Orchard Church Sermons

Orchard Church: Madison, WI
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Bi-weekly sermons from Orchard Church, a community in Madison, WI learning to live the Way of Jesus together. We help people live connected to Jesus, grow through authentic community, and join God's renewing work in the everyday. Whether you're bringing questions, wrestling with doubt, or seeking deeper connection—there's room for you here. Learn more at orchardmsn.church.

  1. May 17

    The Faithful and the Unnamed

    As we continue our Encounter teaching series through the 40 days between resurrection and ascension, we turn to 1 Corinthians 15, where Paul mentions that the risen Jesus appeared to more than five hundred people, most of them unnamed. We explore what it means that the resurrection has always moved through ordinary people doing ordinary things, and why your everyday life — your work, your neighborhood, your parenting — is not a waiting room for your real calling, but the calling itself.

  2. May 3

    Encounter - On The Shore

    What do you do when you've failed so completely that you go back to who you were before everything changed? In John 21, Peter returns to fishing — not out of rest, but resignation. He's decided he's disqualified. But Jesus meets him on the shore anyway, at a charcoal fire that carries the memory of his worst moment, and asks him a question that begins to put him back together. This week, Pastor Leiah teaches us about restoration, calling, and what it means to be fully known.

  3. Apr 19

    Encounter - Wounds We Carry, Scars He Kept

    We call him Doubting Thomas. But what if doubt isn't the right word? In this first message of the Encounter series, we take a closer look at the disciple who refused to believe the resurrection — and find not a skeptic, but a grieving man who loved Jesus enough to die with him. Thomas wasn't holding out for evidence. He was holding his heart together. This teaching explores how our relational wounds shape our capacity to trust — and how they follow us into our faith. It asks why Jesus, in his risen body, kept his scars. And it lands at the table, where the bread and cup become the moment Thomas' story becomes ours.

  4. Mar 15

    Unlock - Forgive as We Were Forgiven

    Forgiveness sounds beautiful — until it becomes personal. In this final message of the Unlock series, Pastor Leiah explore why forgiveness isn't about freeing the offender, but freeing your own heart. Drawing from Jesus' radical teaching in Matthew 18 and Paul's words in Ephesians 4:32, we ask: what does it look like to stop carrying the cost yourself and place it into the hands of Jesus?

  5. Mar 1

    Unlock - Freedom in Open Hands

    Money is never just about money — it’s about trust. From Exodus 17 to Malachi 3, Scripture exposes the deeper issue beneath our finances: whether we will live in anxious control or surrendered dependence. Pastor Nick revisits Massah, where Israel demanded proof of God’s provision, and contrasts it with God’s bold invitation in Malachi to “test” Him through faithful giving. Through Jesus’ words in Matthew 6 and the costly offering of the widow in Mark 12, we see how wealth quietly competes for our allegiance. In a culture discipling us toward accumulation and self-protection, generosity becomes an act of resistance — a declaration that our security is not in what we store up, but in the God who provides. This message calls us to examine where our treasure truly lies and to step into the freedom that comes when our hands — and our hearts — are fully open to God.

  6. Feb 15

    Unlock - Experiencing Wholeness Through Prayer + Fasting

    From James 1, 4, and Matthew 6 — What if prayer and fasting aren't just spiritual disciplines, but the very practices that make us whole? Pastor Leiah explores James's vision of a coherent, integrated life — where faith, desire, action, and love flow from a single center. Drawing from Amos, Augustine, and Jesus's teaching on prayer in Matthew 6, we discover how fasting slows our fragmented desires long enough for God to reorder them, and why these practices matter especially now, in a moment when our attention is under constant assault. We close at the table, receiving communion as embodied remembrance — feasting with Jesus before we fast, and being formed into the people we're meant to become.

  7. Feb 1

    Unlock - Living Our Faith By Action (with Abbie Sawczak)

    From James 2:14-26 - What if the faith that saves us is also the faith that sends us? Guest teacher Abbie Sawczak from New Culture Church challenges us to move beyond theoretical belief into embodied action, exploring how Jesus didn't just teach about the Kingdom but enacted it among the poor, oppressed, and overlooked. Drawing from Ephesians 2:10 and Luke 4, we discover that we're not saved by works, but saved into the good works God prepared in advance for us to do.

  8. Jan 18

    Unlock - Faith Leading to Perseverance

    From James 1:1-18 - What if faith isn't about having proof, but about choosing trust before you feel it? Using Dietrich Bonhoeffer's costly return to Nazi Germany and Jesus' teaching on mustard seed faith, this teaching challenges our demand for certainty. We explore the Wesleyan Quadrilateral as a framework for building faith and discover how communion trains us to proclaim trust even when doubt is present.

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Bi-weekly sermons from Orchard Church, a community in Madison, WI learning to live the Way of Jesus together. We help people live connected to Jesus, grow through authentic community, and join God's renewing work in the everyday. Whether you're bringing questions, wrestling with doubt, or seeking deeper connection—there's room for you here. Learn more at orchardmsn.church.

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    Orchard Church: Madison, WI
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    38
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