Learning To Be My Own Boss

In this week's Church Requel podcast Pastor Mark talks about the following:

1. Reflections on death of Chuck Colson;
2. Management Lessons from Secret Service Scandal; 
3. 6 Reasons Young People Leave Church; 
4. Writing Talks with an Early Ending Clause; 
5. Handy Habits - the Children's sermon this weekend; 
6. Sermon - "How To Be My Own Boss" from Luke 12.

Living The Good Life

In this week's podcast, Pastor Mark reflects on the April 15th CR service.  Then we hear a clip from this past week's episode of The Middle, where the family talks about changing churches.  Pastor Mark then considers why some people change churches - and why most people don't. We then consider different preaching styles and why Mark has adopted a conversational approach.  Then we visit the sermon "cutting room floor," where we find what didn't make it into last week's talk.  Finally we hear the sermon from Sunday, April 15th, Part 2 of the God Life series: "Living The Good Life."

The Easter Weekend

Pastor Mark talks about the Easter weekend, including his talk for the Good Friday service at Ontario Christian Fellowship, conversations with several CR folks, his children home for the holidays, and the Easter sermon, "The Divine Nature."

When Heart Meets Mind

We serve God best with ALL of our hearts and ALL of our minds.  Join Pastor Mark Pierce for this peek at the emotional life of Jesus on Palm Sunday. Plus Pastor Mark talks about conversations with his brother and the men's breakfast.

Nothing Will Separate Me From God's Love

Here's what we have queued up in this week's Church Requel podcast.  For those that want to skip right to the weekly sermon, fast forward to the 25-minute mark.

1. Reflections from the Momentum Conference I attended last week
2. Encouraging Conversations and the First Steps Principle
3. Handling Post Sermon Depression Syndrome.
4. The children’s sermon - Kid’s Say The darndest things!
5. This weekend’s talk: “Nothing Will Separate Me From God’s Love”

When God says that NOTHING will separate us from His love in Christ, He means it. In this final message from Romans 8, Pastor Mark explores just how exhaustive and far reaching God's love really is. 

Hard Times Will Not Defeat Me

What is the Christian concept of winning and losing? Join Mark Pierce of Church Requel as we learn from Romans 8:35-37 that "Hard Times Will Not Defeat Me!" Also in this podcast: (1) what the podcast is becoming; (2) the prayer of a church planter; (3) Observations on the setup team; (4) Disability Awareness Worship; (5) Additional insight into this weekend's message.

Jesus Is Making The Case For Me

Here is this week's Church Requel podcast.  For those of you who only want to hear the sermon, skip forward to the 13 minute 40 second mark.  If you play the whole thing, you'll hear a description of the tearful entry of a new CR parishioner into our lobby - someone we've been praying a great deal for lately.  You'll also hear the Children's Sermon, "Dirty Windows."

Finally you'll hear the main talk of the evening, "Jesus Is Making The Case For Me." Guilt can actually be a good thing if it leads to confession and repentance. But what if you still feel guilty after God forgives you? This is false guilt, which can lead to anxiety, stress, depression, and feelings of unworthiness. Join me as we study Romans 8:34 and learn how to handle false G.U.I.L.T. Interspersed throughout you'll hear my honest reflections about another great evening at Church Requel last night. Enjoy!