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THE GRAMMAR OF FAITH Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS

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THE 18 INCH JOURNEY Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS

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BEAUTY IN THE MESS Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS

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Rev. Jennifer Herndon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jennifer Herndon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Heidi Greenwood Doell, Youth DirectorChapel Hill Youth

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. Jerry Vogt with Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith James Bryan Smith

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Dr. Jacob Allen Cook

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Dr. Lisa Wiens Thompson

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Heidi Greenwood Doell

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Dr. Rev. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Dr. Rev. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Dr. Rev. James Brian Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon and Fr. Terry J. Hedrick, Ph.D.

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Dr. Ben Staley

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James Bryan Smith

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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This Sunday, Rev. Jeff Gannon continues his teaching on Psalm 23. (If you missed worship on June 17, please click on this link to hear the last sermon or watch it on our website .) This Sunday is verse 1, part b and verse 2 – “I shall not want….he makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Eric Hauck

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali

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Rev. Jeff Gannon  

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jeff Gannon  

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Pastor Jeff Gannon

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We continue with our five-part Advent series on the Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. Each week features a movie clip followed by the dramatic appearance of a character from the film. This morning, Pastor Jeff asks: Do you live with a deep sense of hope about the future? Hope is a verb, a distinctively Christian experience.

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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Today we continue our sermon series on the Good and Beautiful Community with a message on the Reconciling Community. The Good and Beautiful Community is a place where God demonstrates reconciliation through the person of Jesus, the Christ. Says Pastor Jeff, “in this sermon, I show the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. There are many

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This Sunday, Senior Pastor Rev. Jeff Gannon preaches that The Good and Beautiful Community finds its center in Jesus. In other words, we are a Christ-centered community. Jesus invites us to be one, creating unity in diversity. The false narrative is that all must believe the same to be one. The narrative of Jesus and the New Testament,

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As we continue the sermon series, “Good and Beautiful Community,” Associate Pastor Jill Sander-Chali focuses this Sunday on the Serving Community. We are the hands and feet of Christ. The tagline used by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America says it all. “God’s work. Our hands.” In this sermon, Pastor Jill asks the following questions: What is the

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This Sunday in worship, Rev. Jeff Gannon preached a message on The Hopeful Community.  The sermon is part of our Good and Beautiful Community series, an exploration of the third book in James Bryan Smith’s Apprentice trilogy. Each fall, we always "re-calibrate" to make sure we stay true to our mission, calling and purpose. Find

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Rev. Jeff Gannon

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This morning, Rev. Jeff Gannon kicked off The Good and Beautiful Community series with a sermon called The Peculiar Community. The series explores The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love, the third and final book in a trilogy by Pastor-in-residence James Bryan Smith. The series forms the second of a two-part

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In a special one-service-only message on Sunday, Senior Pastor Rev. Jeff Gannon gave a State of the church sermon, casting vision for where we believe God is leading us into the future. Hear personal stories from our members that show how Chapel Hill is making a Kingdom difference in people’s lives. Join us on our

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Is it possible to live a life without worry? Jesus believed so and taught us how to live a life free from anxiety. Rev. Jeff Gannon's sermon today concludes our Good and Beautiful Life series, the first in a two-part exploration this fall of the work of Chapel Hill’s pastor-in-residence James Bryan Smith series. On

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In this week’s service, Rev. Jill Sander-Chali continued our exploration of the Sermon of the Mount and the Good and Beautiful Life. Avarice and lust are big words that sound both senseless and loaded with meaning to our modern ears.  In Sunday’s sermon, Pastor Jill explores how to “let go of holding on”– to life,

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In this week’s Living Without Pride podcast, Senior Pastor Rev. Jeff Gannon continues his exploration of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and our study of Dr. James Bryan Smith's Good and Beautiful trilogy. Together we learn from Jesus how to experience and share the good and beautiful life. For more guidance, view or download the slides from Pastor

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In this week’s podcast Living Without Lying, Senior Pastor Rev. Jeff Gannon teaches from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Jesus speaks about lying and letting our yes be yes and no be no. What exactly does he mean? Together we learn from Jesus how to experience and share the good and beautiful life. For more guidance, view or

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In this week’s Living Without Anger Podcast Part 2, Pastor Jeff Gannon picks up from where he left off last week in learning how to deal with the reality of anger. There is a lot of confusion about anger. While Jesus specifies why this God-given emotion is a gift, it has potential to run and

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On Sunday, Pastor Jeff Gannon embarked on a new series titled, “The Good and Beautiful Life.” The series is based on the book by James Bryan Smith, subtitled “Putting on the Character of Christ." These sermons draw on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), where Jesus describes the person who submits to his teaching and

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Rev. Dr. Ben Staley Generosity, the Secret of Serving On Sunday, Rev. Dr. Ben Staley preached a sermon on generosity. All of us have been called to live generously for the Lord and others. God has shown us the way, given us warnings, promised His reward, and invites us to respond with faith. Generous servants

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali Your Balance is $25 There is just one body of Christ. All gifts serve an important and unified purpose of building, unifying, and expanding the one church. Spiritual gifts work best together; none are greater than the others. We lead best when we use our gifts in community.

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali "Valid at Participating Stores Only" Each member of the body of Christ receives spiritual gift(s) to build, unify, and expand the body. There are many members of the body and many gifts of the spirit. Every member/gift serves a unique, but necessary role. We lead best when we use the gifts we

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali: "No Value Until Activated" Spiritual Gifts are given to fulfill God’s mission in and through the church. We all have them, but they may not be activated within us. We lead best when the Holy Spirit activates these gifts within us.

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Rev. Jill Sander-Chali Confirmation Sunday at Chapel Hill is a very special service for our young people who are making their public profession of faith and pledge to serve and follow Jesus with all they have and are!  The rite of confirmation is very personal and yet reflects a tradition that reaches back to the

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Rev. Jeff Gannon on Happiness as a Way of Being The more we focus on our own happiness, the more it can frustrate us.  But when we back off from pursuing happiness and focus on someone or something else, happiness tends to result. Jesus teaches this principle in Luke 9:23-24. In Scripture, happiness isn’t primarily

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Pursuit of Happiness: Beyond Circumstances Enduring happiness involves the ability to cultivate contentment, regardless of circumstances. This sermon is based on Philippians 4:4-7, 11-13. Despite the difficult circumstances, St. Paul writes from prison and offers hope and joy because of God’s nearness, strength, and peace. Two of the greatest obstacles to lasting happiness are regrets

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The Art of Forgiveness Happiness from good relationships, not just from any relationship. Good relationships with God, others, and self all require the art of forgiveness. No matter how difficult forgiveness is, and no matter how illogical it may seem at times, it is a path to our own healing, to the healing of relationships, and ultimately

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Rev. Jeff Gannon: What Will Make Me Happy podcast On Sunday we launched the second phase in our exploration of common faith questions with a worship series focused on a question Pastor Gannon hears over and over and again: how can I be happy? This What Will Make Me Happy podcast is from Sunday's sermon for

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Rev. Jeff Gannon The final installment of our Faith and Five Questions sermon series addresses the question, "What  happens when we die?" This podcast explores the difference between the immortality of the soul and the resurrection of the body. It seems that when it comes to our notions of heaven and life after death, Plato has influenced us even

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FAQ: "Why Do Good People Suffer? - May 21, 2017 The secular myth of our day is that suffering in the world proves God is either not loving or does not exist. But Rev. Jeff Gannon's Sunday sermon explains how, despite suffering, we can be happy in the world. The "Why Do Good People Suffer"

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Rev. Jill Sander Chali In honor of Mothers’ Day, Rev. Jill Sander Chali wrestles with a big question: how does Christianity view women? Her sermon explore how God created women in the divine image, just like men, and called them to baptism, salvation and to follow Jesus. Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation show women as

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May 7, 2017 - FAQ: Who is Jesus of Nazareth? Was Jesus a Madman, a Myth, or the Messiah? This week, Rev. Jeff Gannon continues our FAQ series with a sermon on the identity and nature of Jesus Christ. This sermon takes the “trilemma” argument for the divinity of Jesus, made famous by C.S. Lewis

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April 30, 2017: FAQ: Do Science and Faith have to be Enemies? Senior Pastor Rev. Jeff Gannon begins our spring sermon series, FAQ: Faith and Faith Questions, with the question of science. Science and faith are two sides to the same coin and are not in any way incompatible. They simply ask two different questions:

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April 23, 2017 -- Youth Sunday Podcast: What's Your Story? Director of Youth Ministry Eric Hauck leads Chapel Hill youth in worship for our Youth Sunday podcast. In lieu of a traditional message, Hauck describes the mission of Youth Ministry while young people share stories and testify to its impact on their lives.

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Easter Sunday Podcast: April 16, 2017 For our Easter Sunday podcast,  Rev. Jeff Gannon preaches a brief sermon on Matthew's version of the Resurrection and what it means for everyday living. Not just a doctrine we believe, the resurrection is a way of life we embrace.

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Holy Week: Good Friday Podcast, April 14, 2017 Our Good Friday podcast has no sermon. Instead, Dr. Jen Stephenson and our Celebration Choir provide sacred music to accompany the sacred word which describes Jesus’ last week on earth. Readings from scripture alternate with reflections from the choir, thus helping us enter the world of Jesus

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Maundy Thursday Podcast, April 13, 2017 Chapel Hill's Maundy Thursday podcast features a rousing sermon from Rev. Dr. Kevass J. Harding, senior pastor of Dellrose United Methodist Church, in a special joint service with Dellrose UMC featuring the powerful Voices of Joy choir.  

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Palm Sunday - April 9, 2017 On Palm Sunday, Associate Pastor Rev. Jill Sander-Chali marks the beginning of Holy Week with a message remembering the final week of Jesus’ life on earth. Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem shakes people up so much they start asking the question “Who is this?” The week unfolds tragedy upon tragedy, but

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Christianity and World Religions: Why so many different kinds of Christians? April 2, 2017 Sunday’s podcast on the Reformation concludes Chapel Hill’s Lenten series on Christianity through the lens of other religions. In the final sermon, Pastor Gannon addresses the diversity within the Christian faith and why that diversity is both essential and expected in the Kingdom

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Christianity and World Religions: Buddhism podcast, March 26, 2017 In Sunday’s Buddhism podcast, Pastor Gannon continues Chapel Hill's Lenten study of Christianity through the lens of other religions. Sunday's message on Buddhism explores the reality of evil and suffering: how God enters the suffering and defeats the evil powers of this world. After watching the

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March 19, 2017 - Christianity and Hinduism Podcast In Sunday’s Christianity and Hinduism podcast, Pastor Gannon explains that God is personal, human life is unique and unrepeatable. The sermon is part of Chapel Hill’s series on Christianity and other religions during the Lent season. After hearing the podcast, you may also carry your Lenten learning journey into the

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Words on the Wall: A Response to Sunday’s Sermon A gifted musician, Chapel Hiller Heath Rochester wrote "Words on the Wall," a song based on the closing of the sermon comparing Christianity and Judaism on Sunday, March 12. It is a blessing when someone takes the “message” and creatively expresses the truth of it. Heath did

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March 12, 2017 – Christianity and Judaism Sunday’s sermon podcast features a message from Pastor Gannon on Christianity and Judaism. We learn that God is one and creates covenants not contracts. The sermon is part of Chapel Hill’s series on Christianity and other religions during the Lent season. Carry your Lenten learning journey into the week with our Daily

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March 5, 2017 - Christianity and Islam On Sunday, Chapel Hill embarked on a deep exploration of  Christianity through the lens of other major religions of the world: Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. Pastor Gannon began with a sermon on Christianity and Islam. Both traditions value discipline and discipleship. Continue your learning journey with our

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Ash Wednesday Sermon Podcast, March 1 Our Ash Wednesday service begins the penitential season of Lent, 40+ days in which we prepare our hearts for Easter. This traditional service is a somber observance that reminds us that we have come from the dust of the earth and upon death, we return to the dust of

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Mountaintop Moments Rev. Jill Sander-Chali takes up Matthew 17:1-9 to consider Mountaintop Moments in our faith. Do you remember that feeling of shining with exuberance for God? Or do you long for a connection with Him that bursts with light and love? Such “mountaintop moments” reveal God’s presence to us in awe-inspiring ways.

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Unstuck: Get Out – February 19, 2017 Rev. Jeff Gannon concludes the Unstuck series with "Get Out," a message on avoiding relapses on the road to recovery. Our own healing continues by helping, and we hear the powerful testimony of a Chapel Hill member who shares her own story of getting and staying unstuck. View

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Unstuck: Get Even - February 12, 2017 This Sunday in the Unstuck series, Rev. Jeff Gannon continues our Twelve Step journey to recovery: forgive those who’ve hurt us and make amends for harm we’ve done except when to do so would harm them or others. View sermon outline.

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Unstuck: Get Vulnerable--February 5, 2017 Rev. Jeff Gannon reveals the next step to become unstuck with Get Vulnerable. Submit to every change God wants to make in our lives and humbly ask Him to remove our character defects. View sermon outline.

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Rev. Jeff Gannon January 29 – Unstuck: Get Real In Unstuck: Get Real, Pastor Jeff Gannon offers a message on how to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves as the next step in becoming unstuck. View sermon outline.

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Dr. Rev. Ben Staley                         Get Gripped offers a message of hope. When we get to the end of our rope, Rev. Dr. Ben Staley shows us we let go and trust God, who grip us with grace and hope. View sermon outline.

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Rev. Jeff Gannon                 In "Get Help," Pastor Jeff offers a message on how we can turn to God as the Power greater than ourselves who can restore us to sanity. View sermon outline.

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Rev. Jeff Gannon                   In "Unstuck, part 1, " Pastor Gannon preaches a message on the universality of human brokenness and powerlessness. The ground at the foot of the cross is level because we all share in the “throne in the flesh” syndrome. The 12 steps are

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Wesley Covenant Service: January 1, 2017 Associate Pastor Rev. Jill Sander-Chali leads the congregation in our Wesley Covenant service. Together we renew our Christian commitment as we embark on a new year.

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