LOCAL CHURCH

It's Time to Dream

To kick off our 2020 year at Liberte City Pastor Levi Marychurch shares a message titled, "It's Time to Dream"! Levi encourages us to dream and have expectations for this upcoming year by relating our lives to the story of Abraham in Genesis 11 & 12. Through Abraham's journey we can be hopeful that whether we are beginning a journey, seeing a dream reborn, or reaching the promised land, God is with us and will help us along the way!

God's Pursuit

Guest speaker Dorie Noll shares an impactful sermon titled "God's Pursuit" which explores one of the many facets of God...His pursuing heart. Through powerful scriptures, Dorie unpacks this concept to allow us to see God's character more clearly as she explains how He pursues us each personally, and how God pursued humankind in order to reconcile us to Himself.

Christ & Culture: Part 3

Pastor Nadia Marychurch wraps up our Christ & Culture series with this impactful teaching centered around 1 Corinthians 9:20-22 and how Jesus impacted the world around Him. Nadia, through personal stories and Scripture, challenges us to live in our culture while still making a difference in the lives of those around us for Christ. People matter, people were Jesus’ passion, and people are our mission today.

Jesus is King

This week as we continue our “Christ & Culture” series, Luis Gonzalez shares a message entitled "Jesus as King" based on John 18:33-40. In this passage, Jesus affirms His title as King before Pilate, this bold and controversial statement in its historical and cultural context bears significance in our personal walk with God today. Luis discusses what this statement means for us in modern culture by exploring the narrative of Israel’s relationship with God and the life of Jesus. We are encouraged to take this revelation of the person of Jesus with us into our day to day lives as we honour God in every aspect of our life.  

Out of Place, but Perfectly Positioned

Join us as we begin a brand new series, “Christ & Culture” at Liberte City! Pastor Levi gets things started with his sermon Out of Place, but Perfectly Positioned, based off of John 17:13-19. Through this teaching he shares some keys about being in culture, while still being set apart in Christ. Have you ever wanted to be a more effective Christian to the world and people around you, but you don’t know how? It can be hard to live in the world and love God, but by breaking it down into some attainable steps, Levi gives insight through his three points: Change Nothing, Change Everything and Change Something.

The Four Faces of Prayer

This Sunday we conclude our series “The Beginners Guide to Prayer” with Pastor Nadia sharing a message titled “The Four Faces of Prayer”.  Pulling from Revelation 4:6-11, Nadia talks about four aspects of prayer and personality, the Eagle, the Lion, the Ox, and the Man. She shares how each has an important and valuable role to play in God’s Kingdom and in our personal prayer lives. Understanding different elements of prayer can help us to know how to pray more effectively and in our own unique way.

Two Way Communication

In this third installment of The Beginners Guide to Prayer, Allicia Bankuti shares about prayer as a relational tool in her sermon entitled "Two Way Communication."

Allicia uses radio lingo to describe having a conservational prayer life with God, and how we can grow in both listening and talking to God on a regular basis. She also provides some helpful illustrations of how our body, soul and spirit are connected, explaining how pain and sin can hinder us from hearing the voice of our Heavenly Father. We are not meant to simply struggle through prayer, but rather to thrive as we make it a daily part of our lives. God desires a personal relationship with each of us, and prayer is a key to knowing His heart.

 

Living Stones

In our second week of The Beginners Guide to Prayer, Levi Marychurch delves into the many tensions that exist within the Christian walk. The Bible is filled with oxymorons, where God is fire and water, He is all man and all God, He is the beginning and the end. 

Prayer should be approached with the perspective that we are called to be oxymorons of living stones as described in 1 Peter 2:5. Our prayer lives, like living stones, should be natural, honest, persistent and authoritative - where we embody the oxymoron of being strong yet free following. 

Family Language

Join us as we embark on our new series "The Beginners Guide to Prayer." No matter the amount of time we've been walking with God we are always learning how to begin again. 

Using Matthew 6:9-13 as a blueprint, Levi Marychurch emphasizes the importance of approaching God with family language. We address God as our Father, asking Him as the provider of our needs to reveal himself to us. Levi takes us on the journey of what it means to pray using hilarious stories of his failed first date with Nadia, English exams and WIFI passwords. Together as a church we laugh, and as a church we are convicted and convinced that prayer is powerful. 

Psalm 23 - Part 3

We conclude our Psalm 23 series with a message from Morgan McCracken entitled “God’s Perspective > My Perspective.” Drawing from David’s experiences in Psalm 22, we discover that we can find comfort in the darkest moments of life through reliance on God. When we are faced with difficult and confusing circumstances, this psalm reminds us that God’s intention is to look after us.

Morgan reminds us to step back and see things from God’s perspective. We can have peace in all circumstances knowing God has our best interest in mind. In the midst of life, we are encouraged to let go and give our situation over to God. He knows what we need, where we are headed and He has prepared a home for us here.