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The Grove Community Church Podcast Craig Schill
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- Religion & Spirituality
Welcome to The Grove Community Church (formally known as Lake Cities Community Church). We are a nondenominational Christian church in Rowlett, TX.
This podcast is a place where you can listen to our sermons and other content. We pray it will be an encouragement to you and your walk with Jesus Christ.
Our mission is to win people to Christ, build them up into healthy and balanced believers, and send them out into our community, country, and to the ends of the earth to spread the love of Jesus.
We hold tightly to what we believe, but we will not let grey issues define us as a people.
That means wherever you are on your journey of faith, you are welcome here.
Ephesian 4:4-5 "There is one body and one Spirit- just as you were called to the one hope when you were called, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all."
Our desire is to win people to Christ, build them up into healthy and balanced believers, and send them out into our community, country, and to the ends of the earth to spread the love of Jesus.
We believe that as we fulfill our mission, we will move closer to our vision:
To be a mid-sized church serving the community around us
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to be a multigenerational church with a next-gen lean.
To be a mid-sized church serving the community around us: We are in the middle of building a new facility on what once was a field next to our current building. This new facility, combined with the current building will allow us to expand our ministry capabilities by partnering with two for-profit companies to invite the community into our facility every day of the week. We believe God is leading us to expand to a church of 300-400 people.
This growth will allow us to better serve Rowlett and the surrounding community.
To be a multigenerational church with a next-gen lean:
We have a passion and love for all ages and demographics at The Grove. We truly desire to be a multigenerational and multicultural church and we believe we can best do this by leaning toward the next generation. What this means is that we use accessible language, music, graphics, and outreach events that we feel will be appealing and attractive to the current generation. As we do this, we are committed to holding tightly to the truths found in the Bible and to loving all of our members equally, regardless of age, race, or gender.
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Unity and Bigfoot - Ephesians 4
Join us as we start a new series on Christian unity. What is your opinion about Christian unity? Do you believe is exists like Bigfoot? In this first week, Pastor Craig walks us through the definition of unity that can be found in Ephesians chapter 4. Throughout this series we will learn about what unity looks like and how we can achieve unity within the church.
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Response Amidst Adversities - John 11:17-34
We all have had to face adversity in our life. Some of us face it frequently. When you are faced with this adversity, how do you respond? Listen along as Pastor Stefin Kuruvila, a pastoral student of Pastor Craig Schill, tells us how we as Christians should respond amidst adversities.
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How to keep going when life is hard. - 1 Peter 5:10-14
Throughout our study of 1 Peter, we have become acutely aware that living the Christian life often means that we will experience suffering. The suffering we face can cause us to doubt and become tempted to walk away from the faith in hopes that things will get better. However, as Peter closes his letter, he gives us 5 encouraging reasons as to why we should keep going, even though its hard.
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Details to Defeat the Devil - 1 Peter 5:8-9
The devil seeks to devour and destroy Christians. Thankfully for us, we have been given strategies to use against the devil. Listen along as Pastor Craig unpacks these four strategies of spiritual warfare.
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Humility and Hutzpah - 1 Peter 5:5-7
Pride is many of us either struggle with or have struggled with in some capacity. Pride isn't always thinking too highly of yourself, it can also be thinking to lowly of yourself. Like weeds in a yard or garden pride, whichever form it takes, can be hard to root out of ones life. In these two verses, Peter helps us understand how we can overcome pride and instead take on a countenance of humility.
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Christian Leadership - 1 Peter 5:1-4
As Peter starts to wrap up his first letter to the church, he gives special instructions to the Elders of the church. These instructions lay out how an elder is supposed to lead the body of Christ. However, these principles can be applied to other positions of leadership within the church. Listen along to hear Peter's message, what should motivate leaders, and three leadership contrasts that shed light on the meaning of leadership.