Paul are back after a long break to catch up and discuss how far the podcast has come, as well as David’s message from this weekend.
Mark and David sit down to discuss questions pertaining to the challenging habit of obeying.
Justin Laskowski fills in for Mark Hartley on the podcast to ask David Whiting about our freedom of choice vs. God’s divine will when it comes to us accepting the gospel.
Mark and David are back in the new year to further discuss the new series Simple Steps.
Mark Hartley sits down with Ryan Beck to get a behind the scenes look at the ministry the Beck family is doing translating the Bible.
Mark and David sit down to breakdown questions regarding old prophecies of Jesus. They also debate who was in attendance for the nativity scene.
Mark and David sit down to breakdown questions regarding the Gospel of Matthew and Christmas.
Brenna Blain joins Mark and David to answer more questions sent in regarding gender and sexuality.
Mark and David try to help parents engage with their kids regarding the conversation about gender and sexuality. We also get to hear an interview with Brad Harper, author of the book, Space at the Table.
Today, Mark and David sit down to unpack more of the complexities regarding truth and grace as it pertains to gender and sexuality.
Mark and David unpack the complexities surrounding gender and our culture today; and David also gets to sit down and interview Katy Faust — author of the book "Them Before Us".
Mark Hartley, JP Mumley and Mark Forstrom all join Beyond the Weekend this week to discuss the unified message each of them delivered at their prospective campuses this weekend.
JP and Forstrom host Beyond the Weekend and dive further into Philippians 4:4-7 and talk about why its so hard to pray in the midst of our anxiety.
Mark and David discuss more difficult situations surrounding how Christians should respond to the culture around us, particularly regarding homosexuality.
Mark and David dive further into the passages discussed during the talk and tackle more difficult questions surrounding gender and sexuality.
Mark and David sit down to talk about why discussing gender and sexuality as a church is important. They also tackle other difficult questions surrounding the topic of gender and sexuality through the lens of the Bible.
Today we talk about preferences when it comes to which church you attend as well as balancing time when it comes to serving and joining community.
Today on the podcast Mark and David break down the reasons why and the complexities around meeting together as a church.
Today we bring back Beyond the Weekend, to discuss a lot of difficult questions regarding some controversial subjects as well as cover the latest series "Lesser Knowns".
Mark, David and Paul sit down to give a summer recap and catch up with everything that has been happening at New Heights this summer. They also look forward to the upcoming messages and groups in the fall.
Mark and David sit down to talk about the final sermon in the Genesis series. We also get an interview with Trillia Newbell the author of the book David read from this week.
David and Mark continue the conversation of how easily we can model the same behaviors that Adam and Eve demonstrated in the garden.
Mark and Scott get to sit down and dissect Scott's last message and why this passage of scripture was so important to him.
JP, David and JP's wife Abby get to sit down and unpack how God designed marriage in its ideal form.
Mark and David dive into difficult questions surrounding the important topic of gender.
Mark and David dive into tough questions about worldview. They also talk about being conscious of what worldview we are consuming when we consume media.
Mark and David talk about there favorite spots to marvel at the creator. They also unpack lots of questions surrounding the state of creation in Genesis 1 and 2.
JP guest hosts the podcast for Mark and breaks down the different creation theories with David.
Mark and David discuss the difference between philosophical naturalism and the account given to us in Genesis.
David and Bethany sit down with her parents, Mike & Carrie, to hear another perspective of Beth's story.
Matt, Mark, and Paul sit down and share more stories of youth events gone wrong. They also discuss sowing various seeds in your own life and seeing what God does with that seed.
Mark and Scott talk about the difficulties of sharing your faith with those in your life that need to hear it.
Mark and Mark get a chance to sit down and talk through the parable of the soils and how Jesus warns us about the condition of our hearts.
David, Mark and Paul sit down and debrief 1 Peter as a whole emphasizing grace, hope and suffering.
David, Mark and Paul tackle tough questions about our sinful nature, the world and the devil.
David, Mark and Paul start the show with an update on a couple special topics and then talk through the application of 1 Peter 5:5-11.
Mark and David break down how to live counter culturally while enduring persecution for your faith.
Mark and David continue the conversation from the weekend talking about: self care, love for others, hospitality and the end times.
Mark and David tackle the first talk in a new series covering salvation and works based theology.
David, Mark and Paul celebrate the 51 episode of BTW and share about how the first Christmas really went down.
David and Mark discuss the importance of knowing how far from hope the Jewish people were when Jesus arrived and how that hope in the darkest darkness is just as real today.
Mark and David talk about a week in David’s shoes and they continue the conversation of how the Christmas story gives us hope even with a haunting past.
Mark and Oscar talk about the impact of discipleship and how one brave girl changed Oscar’s life.
Natalie and Mark get to continue the conversation on Facing Fatigue and our reason for hope in the middle of it.
Natalie Myers interviews Joe Borelis as he kicks off the new series; “Facing Fatigue”. This week, Natalie and Joe dive deeper into more passages about grieving in the Bible, and discuss the importance of being honest with God.
Mark and David conclude the series and talk about steps forward in fighting the issue of racism.
Mark and David are joined by Pastor Thomas Anderson, who brings great insights to this crucial conversation.
David and Natalie Myers dig into the weekend talk and discuss the importance (and complications) of continuing the conversation in Community Groups.
David and Mark talk about the importance of getting out of our own echo chambers, and experiencing different perspectives.
Racism, justice, hope and the church. David and Mark talk about why history matters in understanding the issues at hand and why the Gospel is the answer.
Mark and David sit down to discuss the hard parts of the Bible and how we can be curious and not intimidated by them.
Mark and JP get into the weeds a little bit as they discuss the challenges of loving someone that you disagree with.
Mark and Mark get to talk about why understanding who we are in Christ is crucial to increasing our capacity in where God wants us to serve.
Mark and Scott sit down in the new studio and get a chance to talk about part one of the new series Waypoints and what Romans 12 looks like practically today.
David and Mark talk about God’s heart for the lost and how small intentional acts go a long way.
David and Mark continue the conversation about personal growth and how the church is the method to reach the hopeless.
David and Mark get a chance to talk about why church services are biblical and the need for community groups.
David and Mark expand on the new vision series and share about how God has used the different catalysts to impact our faiths.
Mark and Joe get a chance to share about what gentleness means in our culture vs what the Bible has to say about gentleness.
Mark gets to sit down with special guest Darren Berg, a missionary from Papua Indonesia. Enjoy the conversation as they talk about the reasons for faithfulness with God.
Mark and David sit down and catch up over a busy weekend for the Whiting family and talk through how the pursuit of goodness can only be found in the desire to bring God glory.
Mark and Scott get a chance to share some stories about the kindness from others and talk through the best way to grow in kindness.
Mark sits down with David, Michele and Chris to continue the the conversation on patience.
Mark sits down with everyone from the weekend and continues the conversation on peace and how Jesus gives you a peace that can’t be threatened.
David sits down to continue the conversation with Greg and Luana about finding Joy through Greg's MS.
The crew from this weekend’s talk sits down to continue the conversation about love and the difficulties of expressing it the same way Jesus does.
David Whiting and some New Heights friends sit down and talk about the issues of race in todays circumstances as they share about their experiences as people of color in Clark County.
David and Mark interview the guys responsible for making, "The Day God Died", and get a behind the scenes look of all that went into the series.
David and Mark sit down and talk about the blessing that is Communion and Jesus’ most vulnerable moment.
David and Mark go into more detail regarding Jesus' death and burial. They review some photos of Israel as well as share some stories from the trip.
David and Mark breakdown the weekend's message and share insight on the new four-phase plan for our state’s response to Covid-19.
David and Mark catch up on what’s next for New Heights and talk about the vulnerability of Jesus in the garden.
David and Mark continue to talk about the last week of Jesus' life, exploring why and how the religious leaders killed Jesus.
David and Mark take a walk through Jesus’ last week alive on Earth. They cover the beginning of the week with his journey through Jericho and his way up to Jerusalem.
Have you ever thought about the filters you have that you use to understand the world? David and Mark sit down and continue the conversation about worldviews and how the Christian worldview is the most hopeful.
Do you want to grow in your ability to share about Jesus? David and Mark sit down and cover the context of Covid-19 and talk about 1 Peter chapter 3 and what is our responsibility in sharing the gospel.
Mark and David sit down and talk about how New Heights is responding to Covid-19 and how you can help.
David Whiting and Mark Hartley continue the conversation from this weekend about Peter’s message for husbands. They cover Peter’s uncomfortable word choice in “weaker partner” and the opportunity husbands have to care for their families in a Christ centered way.
Two long time New Heighters share about how following God’s design of submission made their marriages better not worse. Janet Baker and Shirley Heck join David Whiting and Mark Hartley in a conversation about how the challenges of marriage helped them trust God more.
One of the most unpopular words in the Bible is submission. Julie Boe and Abbie Mumley join Mark Hartley and David Whiting to share their perspective on what it means to submit with a Biblical understanding, and how it can become a blessing, not a burden.
Have you ever struggled with wanting grace for your enemies? Welcome to Jonah chapter 4. Mark Hartley and Scott Paulson sit down and talk about the messiness of God’s Grace.
Did you feel stuck on the sidelines of life because of past mistakes? Mark Hartley and Mark Forstrom sit down and talk about God’s pursuit of His people and the reality; that He is not done with you yet.
Mark Hartley and JP Mumley sit down and talk about the fish, repentance, and God’s grace in the middle of our circumstances. No matter your background there is always hope available to those who search for it in God.
Running from God is natural, but turning back to Him is profound. Mark Hartley sits down with Bill Heck to talk about how our grip on control can lead us far from God but the invitation to come home is always there.
We are always going to struggle with motive and if we only do things out of pure motive we aren’t going to do much. In this episode Mark Hartley and David Whiting discuss fasting, giving, and the motives behind our habits.
David and Mark continue to talk about the significance of prayer in our lives - as well as what it means to hear from God.
Mark and David continue the conversation about last weekends talk, "When your boss is a jerk".