Napoleon Church Of The Nazarene

We continue on with week two of the series, "Sent: A Hands and Feet Lifestyle". Pastor Chip teaches from Romans chapter 12, talking about the different gifts distributed to each and every one of us by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We start off with another testimony from one of our lead members of the worship team, and how he uses his gifts and talents for God's kingdom and how his gifts developed over the years for God's glory! We each have a gift, when we find what that is, we are called to use them and live out God's purpose for our lives.

We start off our new series, "Sent", with a personal testimony of an art teacher who found her purpose and calling in life using the gifts and talents God has given her. In this new series, Pastor Chip will walk us though scripture, teaching on the great commission and what it means to be sent; living a hands and feet lifestyle. This week, Chip highlighted some key verses in the New Testament that talk about the Holy Spirit energizing us to live out our purpose as God has called us.

Pastor Chip Bullock concludes our Rooted series with week four, "Growth in Community". We look at Romans 12:1-21 talking about the body of Christ and how we are to act toward one another. Pastor Chip begins to elaborate on having real, authentic relationships with other believers in all sincerity and love. Having the right people around you, can help you be encouraged to grow in Christ.

We continue on with week three of the series Rooted: Foundations of a Christ-Follower. Pastor Ken Behrens teaches on the importance of continual growth in Christ. He goes through scripture as well as teachings from Bible scholar, John Wesley, to show us how we are to mature in our faith and relationship with Jesus. Being rooted in Christ makes it possible for us to mature and grow in Him!

In week two of the Rooted series, Pastor Chip preaches on living in the Spirit, and how we give ourselves to the working of the Holy Spirit in our lives. The issue is not getting more of the Holy Spirit, it's Him getting more of us! Pastor Chip walks us through scripture and teaches what it means to be rooted through the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives!

Welcome to the new series called Rooted: Foundations of a Christ-Follower. In our first week, we look into what it means to be a Christian, or better yet to say, a Christ- Follower. The key to a firm foundation as a Christ- Follower, starts with Repentance! Pastor Chip takes us through the Word of God and shows us how vital repentance is to developing a life changing lifestyle deeply rooted in Christ!

Happy Resurrection Day!! We end our series, Passion: His Journey....Our Hope with Easter Sunday. Pastor Chip teaches on the power of the resurrection! He goes through scripture and teaches on how even the disciples were changed by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. His Passion is for our victory! We have victory in JESUS! AMEN!

Week four of the series,"Passion: His journey....Our hope", brings to us to the foot of the cross. Pastor Chip dives into the Word of God and teaches on the events and details that happened during Jesus' crucifixion. It's not always easy to imagine what exactly Jesus had to suffer through, but knowing the truth about the price that Jesus paid for us, should bring us to our knees in thankfulness and praise for our God loves us so much! His Passion is for our forgiveness!

This is week two of the PASSION series. Pastor Ken Behrens highlights events that took place on Tuesday-Wednesday of the week leading up to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Looking through Matthew Chapters 21 and 23, Pastor Ken leads up to the point that Christ's Passion is for our authenticity. Join us next week as we continue on with Passion// His journey...Our hope.

Join us each week leading up to Easter as we go through our new series Passion// His Journey...Our Hope. Pastor Chip takes us through each day of the week leading up the resurrection of Jesus. This week, he talks about the events that happened on Palm Sunday, reading from Matthew 21:1-10. Chip highlights how God's plan are unstoppable, how Jesus is committed to what we need not what we want, and finally; how Jesus' Passion is for our confidence in Him.

Pastor Chip wraps up the Family Matters series highlighting these three main points about great families: Great Families Encourage Growth, Great Families Protect Each Other, and Great Families Serve Others. Chip uses key scriptures to highlight each point. Join us in the next following weeks as we lead up to Easter Sunday!

What does the Bible teach us about our family life? In this sermon series, "Family Matters", we take a look at some key verses in the Bible that talk about what a godly family looks like. This week, Pastor Chip takes us through some verses in Ecclesiastes that encourage us to enjoy life through Christ. As families we need to take time to slow down from the business of life and enjoy time with our families. Great families have Fun Together!! Take time to experience love and joy as a family by going out and doing something fun together!

We end our RESET series with Pastor Ken Behrens teaching on resetting our "Witness". As Christians, we are called to be the salt and light of the world; to share with others the life we have found in Jesus and the light that He brings in a dark world. But sometimes we draw back from being a witness because we are afraid of what others might think or that we might say something wrong. So this teaching is to encourage us to step out and share with others who are lost what Jesus had done for us and to share the hope and life our Savior brings!

Week four of the RESET series is focusing on resetting "My Community". Church is not an event but a family to belong to. As we look through scripture, we see how vital the church body in the life and growth of a believer. We see in God's Word how we each have different gifts and roles in the body of Christ to edify and encourage one another. We find love, acceptance, significance, and security in Christ and as one body united in Him.

Week three of the series RESET, talks about reseting our Identity. This world likes to label everything including people. Too often we label ourselves with lies of who we are according to past mistakes. But thats not how God sees us. We look at the book of Ephesians where Christ talks about being adopted to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will. Our identity is found in Christ whom redeemed us and has called us by name. A label may describe you, but your identity in Christ defines you!

Stepping into week 2 of the RESET series, Pastor Chip preaches on resetting our faith. "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him." -Hebrews 11:6. Pastor Chip takes us through some passages in scripture highlighting stories of little faith and great faith and how God is amazed by both. We need to trust Jesus, get away from our securities and step out in faith. "Lord cause me to believe so that I may see!"

Happy New Year! Welcome to the first week of our new series, "RESET"! We all want a better version of ourselves, right? We may try to obtain that every new year with resolutions for ourselves in some way, shape, or form. How about a resolution for our heart, soul, and minds? Pastor Chip teaches on reseting our hearts. He walks us through Jesus' parable about the sower, describing the different types of soil and how the crops grew on them. He explained that each different type of soil represent a different type of heart that we may find ourselves having. The end point is that to have a good heart, we need to RESET our hearts to make it available to God's Word. "He who has an ear, let him hear!"-Jesus

We end the Vintage Christmas Series with the truth that, "God came to be with us so He could live in us". Pastor Chip recaps on the all the vintage truths in the Christmas Story of Jesus' birth. The last truth he highlights is that God came to be Immanuel, "God with us!" He knows us and knows what we are going through and everything that we feel. Jesus was fully human and fully God and He came to dwell among us so that He could save us! Merry Christmas!

Pastor Ken takes over teaching on week 3 of our Vintage Christmas Series. Pastor Ken reads from the Luke 2:8-20 and highlights the account of the shepherds who heard the great news of Jesus' birth. We receive some background and history about shepherds which Ken ties into later in the message. He also takes us through Matthew 2:1-12 talking about the wise men. The focal point is the truth that no matter who or where you are, our natural response to Christmas is to come to Jesus.

Week two of the sermon series, "Vintage Christmas" hits on the truth that trust and obedience are always God's way. Pastor Chip walks us through the accounts found in Luke and Matthew when Mary and Joseph would find out they have been chosen to be the parents of Jesus the promised Messiah. It would take trust and obedience from both of them to follow God's plan. From their story we learn that you don't have to understand the plan to "Trust" that God has a purpose!