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Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoPracticing the Way of Jesus: The Grace of GivingSermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 In most Christian churches, generosity is described as one of the core values of the Christian life. The Bible records Jesus saying these words – “it is better to give than to receive.”    At Emmaus Road, one of our core values is Partnership; we believe “our faith calls us to give our lives away in service to others.” This is often in opposition to the spirit of competition of our age, where, in order to survive and come out on top, we are taught to focus first on ourselves.  How does one devel...2024-06-3041 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoAnnual Meeting | Present, Pursue, PartnerSermon Scripture: Colossians 1:3-23 This week we hear the stories and look at the evidence of all that God is doing among us at Emmaus Road. We will hear from our pastor, treasurer, and each of our ministry leaders the details of our ministry over the last year and the amazing opportunities that lay before us. This is a highlight in the life of our community as we take a peek behind the scenes into the ministry and stewardship of Emmaus Road Church.2024-05-271h 12Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoMissions Sunday, Dr. Floyd CunninghamWe are excited to have Dr. Floyd Cunningham join us to tell of the many wonderful things God is doing all around the world through Nazarene missions. The Pape family and Floyd were together in the Philippines for many years.  FAITH PROMISE is used by many local churches to raise financial support for world missions. The Church of the Nazarene, of which Emmaus Road is a member, has one of the longest running, globally supported missions programs in the World. 2024-02-2543 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoAnnual Meeting | Thus Far God Has Helped UsSermon Scripture: 1 Samuel 7:12 Join us for our Annual Church Meeting where we hear the stories and look at the evidence of all that God is doing among us at Emmaus Road. We will hear from our pastor, treasurer, and each of our ministry leaders the details of our ministry over the last year and the amazing opportunities that lay before us.  This is a highlight in the life of our community as we take a peek behind the scenes into the ministry and stewardship of Emmaus Road Church.2023-05-141h 14Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoIn ConclusionPastor Andy Lucas shared his blessings and encouragement to the Emmaus Road on this, his final Sunday as pastor. We will be celebrating Pastor Andy and his 15 years serving as pastor of Emmaus Road, and will be appreciating and sending off the entire Lucas family as they embark on their next adventure in Kansas City.2022-04-2420 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoAdvent 2: PeaceSermon Scripture: Luke 1:68-79 (NRSV)   Peace comes from the Hebrew word “Shalom” which means wholeness or harmony. We can experience this peace in our personal lives through connection with God, ourselves, and others. But we can also think about peace on a broader scale and ask questions like,  “How peace is experienced in the world?”  Shalom in the world points us to things like the end of war, violence, hatred, and division. The prophet Isaiah, in thinking about the coming Messiah, described this person as the “Prince of Peace.” Christ is the one who would be ca...2021-12-0520 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoAdvent Candle Liturgy - Week 2 - PeaceChrist is the fulfillment of true peace for the world, and it doesn’t come through violence and war - it comes through his self-sacrificial love on the cross.   When Jesus took on our sin on the cross and responded with forgiveness, the power of sin was defeated! He brought peace, not just for us personally, but he showed us the possibility of peace in our lives together. The kingdom built in God’s name would not be the same kind of kingdoms we’ve seen throughout history. It would be a new kingdom that brings true peace.2021-12-0506 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoAdvent 1: Waiting for a Righteous KingSermon Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-16 (NRSV)   As the people of God, we mark time to tell the story of Christ. The liturgical calendar tells the story of salvation in Christ. Keeping these rhythms helps form our identity as the people of God.   Advent is about waiting. It is about longing. During this season we enter into solidarity with our ancient brothers and sisters who waited for the coming of the Messiah. Now that the Messiah has come in the person of Jesus, we await the return of Christ and the renewal of al...2021-11-3034 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoAdvent Candle Liturgy - Week 1 - HopeThis Advent, as we look forward to Christmas, how can we “set all our hope on the grace of Jesus Christ”? As we look around, really open our eyes, we see too much suffering and injustice in the world.  Jesus found the company of tax collectors and sinners more real than that of the pretty and privileged people.  He welcomed and served the poor, the orphaned, the widow, the stranger.  These people were marginalized, rejected by their society, as by ours.  Christ sought them out, and not so he could Lord it over them and feel better about hi...2021-11-2809 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoChrist the King + Hanging of the GreensSermon Scripture: Revelation 1:4-8 (NRSV) Today is Christ the King Sunday! It marks the final week of the liturgical year before beginning a new year with the start of Advent. It is a time to remind ourselves of our allegiance and to remember again whose we are, we are children of the Creator God, the Living Christ who rules over all the nations. Those who give their allegiance to Christ are rescued from a life of vengeance, selfishness, crudeness (and the like) and transformed into a "Lamb-King community."2021-11-2215 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFinding Jesus in Genesis 3: NoahSermon Scripture: Genesis 6:5-14 (NRSV) What the Bible does best is serve as an inspired sign that points to Jesus. This means that we can find Jesus in all of the scriptures....even in Genesis.  Today, we are going to find Jesus in the story of Noah. Jesus is the ark who ushers us into new creation. When Noah and his family entered the ark, they were in an old, corrupt world, dominated by violence. When they stepped out of the ark, they stepped into a new creation, filled with new possibilities.2021-11-1438 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFinding Jesus in Genesis 2: AdamSermon Scripture: Genesis 2:4-7; 18-24 (NRSV)   In this series, we are flexing our interpretive muscles as we learn to read the Bible in the light of Christ. The tradition handed down by Jesus to his disciples on the Emmaus Road and picked up by the apostles and the early Church Fathers was to read the Bible with Christ as the interpretive center. This means that we can expect to find Jesus through the whole of the scriptures - even in the Old Testament!2021-11-0736 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoAll Saint’s DaySermon Scripture: Hebrews 11:1; 12:1-12 (NRSV)   We often remember someone’s life with fondness, but that doesn't mean their journey was always easy. Those whose lives we consider faithful, may have consider their own lives and faith a struggle! Those whose lives ended in a state of spiritual maturity had to go through a process of growth, maturity, and wrestling to get there.    Like a runner who runs a race, there are moments of “runners high” where everything is going well and it feels like you could run forever. There are also moments w...2021-11-0119 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFinding Jesus in Genesis 1: CreationSermon Scripture: Genesis 1:1-3 (NRSV)   Genesis 1 gives us an account of creation filled with harmony and balance.   This week, as the fall colors are bursting all over our city, take a few moments to take it in. Go on a walk in a natural area. Marvel at the beauty in your own backyard. Worship the Creator by standing in awe of creation. May you be pointed to the Word of God, the Creator, Jesus of Nazareth.2021-10-2434 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoBroken Signposts Part 8: PowerSermon Scripture: John 18:33-38  (NRSV)   All of us are subject to some kind of power structure. While this may make us uncomfortable, power structures often serve good purposes. It is also true, however, that power can corrupt. Unchecked power and authority often leads parties, institutions, and persons to seek after their own good rather than the good of others.   What the world needs is a group of people who bear witness to this Christ-like power. We are to be that people!    May we commit ourselves to the task...2021-10-1831 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoBroken Signposts Part 7: RestSermon Scripture: Hebrews 4:12-16 (NRSV)   As Pastor Daniel leads us this week, we take a peak the Broken Signpost of rest. Culture is constantly shaping our faith, often numbing us to the beautiful hope it holds. As we consider how the faith to which we are called flows counter to our culture, we discover the freedom promised to those who swim against the flow.    Hear the good news! Because God loves us, we lack for nothing; because God forgives us, we have everything we need; because God surrounds us with sisters and...2021-10-1041 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoBroken Signposts Part 6: TruthSermon Scripture: John 18:33-38 (NRSV) Of all the broken signposts, we would expect truth to be the least broken. But, our relationship with truth isn't quite as straight forward as we might expect.  As with all the signposts, once we have understood truth in light of Christ, we are invited to bear witness to this in the world. We are invited to be ambassadors of truth - not by defending it - but by embodying new creation, faithfully pointing people to Jesus, and showing that self-giving love is the most powerful force in the world. T...2021-10-0335 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoBroken Signposts Part 5: FreedomSermon Notes: bit.ly/3kJG59j Sermon Scripture: John 8:31-36 (NRSV) The freedom of personal choice is not the same as freedom given in service of a purpose or goal. There is a difference between freedom from something and freedom for something. Central to the story of God is that God desires both kinds of freedom for humanity. May we know that our inclination toward freedom has always been God-given and may we be sure to define our freedom according to the example of Christ and the freedom offered in Christ. 2021-09-2628 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoBroken Signposts Part 4: BeautySermon Scripture: John 11:38-44 (NRSV)   As we consider the resurrection of Lazarus this week, may this quote guide us us.   Our human drive for beauty, for transcendent meaning, turns out to be more than we ever expected. It is God-given: a signpost, designed to lead us back to his presence. Ah, we sigh, be it ends in darkness and horror, with the dust of death covering over the beauty in thick, choking layers of ugliness. Yes, says John, but see what the creator God now does. He makes a way through de...2021-09-1931 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoBroken Signposts Part 3: SpiritualitySermon Scripture: John 15:1-8 (NRSV) In our world, religion is often seen as an old idea, and unnecessary weight to carry. Spirituality, on the other hand, frees us from that weight while also allowing us to pursue the deep questions of life. How might the scriptures help us make sense of all of this?2021-09-1234 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoBroken Signposts Part 2: LoveSermon Scripture: John 2:17-22 (NRSV) The concept of love has captured the imagination of artists and communicators for generations. From love found and lost, find my one true love, to the love of family and friendship; love is everywhere in our movies, books, and art. Underneath all the messages about love, there is one common denominator - we all want love! We know that love matters. But love is also difficult. Love can easily be corrupted or cheapened. To help us make sense of this broken signpost, let's turn to John 2:17-22.2021-09-0537 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoBroken Signposts Part 1: JusticeSermon Scripture: John 18:33-40; John 19:13-16a (NRSV) Broken signposts are the things in the world that point us in a direction or give us a hint of how things should be and how things should work, but ultimately are difficult to fully grasp or don't work as they should.  This week, we will explore the theme of justice.2021-08-3030 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoResisting Rage Part 7: Sabbath & PlaySermon Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11 (NRSV)   When God commands rest, he liberates the Hebrew people from the pressure of endless production. God releases them from basing value on productivity. He demonstrates that the well-being of creation does not depend on endless work. Instead, God calls them to rhythms of rest so that they can focus on relationship with God and others. God invites them into a relationship based on covenant instead of commodity.   Play connects us to the present moment. It allows us to let go of the hurts and disappointments of th...2021-08-2234 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoResisting Rage Part 6: The Place for Righteous AngerSermon Scripture: Mark 11:15-19 (NRSV)    Whenever you talk about rage or the call for Christians to be peacemakers, there is one episode in the life of Jesus that inevitably comes up - Jesus tossing tables in the temple. This story is told in all four gospels, so it clearly is significant.    So, Jesus did get angry. But, as the witness of the Gospels shows us, Jesus got angry about matters of injustice! Jesus got angry - usually with religious leaders and systems - when those systems weren't embodying God's shalom in the...2021-08-1534 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoResisting Rage Part 5: Living As PeacemakersSermon Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16 (NRSV)   Learning from the Apostle Paul’s exchange with the church in Emphasis, we are given an instructions manual-like description of the basic requirements of Christian living and how to do so. We are to follow the example of Jesus, act peacefully, and to actively maintain and establish good relationships with others.   Sounds simple enough right? Join us as we investigate the challenges and graces God provides to us as we live as peacemakers.2021-08-0835 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoResisting Rage Part 4: Breaking the Cycle of OutrageSermon Scripture: 4:31-32   God the Creator is drawing together a community of any who will place their faith in Christ as the world's true King. This new community is unified through the work of the Spirit and is to embody a new type of humanity.   While this community is unified in principle through Christ and the Spirit, the community must work to be unified in practice by putting off the old humanity and putting on the new humanity.   Practically speaking, we are to put away all bitterness, ang...2021-08-0238 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoResisting Rage Part 3: Feeding the Five ThousandSermon Scripture: John 6   Please join us as Pastor Rick Edwards leads us on a discovery of John 6, The Feeding of the Five Thousand2021-07-2546 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoResisting Rage Part 2: Resisting the PhariseeSermon Scripture: Matthew 23:1-15   If we are to resist the rage that is so common in our culture, we must recognize how gently and patiently God deals with us. Following right after that, though, we are called to extend that same gentleness and patience to others. Key to the Christian witness in the world today is to resist rage and not add to the collective sense of angst and anger.   Jesus deals gently with people, but there is one exception. Jesus was pretty harsh toward the scribes and the pharisees (see Mt...2021-07-1934 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoResisting Rage Part 1: The Gentleness of GodSermon Scripture: John 1:43-51   Consider for a moment the story of Philip and Nathanael in John 1. Philip had become a follower of Jesus believed that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah. This meant a change in Philip’s worldview, political convictions, and social interactions.   Philip goes to Nathanael and says, "I've found the Messiah!" But Nathanael cynically responds, "Nothing good can come out of Nazareth.”   Philip offered Nathanael an invitation to "come and see." Despite seeming like they are worlds apart, these two go on a path of discove...2021-07-1233 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoKingdom Time Part 6: Strength in WeaknessSermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10   The truest form of strength is displayed through things like humility, vulnerability, forgiveness, generosity, selflessness. For when we take on the qualities, it creates space in our hearts and lives for God to be at work in us and through us.   In a culture that is focused on strength, may we come to know that true strength comes from the "weakness" of humility, vulnerability, forgiveness, and love. For these are the very things displayed in the life of Christ, our LORD.2021-07-0428 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoKingdom Time Part 5: Call to GenerositySermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 We are invited to live generous lives in response to the generosity that has been shown to us by God. Generosity can come in all kinds of forms. It can come in how we give our money. It can come in how we give our time. You are invited into a process of discernment on one step you can make toward greater generosity. As we become more generous, our lives reflect the generosity of God.2021-06-2818 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoKingdom Time Part 4: The Spacious LifeSermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:2-13 Mature, authentic Christianity is to see that life is not a bit of this, then a bit of that; it is often both at the very same time. Can we, as Christians, learn to grieve and celebrate at the same time. Can we learn to share in the pain of the world while also sharing in its joy? Can we learn to share in the tears and laughter of God? If we can learn these things, then we will live full lives. 2021-06-2125 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoKingdom Time Part 3: On Death & JudgmentSermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:6-10   At the time of death, Paul understands that the veil between heaven and earth is removed and we experience the full presence of God as we await the joining of heaven and earth and the redemption of our bodies. In this way, death is not a friend that releases us from the burden of physicality, death is an enemy that has been defeated through resurrection!   God’s infinite love and forgiveness IS NOT moral indifference. God does not tolerate evil and it will not be allowed in God...2021-06-1426 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoKingdom Time Part 2: Value of the UnseenSermon Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:13-18 Behind all of life, complete with the ups and downs, is the resurrection hope of Jesus. New creation has broken in. Death has been overcome. Therefore, we do not lose heart. With belief of the faithfullness of God (Psalm 116) in the background and the resurrection of Jesus in the forefront of his mind, the testimony of Paul the Apostle is that our eyes should be fixed on what is unseen rather than what is seen.2021-06-0920 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoKingdom Time Part 1: Children, Not SlavesSermon Scripture: Romans 8:12-17   As children of God, we are brought back into our vocation as sons and daughters of God, this time with the Spirit of God to lead, guide, and empower us! We are invitedto live as God's image-bearers in the world who carry out the rule of God.   What does the rule of God look like?    Look at the true Son of God, Jesus. Through his ministry, Jesus shows what it looks like when God’s will is done on earth as in heaven.2021-05-3026 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoPentecost 2021Sermon Scripture: Ezekiel 37: 1-147 (NLT)   Ezekiel Passage (Ez. 37:1-14, NLT): Israel (and humanity) has a heart problem that leads to violence, power-broking, and ignoring the vulnerable. The valley of dry bones is picture of their spiritual state. They are skeletons in need of the breath of God to revive them. Main point: The power of God extends into the realm of death to bring about new creation.   Pentecost Passage (Acts 2): The disciples have followed Jesus and learned from him. He is resurrected, but no longer with them. How will they carry thi...2021-05-2418 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoNew Creation, Part 7, Jesus Prays For UsSermon Scripture: John 15:9-17 (NRSV) Sometimes evil is tangible, like destructive actions. Often times, however, evil sneaks into our lives in more subtle ways. One of those subtle ways is when we want the end to justify the means.  In the kingdom of God, the means are the end! Every time Jesus is offered the short or the easy way or offered an end through incongruent means, he rejects it as evil.  The kingdom of God is fundamentally different and distinct from the kingdom of the world. And when Jesus prays for his di...2021-05-1635 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoNew Creation, Part 6, PruningSermon Scripture: John 15:9-17 (NRSV) “When we try to solve a problem or improve a design, we typically think something needs to be added to the existing model. It’s much harder for us to think about subtracting something to solve a problem. This human psychology snafu can be found everywhere — extra meetings to figure out why work schedules are too cramped, the red tape of bureaucracy; leaning on technology to solve the climate crisis.” -Nature Science Journal, April 2021 God prunes so that our lives are more fruitful. We have greater health and wholeness. If the goal...2021-05-0936 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoNew Creation, Part 5, Vine & BranchesSermon Scripture: John 15:1-8 (NRSV)   The vine and the branches. If you are like most, you tend see this metaphor through a personal lens. Read in this way, John 15:1-8 leads to the questions like, "Am I connected to God?" or "What am I doing to connect with God?"   These are a good and necessary question to reflect on that can lead us to spiritual growth. However, it is not without risk. Seeing this metaphor only through a personal lens can also lead to a number of spiritual decisions that actually di...2021-05-0230 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoNew Creation, Part 4, The Good ShepherdSermon Scripture: John 10:11-18 (NRSV)   A bad shepherd protects themselves and their reputation, even at the expense of the sheep. A good shepherd works to protect the sheep. Including, when sheep are facing danger, to go to meet the danger head on, and take upon themselves the fate that would otherwise befall the sheep.   This should hopefully sound familiar for this is precisely what Jesus, the Good Shepherd, has done for us! Jesus saw the danger of sin and met it head on by taking sin upon himself, dying, and then de...2021-04-2634 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoNew Creation, Part 3, Jesus’ Resurrected BodySermon Scripture: Luke 24:36-43 (NRSV) Jesus says, "Look at my hands and feet and see that it's me. Touch and see." He eats in front of the disciples and even mentions that he isn’t a ghost. There is a clear attempt to make sure the reader of the gospel knows that Jesus appeared to the disciples in a physical body. The resurrected Christ is the same person as the historical Jesus. The One who conquered sin and death through death and resurrection is the same as the one who performed miracles, cared for the po...2021-04-1827 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoNew Creation, Part 2Sermon Scripture: John 20:19-29 (NRSV) Celebrating Easter and new life of springtime, after a “long, cold, lonely winter,” (weather-related and otherwise) is only natural, right, and proper. And yet, the realities of life have a way of displacing our new-found joy. How do people of the Resurrection respond when feelings of fear, confusion, anxiety, or grief continue to hover over us?   Life in the New Creation, which was inaugurated by Jesus’ resurrection, can flourish because God has given us the Holy Spirit to live within and among us, giving us power and purpose for life. Our response of trus...2021-04-1127 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEaster 2021: New CreationSermon Scripture: John 20:1-18 (NRSV)   The good news of Easter is that God's new creation has begun. Jesus resurrection was the beginning of God's project to bring the life of heaven to earth! What God did for Jesus on the first Easter, God intends to do for us and all of creation! Jesus doesn't just offer us a new code of ethics or new religious possibility, Jesus offers us participation in new creation!   2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new ha...2021-04-0533 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoLamentations (Series) Part 5 - PALM SUNDAYSermon Scripture: Lamentations 5:1-22 (NIV) Walter Bruggemann says this: "One loss that results from the absence of lament is the loss of genuine covenant interaction, since the second party to the covenant (the petitioner) has become voiceless or has a voice that is permitted to speak only praise and doxology." Lamentations is an example of the suffering victim being given the agency and dignity of speaking up for themselves. May our work for justice and healing in our community not just include us working on behalf of others, but be courageous enough to...2021-03-2835 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoLamentations (Series) Part 4Sermon Scripture: Lamentations 4:2-9 (NLT) Suffering, disaster, injustice are all common to the human experience, but these things disproportionately affect vulnerable communities. This lament is an invitation to recognize this reality. To admit out loud when we are less affected by an event because of our wealth, access to health care, or color of our skin. Then, to see and know the invitation that God gives the Church to participate in caring for vulnerable communities.2021-03-2134 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoLamentations (Series) Part 3Sermon Scripture: Lamentations 3 (NIV) Pastor Grace Easton helps us explore 3rd poem of Lamentations and it’s dramatic languaging processing the effects of personal and corporate sin through lament. Lament and Confession transform us. It recognizes an evil, and helps us imagine redemption. We express our lament, and are moved to action.  We recognize the evil, we recognize our need for God’s redemption.  We remember that God is at work in the world and has not abandoned us. God is faithful and working to make all things new, and we the church are a part of th...2021-03-1620 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoLamentations (Series) Part 2Sermon Scripture: Lamentations 2 (NLT)   Where Lamentations chapter 1 saw Jerusalem attribute their own sin as a cause for suffering, chapter 2 makes God the primary actor. In this poem, God is portrayed as angry, retributive and to blame for the suffering of Jerusalem.   Lament requires humility. Lament calls us into a proper view of ourselves. Even Jerusalem was not beyond being humbled. May we, who might think ourselves exceptional by all standards, see ourselves simply as recipients of God's grace. May we not lose sight that the God we serve and the Christianity we pr...2021-03-1135 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoLamentations (Series) Part 1Sermon Scripture: Lamentations 1 (NLT)   THE VALUE OF LAMENT 1. Lament is form of protest: Lament lets the world (and God) know that which is not right. To lament is to name the pain, suffering, or injustice in our lives and in the lives of others. 2. Lament offers us a chance to express emotion: Lament offers us the opportunity to express anger, frustration, disappointment to God. 3. Lament offers us a chance to express confusion: Few things cause us to question the foundation of life more than suffering. When we suffer we a...2021-02-2836 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEveryday Faith (Series from James) Part 6, Faith-Filled PrayerSermon Scripture: James 5:13-19 (NRSV)   James ends his letter with a call to prayer. In the previous verses, he’s just talked about how Christians should live with patience for the day when all things will be made right. This patience should lead us to a life of faith-filled prayer.   When we pray, we stand with one foot in the world as it is; filled with sickness, sin, and trouble while the other other foot stands in God’s new creation; filled with healing, forgiveness, and hope. Prayer brings new creation to bea...2021-02-2126 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEveryday Faith (Series from James) Part 5, The Big SortSermon Scripture: James 2:1-17 (NRSV)   How many of us, when enjoying our favorite candy, sort out our favorite flavors and ignore or trade the others?   While this practice of sorting and evaluation is harmless when it comes to candy, the unfortunate truth is we all have a tendency to do the same thing when it comes to people. We assess, evaluate, and size people up to establish a pecking order. We tend to favor those who can benefit us and ignore those who cannot. James exposes this practice as evil. 2021-02-1418 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEveryday Faith (Series from James) Part 4, MoneySermon Scripture: James 1:9-11 (NLT)   Money. Whether you have a lot or a little, it’s easy to obsess over money. The Bible has some important wisdom to teach us about money. Here is just a short sampling:   Prov. 22:7 says, “The borrower is slave to the lender…” Malachi 3:10 tells us to “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse.”. Mark 12:41-44 calls us to generosity through the story of a widow who gave two small coins, which was nearly all she had.   These are important thing...2021-02-0725 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEveryday Faith (Series from James) Part 3, True vs. False WisdomSermon Scripture: 3:12-18 (NRSV)   The rise of “fake news” has made it difficult to discern what news is legitimate and what news is just trying to confirm biases and stoke fear of the other side. It turns out, though, this kind of confusion isn’t new. Early Christians faced a similar problem regarding wisdom.   James’ letter was written to a wide audience of Christians, so he was addressing widespread problems among Christians. One of the problems was this: some Christians claimed to have wisdom, but did not; while other had wisdom, but were d...2021-01-3125 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEveryday Faith (Series from James) Part 2, Words MatterSermon Scripture: James 3:1-12 (NRSV) “Men like me, who possess hidden wisdom are freed from common rules just as we are cut off from common pleasures. Our, my boy, is a high and lonely destiny.” -Uncle Andrew from The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis The keen moral insight of Lewis is clear; the moment one thinks that an action that would be wrong for others is OK for them, they have puffed themselves up with pride and are heading for disaster. When we speak evil against one another or pass judgement, we bec...2021-01-2424 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEveryday Faith (Series from James) Part 1, Patience & EnduranceSermon Scripture: James 1:2-4; 5:7-11 According to the logic of James, 2020 is to be considered one of the most joy-filled years because of the trials we all faced. This isn’t coming from someone who had it nice and easy in life. James personally experienced poverty, famine, and persecution. These words are not cheap cliche from someone who has lived in the lap of luxury. They are words from someone who has suffered deeply. I’m convinced that part of the wisdom of James is that our lives are not to be blown side...2021-01-1722 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoHer Story (Series) Part 7, Harriet TubmanAt the beginning of the book of Exodus, the Israelite people were enslaved by the Pharaoh in Egypt. God called a man named Moses to confront Pharaoh and demand that the Israelites be freed. Moses confronted Pharaoh many times, but Pharaoh refused! After finally agreeing to let them go, Pharaoh changed his mind because he realized building and production would stop the labor of enslaved people. Harriet Tubman became a conductor of the Underground Railroad, leading many to freedom! Just as Moses led his people to freedom, so did Harriet, which is how she became known as...2021-01-1021 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoHer Story (Series) Part 6, Austin Channing BrownToday, let’s learn about the life and work of Austin Channing Brown. Austin is a Christian black woman who fights for racial justice through activism and education. Racism is prejudice against a person or group on the basis of their ethnic or racial identity. What does the Bible say about racism and social justice? Join us as we investigate together.2021-01-0325 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoHer Story (Series) Part 5, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop"Be perfect…” Mt. 5:48  "May God sanctify you entirely” 1 Thess. 5:23  "to those who are sanctified…” 1 Cor. 1:2  "you were sanctified…” 1 Cor. 6:11  Throughout the scriptures, there is evidence that part of the work of God in our lives is to sanctify us. But what does this mean? How are we to understand this call? These are the kinds of questions Mildred Bangs Wynkoop dedicated her life to answering.  Join us as we investigate the life and theological heritage we have gained from Mildred Bangs Wynkoop2020-12-2721 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: The Cry Of Hallelujah (Music: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, “The Cry of Hallelujah” as inspired by Andrew Peterson’s song, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks. A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/)2020-12-2506 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: Candle Liturgy Christmas Eve - CHRIST HAS COMEAs we now celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord, we will light the fifth candle, the white Christ Candle. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.2020-12-2406 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: Behold the Lamb of God (Music: Behold the Lamb of God)Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, “Behold The Lamb of God” as inspired by Andrew Peterson’s song of the same name. A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/)2020-12-2307 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: Candle Liturgy Week 4 - LOVEThis week, we light the final purple candle of LOVE. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.2020-12-2006 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoHer Story (Series) Part 4, Mary, Mother of JesusSermon Scripture: Luke 1:46-55 (NRSV) Mary was a devoted teenager who loved God. She, along with others, was waiting for God to do what he had promised through the prophets to do; send a king in the line of David who would set things right. After an encounter with the angel Gabriel, Mary uttered her most famous words, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.”  She then offers a song of praise recorded in Luke 1:46-55. With this song, Mary announced the beginning a kingdom Mar...2020-12-2021 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: Deliver Us (Music: Deliver Us)Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, “Deliver Us” as inspired by Andrew Peterson’s song of the same name. A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/) DELIVER US Written by Andrew Peterson Copyright © 2004 New Spring CCLI #4752291 Music used under CCLI license #1808339, CCLI steaming license #20401862 Performed by Emmaus Road Worship Team2020-12-1606 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: Candle Liturgy Week 3 - JOYThis week, we light the pink candle of JOY. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.2020-12-1306 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoHer Story (Series) Part 3, Mary MagdaleneSermon Scripture: Luke 24:1-12 (NRSV) We are in the third Sunday of Advent. During Advent this year, we are exploring the stories of women who have helped to share the Gospel in their generation. Perhaps none of these are more important than Mary Magdalene. If you'll extend some me some grace, let's explore this resurrection story during Advent. All four of the Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John - place Mary Magdalene at the scene of the resurrection as the first witness to this world-changing event. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the central sto...2020-12-1323 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: A New Battle Hymn (Music: Your Peace Will Make Us One)Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, “A New Battle Hymn” as inspired by Audrey Assad’s “Your Peace Will Make Us One.” A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/)2020-12-0906 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: Candle Liturgy Week 2 - PEACEThis week, we light the second purple candle of PEACE. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.2020-12-0606 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoHer Story (Series) Part 2, Rachel Held EvansSermon Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32 (NRSV)   The namesake of God’s covenant people is that they wrestled with God in the same way their forefather had. To have an “Israelite” faith did not mean to be certain about all your beliefs about God; it meant to wrestle honestly with those beliefs. You see this throughout the biblical narrative, particularly in the Old Testament!   In 2007, Rachel Held Evans started a blog where she wrote about her questions, doubts, and changing beliefs.   As it turned out, questions and doubts defined much of R...2020-12-0619 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: Pausing To Remember (Music: Gather Round Ye Children Come)Thank you for joining us for our Advent Reflections series. Each reflection is accompanied by a song recorded by the Emmaus Road Worship team.  This week, Pausing to Remember as inspired by Andrew Peterson's "Gather'Round Ye Children Come." A video version of this episode is available on our website, theroadfc.org, or on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmausRoadFortCollins/)2020-12-0207 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoADVENT SPECIAL: Candle Liturgy Week 1 - HOPEThis week, we light the first purple candle of HOPE. Please await instruction given during the podcast for the time to light your candle.  May God bless you as you listen and worship.2020-11-2908 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoHer Story (Series) Part 1, Anna the ProphetessSermon Scripture: Luke 2:36-40 (NRSV) This week we begin a new series called "Her Story."  Our motivation for this series is to try and elevate the stories of women who have done important work for the Gospel and whose lives are a faithful witness to Christianity. I want to elevate these stories because for too long portions of the Christian church have held down the stories of women or have relegated women to corners of the kingdom when, in fact, women have always played a key role in furthering the good news of Jesus. During this...2020-11-2914 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoGratitude (Series) Part 3, The Power of GratitudeSermon Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NRSV) “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” I imagine these words from the Apostle Paul would hit you differently based on your current circumstances. If things are going pretty well "Rejoice ALWAYS" or "give thanks in ALL circumstances" feels doable. However, if you are going through a really tough time right now and you don't feel grateful at all, these words are more difficult. Join us as we consider the power of gratitude in o...2020-11-2221 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoGratitude (Series) Part 2, Gratitude Is SocialSermon Scripture: Matthew 26:26-28 (NRSV) Gratitude is always social because we are grateful for something, grateful to someone, and quite often, grateful with others. The social nature of gratitude is clear even when you are alone, or with a small group of people. All of life is a gift, we receive it with gratitude and when we do so it connects us to others in profound ways because gratitude is always social.2020-11-1519 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoGratitude (Series) Part 1, Everything Is a GiftSermon Scripture: Psalm 100 (NRSV) You may know the feeling - someone did something for you or gave you a gift, but instead of being grateful, you feel indebted, obligated to return the favor, duty-bound to reciprocity. In this kind of commodity exchange, resentment is fostered instead of gratitude. "There would be no benefactors if they were not first the recipients of grace. In other words, gifts come before givers. We do not really give gifts. We recognize gifts, we receive them, and we pass them on."2020-11-0820 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFruit of the Spirit (Series) Part 8, SELF-CONTROLSermon Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-11 (NRSV)   Self-control is really about gaining freedom.  -- Freedom from that destructive habit. -- Freedom from debilitating debt -- Freedom from  poor choices.  -- Freedom from an out of control schedule.  -- Freedom to seek after things we desire.   Join us as we finalize our series on the Fruit of the Spirit by discussing how self-control allows us to live more fully into our identity in Christ.2020-11-0124 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFruit of the Spirit (Series) Part 7, GENTLENESSSermon Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 (NRSV)   We live in a culture that values, maybe even worships, strength. More often than not, the strength we want so badly is expressed as power-over others. Power-over means that to be stronger than someone you must demonstrate that you can over-power them. As you might guess, this often leads to violence.   In a world of violent strength, Christians have an opportunity to display the strength of gentleness and servanthood.   Join us as we investigate the upside-down strength that comes from gentleness.2020-10-2522 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFruit of the Spirit (Series) Part 6, FAITHFULNESSSermon Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22   Sometimes, when we talk about faith, what we mean is having confident belief. There is a time and place for that, but that is not the fruit of faithfulness. Faith is best described as allegiance. Faithfulness, then, is being steadfast in our allegiance to Jesus, who is Ruler over all the nations; Creator of life, the Eternal Word of God.    What does allegiance to Jesus look like? How are we to know when there are people on both sides of the political spectrum and of all perspectives who i...2020-10-1839 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFruit of the Spirit (Series) Part 5, KINDNESS & GOODNESSSermon Scripture: Titus 3:1-8   Right at the beginning, we must realize that since kindness and goodness (which can also be translated generosity) are fruits of the spirit of God that means that God is kind. And God is good (generous).   When we confess Jesus as Lord, how we act toward others reveals what we we believe about God. It quite literally shows people what kind of God we believe in.  Let’s make sure that we are showing the world the kind and loving God revealed to us in Jesus. The One who...2020-10-1121 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFruit of the Spirit (Series) Part 4, PATIENCESermon Scripture: Galations 5:22,23, James 5:7-11 When we hear the term patience, our thoughts are likely going to what our western, English dictionaries would describe patience to be: the ability to accept or tolerate delay or trouble without getting upset. But God’s idea of patience is really much greater. Scripture helps us view patience in regard to interpersonal relationships rather than exclusively waiting through inconvenient situations. Join us as we look at our sermon scripture this morning, let us consider patience in three ways. The object of patience (What would God have us be pa...2020-10-0440 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFruit of the Spirit (Series) Part 3, PEACESermon Scripture: Mark 5:34, Luke 8:48, Luke 7:50 This week, we take a look at PEACE, as Fruit of the Spirit. We will investigate: 1. Peace as the righting of wrongs 2. Peace as union with God through the forgiveness of sins 3. Peace as a key marker of the Kingdom of God 4. Peace as the work of the children of God   Please join us as we consider how PEACE is making it’s way in and through us as we represent Christ and His Kingdom to the world around us.2020-09-2734 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFruit of the Spirit (Series) Part 2, JOYSermon Scripture: Philippians 3:4b-14   Joy is often one of the most misunderstood of the Fruit of the Spirit, mainly due to the was culture has shaped our understanding of it. Part of the problem is that we look for joy in the wrong places. We have been conditioned to experience joy through achievement, but what happends when we don’t get the promotion, our finances don’t allow us to have the “perfect” house, or any number of other comparative challenges arise.   Scripture teaches us that Joy is to be received, then accep...2020-09-2034 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoFruit of the Spirit (Series) Part 1, LOVESermon Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23 (NRSV)   In a nation deeply divided, what we need now more than ever is the clear evidence of God’s Spirit in our lives. Division is so real, even among Christians. Those who disagree on subjects like racism, immigration, violence and gun control can get so nasty toward one another. As Christians, how are we to act in the midst of such division? At the risk of sounding simplistic….we look at the fruit.   Over the next several weeks, we are going to explore the fruit of the Spir...2020-09-1332 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoThe Church’s Mission (Faith Promise 2020)If you grew up in the Church, chances are the very word “missions” brings up all kinds of feelings. For many, the feelings will be positive. You remember hearing amazing stories of God’s work around the world and you maintain a passion for God’s work around the world. For others, missions may bring up memories of missionary speakers who brought items from around the world and, while casually interesting, seems so far from removed from your everyday world that you have little interest.  No matter what feeling it may bring up for you, I invite you into...2020-09-0629 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoSeries: Romans 8 Reflections, Part5 No CondemnationSermon Scripture: Romans 8:1-4 (NRSV) Here’s the truth: “For God has done what the law could not do by sending his own Son, to deal with sin.” (Romans 8:3) God condemned sin in the flesh of Jesus in order to break to power of sin in our lives! Therefore, we no longer stand condemned under the power of sin! Sin entered into the life and body of Jesus and there its power was exhausted. Since sin has been condemned, there is no condemnation for us! There is no doubt about God’s verdict about you - he is fo...2020-08-3021 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoSeries: Romans 8 Reflections, Part 4Sermon Scripture: Romans 8:5-9 (NRSV) Living according to the flesh is like turning in on ourselves and trying to fuel our lives without ever connecting to an outside source. Paul says this will lead to death. Only focusing on yourself without concern for the other will lead to death.  The scriptures say that when we live with a mindset of the Spirit, it leads to life and peace. The life he is talking about is the life we resurrection life we talked about a couple of weeks ago. The peace that comes is union with God...2020-08-2429 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoPastor Grace Easton: Mark 5:1-20Join us as Pastor Grace Easton teaches us from Mark 5:1-17 about the miraculous power of restoration available to us through Jesus Christ, and what this means for us as Kingdom of Heaven disciples.  Sermon Scriptures: Mark 5:1-17 (NRSV)2020-08-1620 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoSeries: Romans 8 Reflections, Part 3Live according to the Spirit, which will lead to life. The life of Spirit is fed through things like prayer, worship, connection with others, humility. Focusing on these practices, habits will help put to death the first order of things and bring about new creation in us.  Sermon Scriptures: Romans 8:9-13 (New Testament for Everyone)2020-08-0924 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoSeries: Romans 8 Reflections, Part 2 Christian HopeAs Christians we are called to wait in patience for the things that are to be revealed. And we do so on the basis that Christ has risen - He is risen indeed! Resurrection of Christ was the down payment of new creation. And now we look for evidence and participate as new creation agents. As we look at the world, we see that resurrection is written into creation and written into our lives.    For that reason, we are to be prisoners of hope. These are difficult days as we face racial tensions, economic struggle, pu...2020-08-0223 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoSeries: Romans 8 Reflections, Part 1When suffering hits, it is natural to start asking questions. For most people, regardless of their faith affiliation or system of belief will ask questions about God when suffering. Where is God? What is God doing? Is God in the clouds watching my suffering and the suffering of humanity unfold with little care? Is God in the clouds, pulling the strings of our lives and causing our pain?   Join us as we seek and find God moving in beautiful ways.   Sermon Scriptures: Revelation 21:1-5; 21:22-22:2 (NRSV)2020-07-2625 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoPractical HolinessAs a recap to our recent series entitled, HOLY, Pastor Daniel Pape guides us in ways in which we can apply the Holiness offered by God in practical ways in our lives. May we be quick to confess and seek reconciliation when we fail, and courageously live in partnership with the Spirit a life of action and intentionality advancing God’s Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. Sermon Scripture: Romans 8:12-25 (NRSV)2020-07-1929 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoSeries: Holy, Part 6The invitation of Revelation is to lay the healing leaves of the Tree of Life onto every wound we carry, whether physical or spiritual. What wounds do you carry that need healing? Perhaps wounded relationships; wounded families, the environment, our greed, our bodied from COVID. There are so many things we could name that need healing. The promise of Revelation is that healing is available to us. Our tour of the heavenly city began with the One seated on the throne saying, “I am making all things new.” Did you notice? That statement is in the present acti...2020-07-1226 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoSeries: Holy, Part 5Just as Jesus and the prophets taught, holiness in our lives is intended to go out into the world to share in the life-giving water of Christ. “The sanctification of the disciples has a threefold purpose: to enable them to enter into and live in that relationship with God, which was intended from the beginning; to make them one with either in love, and to enable them to acts as agents of that reconciliation in the world.” --Kent Brower, Holiness in the Gospels, pg. 80 First, we are purified by God by placing our trust in Him...2020-07-0522 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoProphetic Imagination Part 3, RAW ToolsRAW Tools visits Emmaus Road! The sermon is comprised of three voices sharing stories and perspective on the nonviolent witness of Christ and our call, as Christians, to be peacemakers. Hear from Mike Martin, founder and Director of RAW Tools; Padraic Ingle, ordained minister and full-time police officer; and Andy Lucas, pastor of Emmaus Road Church.2018-06-0551 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoPsalms | Psalm 5Emmaus Road Discipleship Director, Rick Edwards, speaks to us from Psalm 5.2017-07-1653 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoPsalms | Psalm 4Emmaus Road Discipleship Director, Rick Edwards shares a word from Psalm 4.2017-07-0942 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoBaptism of Our LordEmmaus Road's Discipleship Director, Rick Edwards, preaches about the significance of Jesus' baptism and our own on the Sunday after Epiphany. (Due to copyright restrictions we are not able to include the audio of the clips shown during the sermon.)2017-01-0846 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus 3.0Pastor Andy shares the direction and vision of Emmaus Road for fiscal year 2013-2014.2013-04-281h 08Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoCosmic ChristmasA special Christmas service at Emmaus Road. Given in 3 parts, Pastor Andy tells the story of Revelation 12.2012-12-1629 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoJesus As KingThis week, Emmaus’ own, Dan Adkins concludes our “Kingdom Come” series with “Jesus as King.” Jesus is more than our personal savior. He is the savior of the world and its true and rightful king.2012-09-3043 minEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoEmmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, ColoradoThe CodeAndy discusses the kind of church Emmaus Road is called to be.2011-04-1744 min