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We all want to be more joyful. But with all the challenges in our lives and all the problems in the world around us, finding joy can be a real struggle. Thankfully, God knows we need help with joy, and God gives us the help we need. In fact, God helps us to find a joy that endures through even the most difficult circumstances we face. In today’s sermon, we’ll explore how. Join us as we begin our new series, “Unbridled.”  
Scripture Reading: Acts 2:14-21

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Sometimes Scripture presents us with passages that are challenging, unsettling, or even downright offensive. But while it can be tempting for us to simply ignore or avoid those kinds of passages, a closer look can often yield beautiful and important insights about the heart of God. In today’s sermon, we’ll explore one such passage in which a message about God’s judgment offers an extraordinary glimpse of the depth of God’s love.
Scripture Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8

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At Kindred, we’re proud to be an inclusive church. But if we’re not careful, the way we do inclusivity can start to fall short of the way Jesus does inclusivity. So in today’s sermon, we’ll explore one particular way Jesus is inclusive and we’ll consider how we can follow his example. Because people around us don’t just need us to be inclusive, they need us to be inclusive like Jesus. 
Scripture Reading: Acts 1:1-8

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In our consumeristic culture, we’re often led to believe that we’ll find fulfillment by focusing squarely on ourselves: our own wants, our own desires, our own pleasures and achievements. But Jesus exposes this as a lie. Self-centeredness just leaves us ever more empty. In today’s sermon, we’ll see that Jesus calls his church to be a community of service, where individuals shift their focus away from themselves and toward each other. Because not only does service benefit others, it leads us into true, abundant life.
 
Scripture Reading: John 13:3-17

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Nobody likes being pressured to give money. It’s deeply uncomfortable, to say the least. And yet, sadly, many of us have felt intense pressure from church leaders to give money to the church. (Couple that with high profile stories of churches misusing funds and pastors getting obscenely rich, and it’s no wonder our guard goes up whenever church leaders start talking about money.) So in today’s sermon, we’re taking a very different approach as we explore why our financial support of the church matters. We’ll see how one biblical pastor actually goes out of his way to remove any pressure his congregation might feel to give. And we’ll discover an authentic, guilt-free, joy-filled approach to investing financially in the mission of the church. 
Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:5-15

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Most of us could probably name a time when someone showed up to be with us at an important moment in our life. Perhaps a family member traveled a long distance to help us celebrate our graduation, or a friend came to the funeral of someone we had lost, or a stranger sat with us through an emergency so we wouldn’t have to wait for help alone. Stories like these remind us that our presence is powerful. That’s an especially important insight for the way we do church. If we’re going to live into the kind of God-sized vision that Jesus has for the church, we must make a habit of showing up. In today’s sermon, we’ll explore what that entails and why it matters.
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:13-16

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