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Alive Covenant ChurchI'm stuck. We're stuck. ...discover the rhythm of the daily office & sabbathThis series takes us through Peter Scazzero's book, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. In this sermon we focus on Sabbath - God's gift to us. The whole focus of this series has been learning to slow down so we can listen to and be with God. Sabbath takes that idea to a whole new level. Why does God think stopping, resting and delighting for a day each week is as important as "Do not steal" or "Do not murder"? How does the Sabbath help you? Why don't you observe the Sabbath? These are some of the questions we will explore.2024-04-1733 minAlive Covenant ChurchEaster! How does the RESURRECTION change us?He is Risen!He is Risen indeed!Pastor Daron explores how Jesus' RESURRECTION changed the disciples and Jesus' brothers. But how does the RESURRECTION change us? That is our meditation today. 2024-04-0917 minAlive Covenant ChurchI'm stuck. We're stuck. ...enlarging your soul through grief and lossThis series takes us through Peter Scazzero's book, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. In this sermon, we focus on chapter 5 - Enlarging Your Soul Through Grief and Loss. Most of us try to avoid pain, grief, loss. And we will use anything to do it - television, tik tok, work, "staying busy", pornography, overeating, alcohol, drugs. In the scripture we look at today, we see that Jesus wept and Jesus was angry when he experienced loss. And that while turning toward our pain may be counterintuitive - it might be the pathway to healing, growth and the fullness of life.2024-03-2529 minAlive Covenant ChurchI'm stuck. We're stuck. ...the dark night of the soulThis series takes us through Peter Scazzero's book, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. In this sermon, we focus on The Dark Night of the Soul or as Scazzero calls it in chapter 4 - The Wall. We discuss how all of us will go though a season when our good feelings of God's presence evaporate. Where we feel like God is not listening when we pray. This is normal. Even to be expected. But it is also an opportunity...2024-02-2637 minAlive Covenant ChurchI'm stuck. We're stuck. ...going back in order to go forwardThis series takes us through Peter Scazzero's book, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. In this sermon, we focus on chapter 3 - Going Back in Order to Go Forward. Through looking at the life of Joseph, we are invited to look at how the blessings and sins of our family going back 2-3 generations have impacted who we are today. If we want to follow Jesus, the work of discipleship then asks us to consider if the lessons our family taught us line up with Jesus' teachings. Here are just a few questions to begin to consider:How do we receive...2024-02-1436 minAlive Covenant ChurchI'm stuck. We're stuck. ...becoming self awareThis series takes us through Peter Scazzero's book, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. In this sermon, we focus on chapter 2 - Know Yourself That You May Know God. Through looking at the life of Kind David, we are invited to recognize, name, and bring our emotions to God.2024-01-2931 minAlive Covenant ChurchI'm stuck. We're stuck.We begin our series entitled I'm stuck. We're stuck.This series takes us through Peter Scazzero's book, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. In this sermon, Pastor Daron introduces "why" we are focusing our attention on this book, what are the Top 10 symptoms of emotionally unhealthy spirituality, and invites us slow down for God and allow God to expose and dismantle our false self. 2024-01-1835 minAlive Covenant ChurchThessalonians chapter 4Pastor Heather continues our focus on a church in Thessalonica, a port city in Greece, that formed 20 years after Jesus' ministry/death/resurrection. Sex is the focus of this chapter and sermon. That's probably enough for you to want to hear more.2023-11-1630 minAlive Covenant ChurchThessalonians chapter 3Pastor Heather continues our focus on a church in Thessalonica, a port city in Greece, that formed 20 years after Jesus' ministry/death/resurrection. What does it mean to have faith? What does it mean to live out the Good News? These are the questions that we explore as we listen and think through this scripture today. Pastor Heather breaks down 5 facets of faith that she sees in this chapter.2023-11-0733 minAlive Covenant ChurchThessalonians chapter 2Pastor Daron continues our focus on a church in Thessalonica, a port city in Greece. As we continue our exploration of the letter (chapter 2, verses 1-16), it seems that the writers (Paul, Silas & Timothy) are addressing issues in the lives of the people in that church community that could undermined the credibility or the power of the Good News. We then look at what undermines the credibility or the power of the Good News in our lives today.2023-10-1239 minAlive Covenant ChurchThessalonians chapter 1Pastor Daron continues our focus on a church in Thessalonica, a port city in present day Greece. Today we focus on the first chapter of the letter that Paul, Silas, and Timothy wrote to the church after they were forced out of town by a mob. They are greatly encouraged by how the Holy Spirit continues to form the church even in their absence and how the people are turning from idols to the living and true God. 2023-09-2730 minAlive Covenant ChurchThessalonians IntroPastor Daron introduces us to Thessalonica, a port city in present day Greece. This is a story of a healthy church starting against all odds. The founders never wanted to go there - it was Plan B when their first and second options fell through. They only stayed three weeks before being kicked out by a mob. Is that possible - to spend three weeks with people who have never heard about Jesus - get kicked out by a mob - and still have that community want to keep becoming a church? It's a story of being dependent on...2023-09-1328 minAlive Covenant ChurchOnesimus, Philemon and the house church in ColossaeCharmaine Doherty shares how Jesus radically changed the lives of Onesimus, Philemon and the church in Colossae. The Holy Spirit's action in their lives challenged what their culture said was acceptable. Their obedience led them from a relationship focused on division and difference to one of belonging. What dividing walls keep you living a life focused on difference, rather than belonging? How might these dividing walls be keeping all of us from the grace of Christ?2023-08-1539 minAlive Covenant ChurchEarnest Faith - Mark 1:16-28Gary Walter shares when Jesus started his ministry, he didn't look for superstar followers. Instead, he chose a group of raw and unrefined folks whose curiosity and earnestness were the primary traits. He introduced them to four tools he will use to shape and mold them, elements he uses still in the lives of those seeking to live an earnest faith even today.2023-07-1231 minAlive Covenant ChurchGraduation Worship ServiceWhat is really real? More and more, it becomes difficult to know what's really real. Images and video can be altered. Audio recordings can be created. Events happen in the world and we have multiple perspectives on what happened. So what is really real? Pastor Daron poses this question to our graduates, telling them we hope they have experienced the reality of our love, and that we hope that points them to trusting what we believe is the most real thing in this world - God loves you.2023-06-1318 minAlive Covenant ChurchJohn 21John writes his gospel about Jesus because he wants us to understand that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God. John also writes so we begin to think of ourselves as "the disciple Jesus loves" and we understand that Jesus sends us into the world just as God sent him into the world. Pastor Daron Jagodzinske teaches on John's last chapter which highlights how easy it is for any of us to give up when we fail to live up to who Jesus calls us to be. Jesus' question to us is simply - "Do you love me?"2023-05-1531 minAlive Covenant ChurchJohn 20.11-31The resurrected Jesus. What did he say? What did he do? after he came back to life. Pastor Daron Jagodzinske explores how the lives of his followers were changed by these encounters... maybe ours will be too.2023-05-1533 minAlive Covenant ChurchTimothy McMahan King - Addiction NationWe were so pleased to have Timothy McMahan King, author of Addiction Nation - What the Opioid Crisis Reveals About Us, join us to share about his own addiction and encouraged us to see people in addiction through a different lens. Unfortunately, the first 10 minutes of the sermon are not available.2023-03-3121 minAlive Covenant ChurchJohn 18.28-19.16Proximity. What does it matter? Could it be the gateway into understanding and participating in Jesus' upside-down kingdom? Bryan Stevenson's (author of Just Mercy and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative) life was changed by proximity when he visited a prisoner on death row. Pastor Daron highlights that Jesus lived a life modeling proximity to (and giving his life away for) those in need, the outsider, the prisoner and taught his followers to do the same. How might your life be changed by following Jesus' teaching on proximity?2023-02-1732 minAlive Covenant ChurchJohn 18.1-27What is the difference between defending Jesus and confessing and trusting him? Peter boasted that he was ready to die for Jesus - but just a few hours later, after he discovered that Jesus neither needed nor wanted his help in resisting arrest, Peter publicly denied his identity as Jesus' disciple. In this sermon, Pastor Heather explores the gap between our ideals and reality, between what we imagine Jesus wants from us and the downward path to glory he modeled and asks us to follow him on.2023-02-1733 minAlive Covenant ChurchJohn 17:20-26Jesus was known to go off on his own and pray. A few times we get to listen in. John 17 is one of those. In this sermon, Pastor Daron Jagodzinske shares what he believes is the GREATEST verse in the Bible. As Jesus is praying for us (people who will believe someday because of the disciples testimony), he asks God to help us understand that God loves us as much as God loves Jesus! God loves me as much as he loves Jesus? Could it be true? And what does that mean?2023-02-1631 minAlive Covenant ChurchJohn 17:20-26Jesus was known to go off on his own and pray. A few times we get to listen in. John 17 is one of those. In this sermon, Pastor Daron Jagodzinske shares what he believes is the GREATEST verse in the Bible. As Jesus is praying for us (people who will believe someday because of the disciples testimony), he asks God to help us understand that God loves us as much as God loves Jesus! God loves me as much as he loves Jesus? Could it be true? And what does that mean?2023-01-1130 minAlive Covenant ChurchJohn 17Jesus was known to go off on his own and pray. A few times we get to listen in. John 17 is one of those. In this sermon, Pastor Daron Jagodzinske explores how we can learn to pray by listening in on Jesus praying. The artwork that is discussed is a Andrei Rublev painting called The Trinity or The Hospitality of Abraham.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(Andrei_Rublev)2022-12-1430 min
It's Not Just Business Talks with SonjaApproach - Love One AnotherDaron Jagodzinske is the founding pastor of Alive Covenant Church. Born in Welcome, Minnesota (that’s right, the sign said “Welcome to Welcome”), Daron spent his first 18 years growing up and working on the family farm. He and his wife, Kristin, have five children: Justus, Greta, Ella, Fia, and Kwame. Daron loves seeing God at work in people’s lives, sharing life with Kristin, being a dad, playing basketball, beating his buddies in fantasy football, laughing at Will Ferrell, fishing for seafood, and exploring the beauty of the northwest. Along the way, Daron received a BA in ac...2022-02-1847 minAlive Covenant ChurchIf you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that?Jesus asked many questions. In this sermon, Pastor Daron Jagodzinske explores Jesus' question: If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Luke 6:322019-10-3126 minAlive Covenant ChurchEphesians 1:1-14Pastor Daron Jagodzinske starts our series on Ephesians. As Alive Covenant Church turns 10 years old, we begin to explore this letter written to a church about 10 years old.2016-01-1221 minAlive Covenant ChurchSabbath - What does God require of me?Alive Covenant Church. Pastor Daron Jagodzinske continues our series on "What does God require of me?", asking you to consider living the practice of Sabbath.2015-12-3032 minAlive Covenant ChurchAbba's ChildPastor Daron takes us through the first 3 chapters of Abba's Child in this sermon.2015-07-0229 minAlive Covenant ChurchLuke 21Sermon on the Gospel of Luke - chapter 21.2015-02-0228 minAlive Covenant ChurchLuke 20Sermon on the Gospel of Luke - chapter 20.2015-01-2029 min