Preaching: Mike RothWritten in the first decades of the early church’s life, the epistle to the Colossians holds out a vision of life in Christ that is simple, hopeful, and above all, good. In our exploration of this text, we aim to celebrate the way of Jesus that bears good and beautiful fruit—wisdom, unity, fullness, life—and that opens doors to encourage ongoing discovery of ever more goodness. Our hope is that this series helps us to hold our lives with joy, peace, gratitude, simplicity and hope.Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: <a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/">pearlchurch.org</a>. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Preaching: Mike Roth&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Written in the first decades of the early church’s life, the epistle to the Colossians holds out a vision of life in Christ that is simple, hopeful, and above all, good. In our exploration of this text, we aim to celebrate the way of Jesus that bears good and beautiful fruit—wisdom, unity, fullness, life—and that opens doors to encourage ongoing discovery of ever more goodness. Our hope is that this series helps us to hold our lives with joy, peace, gratitude, simplicity and hope.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/"&gt;pearlchurch.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Colossians, part 3

Christ our Fullness

Preaching: Ben ConachanThe slides for this sermon can be downloaded <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a5d631adc2b4a53831c6edf/t/661c4f68a4a63c599cf07959/1713131368309/4.14.24+Sermon+Slides.pdf">here</a>.Written in the first decades of the early church’s life, the epistle to the Colossians holds out a vision of life in Christ that is simple, hopeful, and above all, good. In our exploration of this text, we aim to celebrate the way of Jesus that bears good and beautiful fruit—wisdom, unity, fullness, life—and that opens doors to encourage ongoing discovery of ever more goodness. Our hope is that this series helps us to hold our lives with joy, peace, gratitude, simplicity and hope.Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: <a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/">pearlchurch.org</a>. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Preaching: Ben Conachan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The slides for this sermon can be downloaded &lt;a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a5d631adc2b4a53831c6edf/t/661c4f68a4a63c599cf07959/1713131368309/4.14.24+Sermon+Slides.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Written in the first decades of the early church’s life, the epistle to the Colossians holds out a vision of life in Christ that is simple, hopeful, and above all, good. In our exploration of this text, we aim to celebrate the way of Jesus that bears good and beautiful fruit—wisdom, unity, fullness, life—and that opens doors to encourage ongoing discovery of ever more goodness. Our hope is that this series helps us to hold our lives with joy, peace, gratitude, simplicity and hope.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/"&gt;pearlchurch.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Colossians, part 2

Christ our Unity

Preaching: Ben ConachanWritten in the first decades of the early church’s life, the epistle to the Colossians holds out a vision of life in Christ that is simple, hopeful, and above all, good. In our exploration of this text, we aim to celebrate the way of Jesus that bears good and beautiful fruit—wisdom, unity, fullness, life—and that opens doors to encourage ongoing discovery of ever more goodness. Our hope is that this series helps us to hold our lives with joy, peace, gratitude, simplicity and hope.Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: <a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/">pearlchurch.org</a>. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preaching: Ben Conachan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Written in the first decades of the early church’s life, the epistle to the Colossians holds out a vision of life in Christ that is simple, hopeful, and above all, good. In our exploration of this text, we aim to celebrate the way of Jesus that bears good and beautiful fruit—wisdom, unity, fullness, life—and that opens doors to encourage ongoing discovery of ever more goodness. Our hope is that this series helps us to hold our lives with joy, peace, gratitude, simplicity and hope.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/"&gt;pearlchurch.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Colossians, Part 1

Christ our Wisdom

Preaching: Mike RothThis Easter Sunday we bask in the goodness of life, in all of its splendor.&nbsp;Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: <a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/">pearlchurch.org</a>. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Preaching: Mike Roth&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;This Easter Sunday we bask in the goodness of life, in all of its splendor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/"&gt;pearlchurch.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Easter Sunday 2024

Life

Preaching: Ben ConachanThe word “disappointment” refers to the sorrow that we often feel as a result of our unfulfilled hopes or expectations. But is sorrow the only outcome of disappointment? According to the Season of Lent and way of Jesus, difficult human experiences—even death itself—are imbued with unexpected surprises and possibilities. During this Season of Lent we’ll explore the life of Moses and his many disappointments. We’ll make space to lament our own experiences of disappointment while being intentional to consider the potential gifts that disappointment affords. Our desire is that this series grows our capacity to hold both sorrow and hope, in the midst of the sincere disappointment that we all encounter.Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: <a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/">pearlchurch.org</a>. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Preaching: Ben Conachan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;The word “disappointment” refers to the sorrow that we often feel as a result of our unfulfilled hopes or expectations. But is sorrow the only outcome of disappointment? According to the Season of Lent and way of Jesus, difficult human experiences—even death itself—are imbued with unexpected surprises and possibilities. During this Season of Lent we’ll explore the life of Moses and his many disappointments. We’ll make space to lament our own experiences of disappointment while being intentional to consider the potential gifts that disappointment affords. Our desire is that this series grows our capacity to hold both sorrow and hope, in the midst of the sincere disappointment that we all encounter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pearl Church exists to express a sacred story and to extend a common table that animate life by love. A primary expression of our sacred story is the weekly sermon. If our sermons inspire you to ponder the sacred, to consider the mystery and love of God, and to live bountifully, would you consider supporting our work? You can donate easily and securely at our website: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pearlchurch.org/"&gt;pearlchurch.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Thank you for partnering with us in expressing this sacred story.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Stories of Disappointment, part 6

Endings

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