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Thrive Church PodcastThe Gospel Part 3 (April 13th, 2025)Have you ever been humbled my something rather minor? Have you ever had an idea that people just were not on board with? Well don’t worry, we serve the most humble King ever, and he’s here to be with you. Welcome to Palm Sunday, we hope to see you all on Easter!
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2025-04-1546 minThrive Church PodcastThe Gospel Part 2 (April 6th, 2025)Life cycles and routines. Monday, mundane; that might not be a coincidence. Sometimes life isn’t very exciting or just plain difficult, and that’s okay! Often, the life of a believer can be described in mountain tops and slow walks through the wilderness. We don’t always want to go through the wilderness, but we get to go through that with Christ. Let’s dive into the story of when Christ was tempted in the wilderness together.
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Give Online: encounterthrive.churchcenter.com/giving2025-04-0748 minThrive Church PodcastNehemiah Part 7 (March 23rd, 2025)Our final week in Nehemiah! We might go through cycles of highs and lows in our lives, that’s okay. Not everything is awesome all of the time, but we do live in a fallen world, though things are always surrounded with despair. We have a God that is bigger than all of that and can help us break these cycles and help us truly live our lives, especially for Him!
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2025-03-2552 minThrive Church PodcastNehemiah Part 6 (March 16th, 2025)Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Welcome to the key verse of Nehemiah; the Israelites are faced with massive amounts of opposition. They are trying to re-build their wall while in exile, and others keep telling them or even attacking them, but Nehemiah keeps building the wall around their city for projection anyways. Will you keep building that wall of God’s Word in your own life? I know I’m convicted to also, let’s dive into Chapter 6 with Pastor Brian!
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2025-03-1944 minThrive Church PodcastNehemiah Part 5 (March 9th, 2025)Our enemy hates when we submit our lives to God and live in-line with his Will. When you want to grow in the Lord, adversity will come our way. Let’s dive into Nehemiah with Pastor Brian to learn how to stand firm against the schemes of our enemy in Christ!
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2025-03-1151 minThrive Church PodcastNehemiah Part 4 (March 2nd, 2025)What well are you drinking from? Are you drinking from the Well of Life? God is the Well of Life in our lives. Let’s learn about entering the fountain gates together.
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2025-03-0455 minThrive Church PodcastNehemiah Part 3 (February 23rd, 2025)Turning of the tide. When the King asks, “How can I help you?” the king’s favor is over Nehemiah’s life. Likewise, God’s favor is over us, which comes from great faithfulness. If you want God’s favor, we need to be faithful. Let’s explore faithfulness with Pastor Brian!
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2025-02-251h 02Thrive Church PodcastNehemiah Part 2 (February 16th, 2025)In God, we have authority, we have freedom, we have responsibility. Sometimes it’s joy, sometimes it’s hard. This is exactly what Nehemiah had to implement in Chapter 2. Let’s explore this text together with Pastor Brian.
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2025-02-191h 02Thrive Church PodcastRFK Sunday ! (February 9th, 2025)This week, Kimmy Zwartz shares her testimony and all the great things God has done in her life through RFK! If you believe God is calling you to donate to this special cause, please do so on our website! It has touched countless lives and truly spreading the Gospel to children in need.
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2025-02-1000 minThrive Church PodcastNehemiah, Week 1 (February 2nd, 2025)Pastor Brian begins our next series in Nehemiah! With Israel in exile, over 1,000 miles away from their homeland, they feel the call to re-ignite the fire of passion for God. Are you on fire for God? Let’s pray that fire rages again if it has been dwindling!
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2025-02-0459 minThrive Church PodcastWhen the Light Goes on, the Fight Goes On (January 26th, 2025)Pastor Ed Ainsworth is fired up from the Men’s Conference! He shares his message When the Light Goes on, the Fight Goes on! Let’s enjoy what God shares through him together.
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2025-01-271h 08Thrive Church PodcastForward (January 19th, 2025)Pastor Brian and Angela tag team the message this morning. Let’s keep moving forward! What’s a great way of doing so? Pressing forward when it seems like there’s no path. Serving God when it seems like no one else wants to. Let’s be a part of the moving forward club!
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2025-01-211h 15Thrive Church PodcastForward (January 5th, 2025)It’s a new year! It’s a new building! It's a new town! God is good! Let’s move forward together!
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2025-01-1046 minThrive Church PodcastWho’s in Control? (November 10th, 2024)God wants to be the general contractor for our lives. God is over the grand scheme of all things, especially your life. What is God’s goal? You. Showing you what your true identity is, showing you His perfect will, showing us all that God is in charge and gets it. Let’s Dive into Daniel 7 together and put our hope in God and God alone!
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2024-11-1249 minThrive Church PodcastBiblical Scholarship (October 20th, 2024)Our brother Chase shares a message from Daniel 4. We may have the head knowledge of Scripture, but do we have the heart knowledge and desire to carry out God’s Word?
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2024-11-041h 00Thrive Church PodcastMen and Fire (October 13th, 2024)By nature, we as humans raise things up to be worshiped: idols, money, celebrity, ourselves. God desires for us to lift Him up to be worshiped though through that burning passion within us that only comes from Him. Let’s dive into Daniel 3 with Pastor Brian! Are you on fire for God?
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2024-11-0355 minThrive Church PodcastSimon Says (October 6th, 2024)This week Pastor Brian shares with us how Daniel, when faced with a request of King Nebuchadnezzar, was able to tell the king what a dream meant. He not only did Daniel interpret the dream, he even explained what the dream was without experiencing what the king had dreamt! How, Daniel was constantly seeking guidance from God. Let us not be spiritually numbed to the Spirit of God by culture, media, and whatever else may distract us. Are you in tune with the Spirit of God?
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2024-11-0253 minThrive Church PodcastPack the Place! (September 29th, 2024)Pastor Brian shares a message about how special of a place Israel is. There’s a lot of eyes on this small country all the time, but maybe not for the reason most think. Israel is a place that can be called “Holy,” set apart from the world for God. How is God calling you to be holy today?
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2024-11-0135 minThrive Church PodcastA Trinity Reflection of God (September 22nd, 2024)Pastor Brian explains how our mind, body, and spirit reflects the Trinity that is God in Heaven. This final week, we complete the series with our spirits. Is your spirit healthy? God wants you to be healthy!
2024-10-3156 minThrive Church PodcastA Trinity Reflection of God (September 15th, 2024)Pastor Brian explains how our mind, body, and spirit reflects the Trinity that is God in Heaven. This week, we explore the body portion of our being. Is your body healthy? God wants you to be healthy!
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2024-10-3059 minThrive Church PodcastA Trinity Reflection of God (September 8th, 2024)Pastor Brian explains how our mind, body, and spirit reflects the Trinity that is God in Heaven. This week, we dive to the mind portion of our being. Is your mind healthy? God wants you to be healthy!
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2024-10-2958 minThrive Church PodcastWalking in the Light (September 1st, 2024)Pastor Brian shares a brief history of the beginning of the Church but leads us into a message about allowing the Spirit of God to move in our lives. This means, putting God’s Will first in our lives, even if it leads to putting ourselves in harm’s way. Let’s dive into 3 John together!
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2024-10-281h 07Thrive Church PodcastThe Love of Believers, the Love of God (August 8th, 2024)The Love of Believers, the Love of God. Pastor Brian shares a message about what love truly is, per God from 1 John 4.
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2024-10-2750 minThrive Church PodcastProphesy and the Father of the Church (July 28th, 2024)Pastor Brian shares a message to us about the gift of prophesy and how God speaks to us through His word from 1 John 4. What is the Lord speaking to you today? God is for you, not against you!
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2024-10-2626 minThrive Church PodcastGrace Awakening - 3 Types of GracePastor Brian continues our series, Grace Awakening, and speaks on the three types, or levels, of grace.
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. We're having our Youth Group Pie Smash Fundraiser! Your donation gives you the opportunity to smash a pie in a leader's face! Hope to see you there!
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2024-06-2447 minThrive Church PodcastGrace Awakening - AbbaPastor Brian leads our Father's Day service talking about our Abba and His unending grace.
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2024-06-1844 minThrive Church PodcastGrace AwakeningLive from Dellwood Park Bandshell, our first of two scheduled outdoor services this summer! Pastor Brian continues our series Grace Awakening. With God, Jesus eliminates the middleman to get to God.
Join us for our Father's Day service next Sunday. We'll be back at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Come for coffee at 9:30! Service starts at 10:00am. Connect at encounterthrive.com.
2024-06-1139 minThrive Church PodcastGrace Awakening - Let Grace Run Your EnginePastor Brian Bougher returns to teach on Grace in our first week of our new series Grace Awakening. In today's message, Pastor Brian compares the power of God's grace to the oil needed to run the engine of your life.
Audio clip courtesy of The Bible Project, "The Law."
https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/law/
Join us at the Dellwood Park Bandshell in Lockport, IL, for a fun outdoor service next Sunday, June 9th. Find more and connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
2024-06-0351 minThrive Church PodcastDave and Bobbie Ebert - Improv MissionariesDave and Bobbie Ebert are US Missionaries that minister to survivors of sex and human trafficking. Their ministry uses improv games and exercises to help survivors develop communication skills, find their voice and confidence, and tap into their creativity, ultimately leading to finding their identity in Christ. Today, they share on JOY and how we can always choose joy!
Find our more about Dave and Bobbie's work at improvmissionaries.com.
No service next week, Sunday, May 26th, Memorial Day Weekend.
2024-05-2055 minThrive Church PodcastProverbs 31 - Mother's Day with Ximena JensenToday we dive into Proverbs 31 with Ximena Jensen for this special Mother's Day Message.
To all the Moms, grandmoms, stepmoms, adoptive moms, and spiritual moms, from us at Thrive, Happy Mother's Day!!!
2024-05-1349 minThrive Church PodcastProverbs - Let's GoPastor Brian Bougher shares on trusting in God and building faith in times of struggle. We begin in Proverbs 16:9.
Join us for a special Mother's Day message next week. We'd love to see you in person Sunday at 10am, at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2024-05-0746 minThrive Church PodcastProverbs - Correction and HonorPastor Brian Bougher continues our series through Proverbs. Pastor Brian admonishes us to strive to always be teachable and be willing to take correction.
Join us next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Mark your calendars for our RFK Fundraiser Comedy Night and Silent Auction. More at rfklockport.wellversedcomedy.com
2024-04-2347 minThrive Church PodcastProverbs - Lessons on Evil & Deception vs. Wisdom & FlourishingWe pick back up our Proverbs series beginning in Proverbs chapter 6. Today's message is titled Lessons on Evil and Deception vs. Wisdom and Flourishing.
Join us next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
Mark your calendars for our RFK Fundraiser Comedy Night and Silent Auction. More at rfklockport.wellversedcomedy.com
2024-04-1650 minThrive Church PodcastSon of God - Baptism SundayOn a day where we celebrated Baptisms, we continue our Son of God series with Pastor Brian. We dive into the story on The Road to Emmaus.
Join us for services next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2024-04-0840 minThrive Church PodcastResurrection Sunday - March 31, 2024Thrive's annual Easter-palooza is celebrated with the honoring of Jesus's victory over sin and death. Join us for our Easter/Resurrection Sunday message from Pastor Brian Bougher.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Next Sunday is BAPTISM SUNDAY! Let us know if you want to join in this public declaration of what Jesus has done in your life! Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2024-04-0231 minThrive Church PodcastGood Friday - March 29, 2024We honor and remember what Jesus experienced in His final hours of His natural life on earth. Let us never get bored with the message of the Cross. Let us never not be in awe of what Jesus went through for us.
2024-04-0239 minThrive Church PodcastSon of God - Palm SundayPastor Brian Bougher teaches on the meaning of Palm Sunday and Jesus's stating His Kingship.
Join us for Good Friday on Friday, March 29th, at 7pm. Then, come out for Easter-Palooza next Sunday as we celebrate our Risen King! Find more at encounterthrive.com/easter.
2024-03-2438 minThrive Church PodcastSon of God - Easter SeriesWho do you say Jesus is? We begin our series in preparation of Easter with the Son of God.
Make plans to join us for Good Friday Service, Friday, March 29th, 7:00pm at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Then, celebrate the risen King with Easterpalooza on Sunday, March 31, also at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2024-03-1744 minThrive Church PodcastRFK Sunday - Kimmy ZwartzRoyal Family Kids Camp is a camp for abused and neglected kids in the foster care system. It's a week where kids are loved and treasured and introduced to the love of Christ. Kimmy Zwartz is the director of Royal Family Kids - Lockport. She shares the story of camp and the need for volunteers and support to be able to bring 20 kids to camp this year.
Follow RFK - Lockport at www.facebook.com/rfkLockportIl
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2024-03-1058 minThrive Church PodcastProverbs -Fear of GodPastor Brian Bougher opens up our new series on Proverbs, and the wisdom of the man considered the wisest ever, King Solomon. Today, our focus is the Fear of God.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2024-03-0235 minThrive Church PodcastCulture Deconstruction - False godsPastor Brian concludes our series on Culture Deconstruction. We begin with Jeremiah 1:4, and break down 3 lies, or false gods, that today's society pushes on us all.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2024-02-1957 minThrive Church PodcastCulture Deconstruction - Secularism/HumanismPastor Brian continues our brief series on Culture Deconstruction. Pastor Brian tells us about 4 reasons our society is deconstructing at a rapid pace is Darwinism in Academia, a skewed view of the concept of Separation of Church and State, Marxism in Academia, and Moral Relativism and Progressivism. Despite society's bent towards its own deconstruction, we have hope.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2024-02-131h 02Thrive Church PodcastCulture Deconstruction - FeminismPastor Brian Bougher leads us in the first of our new series called Culture Deconstruction: Tearing Down Our Age of Lies. This first message focuses on the origins of the feminist movement and how the movement became corrupted.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2024-02-051h 00Thrive Church PodcastWarrior Men's Retreat - Session 3 - January 27, 2024Pastor Ed Ainsworth concludes our Warrior Men's Retreat on Saturday, January 27th, confronting shame head on.
Please note that this message is from our men's retreat and handles some mature topics related to men.
2024-02-0128 minThrive Church PodcastWarrior Men's Retreat - Session 2 - January 27, 2024Pastor Ed Ainsworth opens our Warrior Men's Retreat on Saturday, January 27th, confronting shame head on.
Please note that this message is from our men's retreat and handles some mature topics related to men. 2024-01-3139 minThrive Church PodcastWarrior Men's Retreat - Session 1 - January 26, 2024Pastor Ed Ainsworth opens our Warrior Men's Retreat on Friday, January 26th, confronting shame head on.
Please note that this message is from our men's retreat and handles some mature topics related to men.
2024-01-301h 08Thrive Church PodcastPastor Ed AinsworthAfter teaching our men at the Warrior Men's Retreat this weekend, Pastor Ed Ainsworth speaks with us today. He shares on the importance of being plugged in to the next generation, and to reach those that are lost and hurting.
Recordings of Pastor Ed's teachings at the men's retreat will be available later this week on this same platform.
We'd love to see you in person this Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2024-01-291h 00Thrive Church PodcastRestore 2024: RESTPastor Brian returns to share our new series RESTORE in 2024. Today, we focus on rest and how God ordained a time of rest for us. A day to be kept holy and to RESTORE.
Join us in person next Sunday, 10am, at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
2024-01-2254 minThrive Church PodcastBEHOLD! - LovePastor Brian Bougher teaches on the Love of God as we step closer to Christmas. We start in John 3:16.
Join us Saturday, December 23, at 6pm. Celebrate Christmas by candlelight with our family night service at Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com/christmas.
Merry Christmas from all of us at Thrive Church! May you and yours be blessed this holiday season.
2023-12-1838 minThrive Church PodcastBEHOLD! - Joy - Christmas ExtravaganzaPastor Brian brings a shorter message on a jam-packed Christmas Extravaganza! If you'd like to see the extras from the kids and a special Drummer Boy performance, watch the livestream on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/encounterthrive) or subscribe and click the bell on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@encounterthrive/videos).
Join us December 23rd, 6pm, at the Dellwood Park Community Center, for our Candlelight Service.
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2023-12-1120 minThrive Church PodcastBEHOLD! - PeaceWe are one week away from our Christmas Extravaganza! This week we focus on the Peace from the Prince of Peace, Jesus!
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Avenue, Lockport, IL, at 10am each Sunday! Find more, including details on our Christmas Extravaganza on December 10th, at encounterthrive.com.
2023-12-0637 minThrive Church PodcastBEHOLD! - HopeWe begin our Advent series, Behold: He is Christ the Lord, today. Pastor Brian Bougher teaches on Hope.
It's officially Christmas season! Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Avenue, Lockport, IL, at 10am each Sunday! Find more, including details on our Christmas Extravaganza on December 10th, at encounterthrive.com.
2023-11-2749 minThrive Church PodcastThe Book of James: Godly WisdomPastor Brian Bougher closes out our series on the Book of James. We begin in James 5:7, with James' final Godly wisdom for the church.
Join us for our Christmas Extravaganza on Sunday, December 10, at Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more and connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
2023-11-2047 minThrive Church PodcastThe Book of James: WarningsPastor Brian Bougher leads us into James 4, where we get some strong warnings from the half-brother of Jesus.
Join us in person next Sunday, 10am, at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
2023-11-141h 01Thrive Church PodcastThe Book of James: Wise, Humble, and WholePastor Brian Bougher continues our walk through the book of James. We start in James 3:13-18.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
2023-11-0841 minThrive Church PodcastThe Book of James: Act Like It and Talk Like ItPastor Brian Bougher gives us our message from James 2 and 3, on our Pastor Appreciation Sunday. James instructs the early church to "Act like it and Talk like it."
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am! Find more at encounterthrive.com
2023-10-3154 minThrive Church PodcastGuest Speaker: Ted GerryTed Gerry comes to share on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and their relevance in today's world.
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL, Sundays at 10am! Find more at encounterthrive.com or Like us at www.facebook.com/encounterthrive.
2023-10-2357 minThrive Church PodcastThe Book of James: Walking in HumilityPastor Brian Bougher continues our series on James. Today, we're in James 2. We are talking about avoiding favoritism and walking in humility.
Join us for service next Sunday at 10am, at the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL. Mark your calendars for some special events! Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2023-10-1647 minThrive Church PodcastThe Book of James: Instructions for LivingWe continue our series on the Book of James, picking up in James 1:19, with instructions for living.
We hope to see you at church! We meet at the Dellwood Park Community Center Sundays at 10am. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
2023-10-0937 minThrive Church PodcastThe Book of James: Joy in the TrialsPastor Brian Bougher shares our first message in from the Book of James. We start in James 1, as the younger brother of Jesus shares the wisdom he learned as the brother of the Messiah, as a pastor, and surviving times of persecution.
Join us in person next Sunday! We'd love to see you at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 S Lawrence Ave , Lockport, IL, Sundays at 10am.
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2023-10-0150 minThrive Church PodcastCalled College’s Dr. Rich PruittDr. Pruitt is the Director of the Illinois District's Called College, an accredited college program for young men and women called to ministry.
In today's message, Dr. Pruitt challenges us to let go of the burdens and chains that we let get in our way.
Join us in person next Sunday. Find more info at encounterthrive.com.
Interested in more about Called College? Click on calledcollege.org
2023-09-2421 minThrive Church PodcastThrive Fest: 7 Years of Slaying GiantsPastor Brian Bougher teaches on the faith it took to take on Goliath, and how Thrive has been slaying giants for 7 years!
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
2023-09-1139 minThrive Church PodcastEphesians - WarPastor Brian and his wife Pastor Angela share on Ephesians, the family, and the war we are in against the Spirit of the Age. It's a war Jesus won, but isn't over until He returns.
NOTE: Due to the Labor Day Holiday weekend, Thrive will not meet on September 3. We will return with our 7th Anniversary Celebration on September 10th!
Join us for Thrive Fest!
Details:
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2023-08-2853 minThrive Church PodcastEphesians - UnityPastor Brian speaks to the church on the importance of UNITY within the Body, as our series in Ephesians continues.
Mark your calendars and make plans to join us at Thrive Fest, as we celebrate our 7th Anniversary! For more, click on https://encounterthrive.churchcenter.com/calendar/event/133874753
2023-08-2151 minThrive Church PodcastEphesians - God is MorePastor Brian continues our series in the book of Ephesians. Our main verse is Ephesians 3:20, "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us"
Mark your calendars for our 7th Anniversary on September 10th. We look forward to seeing new and old friends at the Dellwood Park Community Center on the 10th at 10am! More at encounterthrive.com.
2023-08-1450 minThrive Church PodcastEphesians - The CornerstoneThis week's message is about making Jesus the Cornerstone of our lives. Is your life built on sand or a firm foundation?
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Find more details at encounterthrive.com.
2023-08-0735 minThrive Church PodcastEphesians Chapter 2Pastor Brian continues our dive into the Book of Ephesians. Pastor Brian talks about getting stronger in the Word and growing in faith.
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center next Sunday at 10am. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2023-07-3143 minThrive Church PodcastEphesians Chapter 1Pastor Brian returns from he and his wife's trip with CUFI, Christians United for Israel, to Washington, D.C.. This week we dive into a new series on the book of Ephesians.
Join us in person for this powerful series. We currently meet in the Dellwood Park Community Center in Lockport, IL, Sundays at 10am. Find more at www.encounterthrive.com
2023-07-2547 minThrive Church PodcastSurrender - Cassidy Novak with Clif NovakCassidy Novak speaks today on Surrender. She encourages us to surrender to God the one thing that's keeping us from freedom in Him. Cassidy is the author of "I Can I Have I Will," and is joined by husband Clif toward the end of today's message.
Join us in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center next Sunday at 10am.
2023-07-1738 minThrive Church PodcastIt Gets Better Tho - FinalePastor Brian wraps up our sermon series entitled, "It Gets Better Tho." In this week's message, we are reminded that following Jesus doesn't prevent struggles all the time, but it prepares us to go through them.
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. For more, visit online at encounterthrive.com
2023-07-101h 05Thrive Church PodcastIt Gets Better Tho - Wayne NorthupPastor Wayne Northup, who planted Saints Community Church in New Orleans, joins us today to speak on planting seeds and to encourage the Thrive Family.
Join us next week in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am. Connect on social media at @encounterthrive.
2023-07-0354 minThrive Church PodcastIt Gets Better Tho - Pastor Jim NickolsGuest Speaker Pastor Jim Nickols speaks today on Psalm 1, and happiness in Jesus.
Join us next weekend for Church on the Farm at the Novak Farm. Find more at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive,
2023-06-2537 minThrive Church PodcastIt Gets Better Tho -Canal Days ServicePastor Brian continues our series on the Thrive motto: It Gets Better Tho.
Following Jesus is not easy, but it gets better tho. Sometimes when you least expect it, much like the beggar at the Beautiful Gate in Acts 2.
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2023-06-1131 minThrive Church PodcastIt Gets Better Tho - Nate BougherThis week, Thrive celebrated our graduates, whether graduating kindergarten, 8th grade, or high school. Nate Bougher graduated from high school this spring and from Thrive's Internship Program as well. In this week's message, he continues our theme on It Gets Better Tho.
Join us this Sunday, June 11th, at City Hall in Lockport, IL, at 9:30am, as part of Canal Days. Find more at enounterthrive.com.
2023-06-0631 minThrive Church PodcastIt Gets Better Tho - God SeesYouWe are continuing our series It Gets Better Tho with Pastor Brian Bougher. We start in Acts 1 and the choosing of Matthias to replace Judas in the Disciples. The message: God sees you. You may serve behind the scenes and in obscurity, but God sees it.
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2023-05-2350 minThrive Church PodcastIt Gets Better Tho - Mother’s Day PanelPastor Brian invites members of the Thrive Church family to come up for a special Mother's Day Panel for our celebration of the gift of Motherhood this Mother's Day.
We hope you'll join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence Avenue, Lockport, IL. Service starts at 10am. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2023-05-1456 minThrive Church PodcastIt Gets Better Tho - The AscensionPastor Brian Bougher continues our series It Gets Better Tho, as we dive into the moment Jesus ascended into Heaven, leaving the 11 Apostles staring into the clouds. What did that moment mean? What came next? How often are we paralyzed to do what we're called to do?
Join us next Sunday for our in-person service at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lockport, IL. Connect with us on Facebook and Instagram @encounterthrive.
2023-05-0846 minThrive Church PodcastIt Gets Better ThoPastor Brian shares on our continued series It Gets Better Tho.
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Connect with us at encounterthrive.com. Join us next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lockport, IL.
2023-05-0142 minThrive Church PodcastRestorationPastor Brian brings us a message on how Jesus seeks to restore relationship with us, even when we fall. We look at the story of Peter as he fails, but is restored by Jesus.
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2023-04-2325 minThrive Church PodcastGood Friday - 2023Easter is the party, but the bill was paid on Friday. Join us for Pastor Brian's message on the day Jesus was beaten, mocked, scourged, tortured, and killed...for you and for me.
2023-04-0932 minThrive Church PodcastPalm Sunday - It Gets Better ThoPastor Brian discusses the story of Jesus raising Lazarus as we enter into Easter season and celebrate Palm Sunday. Our text is John 11:38-43.
We also hear a special testimony about how God moved during prayer for one of our brothers in Christ.
Join us next Sunday for Easter as we celebrate Easterpalooza!
Egg Hunt + Face Painting + Jump House + Games + Food
More at encounterthrive.com/easter
2023-04-0244 minThrive Church PodcastCorinthian Letters - ReverencePastor Brian brings us our last message, until next fall, on the Corinthian Letters. In this week's message, Pastor Brian teaches on the importance and rightness of Reverence.
Join us for our annual Easterpalooza on Sunday, April 9th. Find out more about the celebration of Jesus's Victory at www.encounterthrive.com/easter.
2023-03-2840 minThrive Church PodcastCorinthian Letters - 1 Corinthians10Pastor Brian continues our journey through Paul's letter to the church at Corinth. Today, we're diving into Chapter 10.
Join us for Easter at Thrive! We meet at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence Avenue in Lockport, IL, Sundays at 10am. Join us Easter Sunday for fun and celebration of Christ's Resurrection! Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2023-03-2050 minThrive Church PodcastCorinthian Letters -1 Corinthians 8-9Pastor Brian Bougher returns this week with a powerful message from the last section of 1 Corinthians 8 and the beginning of chapter 9. Today's message talks about the freedoms and the responsibilities we have in Christ when it comes to the influence we might have on fellow believers.
Make plans to join us for our annual Easter Extravaganza on Sunday, April 9th, at Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/encounterthrive or at encounterthrive.com.
2023-03-1253 minThrive Church PodcastGuest Pastor Jim Nichols - Conversations with YourselfPastor Jim Nichols is our guest speaker as he shares a message entitled "Conversations with Yourself."
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2023-03-0633 minThrive Church PodcastCorinthian Letters -1 Corinthians 7Pastor Brian returns after being on a missions trip to New Orleans last week. He continues our deep dive into Paul's first letter to the church at Corinth. Today's message comes from 1 Corinthians 7.
NOTE: Topics discussed include the gift of sex for a husband and wife. Discretion is advised for smaller ears.
2023-02-2740 minThrive Church PodcastCorinthian Letters - Sexual ImmoralityThrive Church Elder Alan Linnemann presents the next installment of our Corinthian Letters series. Alan includes the story of his testimony of faith.
NOTE: Some mature subject matter is referenced as a part of Alan's powerful testimony.
Join us next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
2023-02-2035 minThrive Church PodcastRFK Sunday - Missions SundayWelcome to our annual RFK Sunday, where we celebrate the ministry of Royal Family Kids Camp and our Lockport, IL, chapter. RFK Lockport is entering it's 4th camp this year under Kimmy Zwartz, the first ever RFK Camper to become director of a camp.
Today, we hear from Missionary Mark Haney and his story of how he entered the mission field, Then, we hear from Kimmy and her mentor Pastor John Schwider and how what the enemy, Satan, intends for harm, God can use for good.
If you are interested in supporting RFK-Lockport, you can gi...2023-02-1449 minThrive Church PodcastCorinthian Letters - God’s Refining FirePastor Brian Bougher continues our series in 1 Corinthians as we dive in to chapter 4. Today, friend of Thrive Church Timothy Beloved brings a small furnace used for refining metals for a powerful demonstration of the kind of fire needed to refine metal. Are we willing to let God put us in that refining fire? Or are we comfortable with the slag in our lives?
Join us next Sunday, February 12, for RFK Sunday! Bring your cash to support our Bake Sale!
We hope to see you in person at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Connect with u...2023-02-0648 minThrive Church PodcastThe Father Heart of God - Papa G Gary GroganFollowing Thrive's men's retreat, Pastor Gary Grogan, aka Papa G, speaks on the love of the Father, God. We explore God's Father Heart with a powerful message from our guest speaker.
We'd love to see you in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am. Join us for coffee at 9:45am, stay for service! Connect at encounterthrive.com.
Mark your calendars: RFK Sunday is February 12. We'll have a bake sale to raise money for RFK Lockport's 2023 summer camp.
2023-01-3140 minThrive Church PodcastCorinthian Letters - Growing UpPastor Brian Bougher leads us through 1 Corinthians chapter 3, as we continue our series on the Corinthian Letters. This week we talk about growing up in our walk with Jesus.
MEN: Join us this Friday-Saturday in Downers Grove, IL, for our men’s retreat featuring Pastor Gary Grogan, aka Papa G. Find more information and connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
2023-01-2451 minThrive Church PodcastCorinthian Letters - WisdomPastor Brian Bougher continues our dive into The Corinthian Letters from Paul. We begin with a reminder of the folly of worldly wisdom when compared to Godly wisdom. In 1 Corinthians 1:18, we hear Paul tell us that those who are perishing, the message of the Cross is foolishness.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center on Lawrence in Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
MEN – Join us for the Men’s Retreat on Friday, January 27-Saturday, January 28. https://encounterthrive.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1522963
2023-01-1846 minThrive Church PodcastCorinthian Letters - Unity in the ChurchPastor Brian Bougher starts our new series on the Corinthian Letters. We start in 1 Corinthians to start the new year.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Connect with us at encounterthrive.com.
MEN - Our annual Men's Retreat is happening January 27-28, in Oak Brook, IL. More and register here: https://encounterthrive.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1522963
2023-01-0956 minThrive Church PodcastFOCUS - 2023Pastor Brian leads us in a unique service asking us, and challenging us, to have a vision, determine what we're believing God for, and who we are believing God for. Pastor Brian lays out a vision and what Thrive is believing for and who Thrive is believing for.
Where there is no vision, the people perish;
Proverbs 29:18a ESV
Join us in these three questions. Seek God's counsel and direction.
What is your vision?
What are you believing God for?
Who are you believing God for?
2023-01-0226 minThrive Church PodcastMiracle - LOVEPastor Brian continues our advent series Miracle with the topic of LOVE. Join us Friday at the Dellwood Park Community Center for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 7pm, where we will wrap up our advent series focusing on Christ.
Find out more and connect with us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Merry Christmas from our family to yours!
Music courtesy of purple-planet.com.
2022-12-1949 minThrive Church PodcastMiracle - JOYThrive's Christmas Extravaganza!
Today's message is from Pastor Brian Bougher on Joy! This message concluded our Thrive Christmas Extravaganza!
Join us in person next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center for our final Sunday of 2022. Our final service of the year will be Friday, December 23, for our candlelight service at 7pm. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
2022-12-1222 minThrive Church PodcastMiracle -ProphecyPastor Brian Bougher presents our second message of Advent in our Miracle series. Today, we talk about Prophecy, including what it is, what it isn't, and how New Testament and Old Testament Prophecy differs and how it is similar.
Join us in person next Sunday for our Christmas Extravaganza! Info: https://fb.me/e/3bYPIXm6i
We meet at the Dellwood Park Community Center. For more information, visit us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Music courtesy of purple-planet.com.
2022-12-0545 minThrive Church PodcastMiracle - HOPEDave Ebert presents our first message of Advent in our Miracle series. Today, we talk about hope. We read from Isaiah 9 for this message.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center. For more information, visit us at encounterthrive.com or on Facebook @encounterthrive.
Music courtesy of purple-planet.com.
2022-11-2830 minThrive Church PodcastFamily Matters - Family FunctionPastor Brian wraps up our Family Matters series with a message on Family Function. Sometimes things go wrong. Pastor Brian unpacks the story of Esau and Jacob and how they, unlike most divided families in the Bible, are eventually reconciled. What can we learn from this brotherly reconciliation? Can God restore our families? Do we really believe He can or not?
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!
Join us next week at the Dellwood Park Community Center at 10am as we begin our Advent series with a message on Hope.
Connect with us on Facebook @encounterthrive or...2022-11-2157 minThrive Church PodcastFamily Matters – Live WellPastor Brian continues our series into God’s design for the family. As a part of that, we should not focus on the material, the world definition of success, or our own design for success. We should seek to live well in God’s design for our lives.
Connect with us at @encounterthrive on Facebook or at encounterthrive.com. We hope to see you in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL.
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