The Upper Room Fellowship

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  1. JAN 12

    Emotionally Healthy Spirituality #2 :: Know Yourself, Know God // Chris Holm

    SERMON SUMMARYWe explored the journey to authentic spirituality by looking at David's confrontation with Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. Biblical authenticity means discovering who God created us to be, surrendering to the Holy Spirit's transforming work in that hidden 90% beneath the surface.David faced three major obstacles before he ever reached Goliath. First, accusations from family. His brother Eliab attacked his character and tried to shame him publicly. Second, expectations from authority. King Saul told David he was too young and inexperienced to fight. Third, armor that doesn't fit. Saul offered David his own armor, but David knew himself well enough to reject what worked for someone else.The key to David's confidence was his firsthand experience with God. While watching sheep in the fields, the Holy Spirit had been training him, teaching him to recognize God's voice above every other voice. He had killed lions and bears in private before facing the giant in public.We examined differentiation: the ability to maintain a clear sense of worth and identity in Christ, apart from the opinions or approval of others. This allows us to remain connected to people without being controlled by their reactions or expectations.Our world desperately needs authentic Christians who know themselves deeply and know God intimately enough to step into who they were created to be. This week, we're challenged to get alone with God and ask two questions: "Lord, what lies am I still believing about myself?" and "Lord, who did You create me to be?"URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship

    28 min

  2. JAN 5

    Emotionally Healthy Spirituality #1 :: Dust And Breath // Chris Holm

    Sermon Summary We begin the year asking ourselves a crucial question: one year from now, how do we want to be different? This new series, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, explores why spiritual maturity and emotional health cannot be separated.Many of us experience a gap between the abundant life Jesus promises in John 10:10 and our actual reality. We might be exhausted, anxious, or struggling in relationships despite our spiritual disciplines. The problem isn't God's promise. The issue is we've been pursuing spiritual growth while ignoring 90% of who we are.Like an iceberg, only 10% of our lives is visible (behaviors, attendance, service). The other 90% remains hidden (how we process emotions, childhood coping mechanisms, unspoken fears, unnamed shame). Traditional discipleship often leaves this 90% untouched. We can read our Bibles daily and still explode at our kids. We can serve in ministry and still have marriages dying from emotional distance.God created us as integrated beings with bodies, minds, wills, emotions, and spirits. All of these reflect His image. When we suppress our emotional lives in the name of spirituality, we don't become more like God. We become less human.Jesus promises rivers of living water flowing from the center of who we are (John 7:38). But when our hearts remain hard, anxious, wounded, or shut down because we've never addressed emotional health as a discipleship issue, that river gets blocked.The invitation is simple but scary: "God, you can have my emotional life." What would happen if we let Jesus into the rooms we've kept locked?URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship

    31 min

  3. 12/24/2025

    Christmas Eve // Chris Holm

    Greetings from the Upper Room Fellowship, a church in Columbiana, Ohio, where we seek to Know God, Share Life, and Serve Others together. At the Upper Room Fellowship, we believe in a relational God who created us and will go to whatever lengths possible to connect with us so we can experience his perfect love. We believe that His love is open to all and has the power to transform lives and communities.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship

    17 min

  4. 12/21/2025

    Advent 2025 :: Love // Chris Holm

    We often romanticize Christmas with cozy sweaters, twinkling lights, and sentimental nostalgia. But the reality of that first Christmas was scandalous. God looked at broken humanity and became one of us, born to an unwed teenage mother in a forgotten town, arriving in a stable because there was no room anywhere else. This is love at its purest.In 1 John 4:7-12, 19, we discover what real love looks like. John repeatedly calls us "beloved" because that's our starting point. God's love makes us beloved, and from that place, we're called to love one another. Not tolerate. Not coexist. Actually love.Love comes from God, and because God is infinite, love is an inexhaustible resource. When we love others, it reveals two things: we're born of God and we actually know Him personally. If our faith doesn't produce growing love for people, we've missed the point entirely.God's love is defined by three actions: Love initiates (God came after us when we were hiding), Love does (God didn't just think warm thoughts but sent His Son), and Love sacrifices (Jesus became the atoning sacrifice for our sins).Because of the cross, God isn't disappointed in you. You stand before Him clothed in Christ's righteousness, not your own. You're not just tolerated but delighted in. Holy. Blameless. Beloved.The question is simple: will you receive that love? Stop performing. Stop pretending. Stop running. Jesus came so you could be free to live and love like He does.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship

    27 min

  5. 12/14/2025

    Advent 2025 :: Joy // Weslie Broderick

    We explore Advent as "WAIT Training" - celebrating Jesus' first coming while anticipating His return. Living between two gardens, in the "now and not yet," presents unique challenges, especially when joy feels just out of reach.Joy is more than a feeling. Kay Warren defines it as "the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things."Scripture reveals Jesus as a man of great joy. People wanted Him at their parties. Children ran to Him. He came "feasting and drinking," fully engaged with life. We find joy by staying close to Jesus and abiding in His ways (John 15:10-11).We must also choose joy. James 1:2-4 calls us to "consider it pure joy" when facing trials. First Thessalonians 5:16-18 exhorts us to "rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances." Corrie Ten Boom gave thanks for fleas in a concentration camp, discovering later that those very fleas kept guards away, allowing Bible readings to continue.Sometimes we avoid joy because of its vulnerability. Nicole Zasowski reminds us that protecting ourselves through pessimism or cynicism doesn't remove the sting of potential loss - it only robs us of hope and delight. Gratitude spoken out loud helps us tolerate joy's vulnerability.We don't get exemptions from suffering, but God's grace meets us in every circumstance. As we practice this WAIT training, remember: our faithfulness in waiting matters less than God's faithfulness in coming. His Spirit offers joy right now, and our joy will be complete when Jesus returns.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship

    30 min

  6. 12/07/2025

    Advent 2025 :: Peace // Beth S.

    Greetings from the Upper Room Fellowship, a church in Columbiana, Ohio, where we seek to Know God, Share Life, and Serve Others together. At the Upper Room Fellowship, we believe in a relational God who created us and will go to whatever lengths possible to connect with us so we can experience his perfect love. We believe that His love is open to all and has the power to transform lives and communities.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship

    20 min

  7. 11/30/2025

    Advent 2025 :: Hope // Josh Osborn

    We kicked off Advent by exploring hope in three dimensions: today, tomorrow, and eternity. Hope isn't just wishful thinking like a Browns fan before kickoff. Biblical hope is the eager anticipation of kids stacked in the hallway on Christmas morning, knowing something good is coming even if we don't know exactly what.We dove into Jeremiah 29:11, that verse on every graduation mug, but we looked at the full context. God told the exiles in Babylon to build houses, plant gardens, and seek the prosperity of their new city because they weren't going home for seventy years. The promise wasn't escape but permission to thrive while waiting. God was planning good things even in exile.Then we met Simeon in Luke 2, who waited his entire life to see the Messiah. After 600 years of Israel's waiting and however many decades of his own, Simeon recognized Jesus when others couldn't because he held onto God's promises despite his circumstances. We need to do the same, especially when depression, anxiety, or addiction makes us feel hopeless. Combat those lies with the 7,400 promises of God in scripture.Finally, we looked at Job's restoration. God doubled everything Job lost, including his children, because the seven who died weren't gone forever. Job had fourteen kids when you count eternity. Death has lost its sting through the resurrection.As we enter Advent, we celebrate what has been and what is to come. We live between two arrivals of Jesus with strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship

    28 min

  8. 11/16/2025

    The Way - Theology to Practice // Chris Holm

    We wrapped up our Holy Spirit series by addressing two major challenges that hinder Spirit-filled community: consumerism and control. In 1 Corinthians 14:26, Paul describes a church where everyone showed up ready to contribute—a hymn, a word of instruction, a revelation. The Corinthian church was messy and broken, but the Spirit had freedom to move among them.We're shaped by consumer culture from birth, training us to evaluate church by what we get rather than what we give. Discipleship has always been about formation through imitation and practice, not just accumulating information. We gather to contribute and receive, not to consume a service.The second challenge is our need for control. Paul commanded things be done "decently and in order," but we've taken this to an extreme. Jesus said the Spirit is like wind that blows wherever it pleases. We can't schedule or manufacture the Spirit's movement. That makes us nervous, especially when someone shares something vulnerable in a Table Group or we sense a word during prayer. At those moments, we face a choice: stick to the plan or lean into what the Spirit is doing.Throughout Scripture, God calls people who feel unqualified. Joshua following Moses. Gideon hiding in a winepress. God doesn't wait for us to feel ready. The miracle happens after we step into the river, not while we're standing safely on the bank. We move from theology to practice to culture by consistently taking risks in community until hearing God and stepping out in faith becomes second nature.URF WEBSITE: ➤ http://www.urfellowship.comSOCIALS: ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urfellowship/➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/urfellowship

    28 min
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    The Upper Room Fellowship
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
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