Sylvania United Church Of Christ

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Fellow HeirsBONUS! The Battle Against Our Flesh - Gary Knapp at our Men’s Breakfast (April 12th)This episode was recorded at our most recent Men’s Breakfast held at Christ the Word Church in Sylvania, Ohio. Gary Knapp teaches on our battle against our flesh and what we as Christian men are called to live like. Thank you for listening. 2025-04-1929 min

The NarrativeDEI is a Lie with Rep. Josh WilliamsDiversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is all the rage right now—with varying opinions, thoughts, and questions about what DEI encompasses, its impact, and what the future would look like without it. Ohio State Representative Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Township) joins CCV Policy Director David Mahan and Communications Director Mike Andrews on this week's episode of The Narrative to offer a unique perspective on the fight against DEI! Rep. Williams unpacks what DEI in Ohio's higher education system really looks like and how the passage of Senate Bill 1 through the Ohio House will have lasting effects on the state...2025-03-2254 min

M Is for Mama PodcastEp. 88: Whaddya Wanna Know Wit’s Day (Head Coverings + Why Babies Go to Heaven)On this episode, my pastor, whom I call Wit, tackles one of the biggest FAQs I’ve received over the last two years—the issue of whether modern Christian women should physically cover their heads, especially while in corporate worship. As always, he looks to Scripture as his guide and does a great job of addressing this sometimes contentious issue with clarity and compassion. We also talk about a biblical argument for the confidence that babies who die in the womb or very small children who die before they are able to comprehend the gospel are gr...2024-12-1156 min

Permíteme que InsistaLo mejor del 2023¡¡Estamos terminando el año!! Con el final del año llegan las reflexiones. Aquí hemos tenido algunas de las mejores cosas del 2023: Mejores discos, animes, libros, conciertos... Está claro que es subjetivo pues es nuestra opinión y nos hemos dejado muchas cosas fuera (nos faltó programa jajaja) pero hemos hecho una buena selección ¿No lo crees? ¡¡Míralo tu mismo!! -Setlist: ----------- - Metallica- One (Intro) - Rammstein- Deutschland (Victor, Akritud) - Zenobia- Sombras del ayer (Alejandro, Carabanchel) - Extremoduro- La Vereda de la puerta de atrás" (Guille, Ecuador) - Bruce Dickinson- Afterglowof Ragnarock (NOVEDAD ABSOLUTA) (Anabel, Santia...2023-12-091h 59

UnshakenAnticipating the Next ChapterJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, December 1st. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!Reach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.com 2021-11-1843 min

UnshakenIncreasing IntimacyJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, December 1st. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!Reach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.com 2021-11-1143 min

UnshakenTo Have and To HoldJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, December 1st. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!Reach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.com 2021-11-0432 min

UnshakenEveryday EttiquetteJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, November 3rd. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!Reach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.com 2021-10-2848 min

UnshakenThe TalksJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, November 3rd. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!Reach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.com 2021-10-2138 min

UnshakenCultivating FriendshipsJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, November 3rd. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!Reach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.com 2021-10-1435 min

UnshakenRaising Your Kids in a ME Centered WorldJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, November 3rd. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!Reach out to us at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.com 2021-10-0745 min

UnshakenMitigating MeaniesReach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.comJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, October 6th. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!2021-09-3029 min

UnshakenWhere Are You Headed?Reach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.comJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, October 6th. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!2021-09-2339 min

UnshakenGrow Up In HimReach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.comJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, October 6th. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!2021-09-1636 min

UnshakenMade For ThisJoin us for mom2mom at 9:00-11:00 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our next meeting is Wednesday, October 6th. Childcare is provided, and it's completely free to join us!Reach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.com 2021-09-0943 min

UnshakenHonest MotherhoodReach out at: Unshakenpsalm622@gmail.comJoin us for mom2mom at 9:15 AM the first Wednesday of every month at Christ the Word Church - 3100 Murd Road, Sylvania, OH 43560. Our first meeting of the 2021-2022 school year is Wednesday, September 8th! Childcare provided!2021-09-0235 min

RWJ Small Group31. Identity 4: Christian Identity and Emotion (Hagen - 25Jul2021)Audio from YouTube: https://youtu.be/31Uj1Gdt51M Sermon Discussion Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bV-YtIA57O_vJymAqDQRJzqhPhpM3S0y/view?usp=sharing Or just keep scrolling! Opening prayer: Thank you, Lord, for reminding me that who I am in you is greater than anything else; AMEN. About Me Name some of the emotions of a typical day. How do the words or reactions of others affect these emotions? Into the Bible – Ephesians 2:13-22 Verse 13: What did Jesus do for us? Verses 14-15: How did Jesus accomplish this? What was his...2021-08-2428 min

RWJ Small Group29. Identity 3: Received, Not Achieved (Hagen - 18July2021)Audio from Youtube: https://youtu.be/DUgOlsvXkrQ Sermon Discussion Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PPr3KU9gFMFp0tEgQ4UbQf9MGxzipbOp/view?usp=sharing Sermon Discussion Guide (for use at home this week) Opening prayer: Thank you, Lord, for making my identity something I receive - not achieve; AMEN. About Me Identify a few of the different hats that you wear - the different vocations you carry out. What do you enjoy (or find less enjoyable) about these vocations? What are the specific temptations of each vocati...2021-08-1225 min

RWJ Small Group28. Identity 2: Why does "identity" matter? (Hagen - 11July2021)Audio from Youtube: https://youtu.be/G2xDns9YRlo?t=2302 Sermon Discussion Guide PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O4kkuSqpF7YzfOq8YIlR8AjhrhEbq01V/view?usp=sharing Sermon Discussion Guide (for use at home this week) Opening prayer: Thank you, Lord, for giving me a new identity in you alone; AMEN. About Me Think of the first time meeting someone. How do you introduce yourself? How would you describe yourself? Into the Bible – 2 Timothy 3:1-4:5 Verse 1-5: Summarize Paul’s description of the “last days”...2021-08-1222 min

RWJ Small Group27. Christian Identity 1: How is Life Different with the Law fulfilled? (Hagen - 4July2021)Audio from Youtube: https://youtu.be/ZoeeaHVsocU?t=2654 Sermon Discussion Guide PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ziCD3YqcRB521Va3rrRo0elPWFip8dkZ/view?usp=sharing Sermon Discussion Guide (for use at home this week) Opening prayer: Thank you, Lord, for setting me apart to serve you; AMEN. About Me Think of a time when you read, remembered, or discussed one of the Commandments. How long ago did this happen? How has your perspective / understanding of the Commandments changed over time? Into the Bible – 2 Samuel 11-12 ...2021-08-1221 min

RWJ Small Group26. To the Point of Death: Christ's Word in the Storm (Hagen - 27June2021)Sermon Discussion Guide PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vyNfqEep70pkTmYWRgXbivrpXwP8-UUp/view?usp=sharing Sermon Discussion Guide (for use at home this week) Opening prayer: Thank you, Lord, for the gift of forgiveness in your Supper; AMEN. About Me Think of a time when you were not yet able to commune with our congregation. When was this? What possible questions came up as a result? Into the Bible – 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 Verses 17-22: What problems did Paul address with the Corinthian’s apparent Holy Communio...2021-07-0725 min

RWJ Small Group25. Point of Death 4 - Purpose of Confession (Hagen - 20June2021)Audio from Youtube: https://youtu.be/9v9fZOnKOTQ Sermon Discussion Guide PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vFLif0jL4jHvTnN6IlheRpxhBsKfQwVM/view?usp=sharing Sermon Discussion Guide (for use at home this week) Opening prayer: Thank you, Lord, for applying forgiveness to me personally & individually; AMEN. About Me Name a time when you hid something. What was it? How did that hiding make you feel? Into the Bible – Jonah 3:1-10 Verse 1: What was Jonah supposed to do? Why is this the second time? ...2021-07-0722 min

RWJ Small Group24. To the Point of Death 3 (Hagen -13Jun2021)Sermon Discussion Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VZaScM95CWHnmI4q3XQcdZE8utcT7HHN/view?usp=sharing Sermon Discussion Guide (for use at home this week) Opening prayer: Thank you, Lord, for calling me to repentance and forgiving my sin; Amen. About Me Name a time when you had to apologize to someone. How did they react? How did this affect your relationship? Into the Bible – Genesis 3:1-15 Verse 1: How did Satan twist God’s words in this verse? Compare with Genesis 2:15-17. Verses 4-5: What...2021-06-1625 min

RWJ Small Group23. To the Point of Death 2 (Hagen - 6Jun2021)Sermon Discussion Guide PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dE2iqO7-gyQ3UCvwxiHx86D0uBH1xwrf/view?usp=sharing Or just keep scrolling: Sermon Discussion Guide (for use at home this week) Opening prayer: Thank you, Lord, for giving me rest in the best way possible; AMEN. About Me What are some things you’ve done to help unwind, rest, relax, recharge? Identify some positive & negatives Into the Bible – Colossians 2:8-17 Verse 8: What does Paul warn the Colossians against? Identify 3 descriptors that Paul uses in this...2021-06-1621 min

Believers Church of SylvaniaGuest Speaker Kenny Large(Philippians 2:5 NLT) You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. (Romans 12:1-2 NLT) And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice–the kind he will find acceptable. This is […]2021-03-0131 min

Champagne Comedy PodcastEpisode 06 - The Late Show - Saturday August 22, 1992We've made it to Episode 6 of the Champagne Comedy podcast!Join Alison, Daniel, Kim and Matt as they review Season 1 Episode 6 of The Late Show, broadcast on Saturday August 22, 1992 on ABC TV.We've entered the era of 1992 where we're dominated by 'Jesus Christ Superstar', peak into the early jokes of 'Sylvania Waters', our right of reply to a "Warneke", shoddy Robert DeNiro impressions, and rip into Episode 6 of The Late Show.Feel free to get in touch - champagnelateshow@gmail.com or Twitter: @TLSChampagne or Facebook.This i...2020-11-011h 19

Believers Church of SylvaniaEASTER 2019EASTER 2019 √ Jesus’s resurrection was to make DEAD people ALIVE. (Romans 8:11 NLT) The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, He will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you. √ Jesus’s resurrection […]2019-04-2345 min

SEEK Christian PodcastSeek to be One How's your math? In the night before Jesus is arrested and brought to trial, he prays that his disciples would all be one. In our fractured world, what does it mean to be one, to be united in Christ? Gospel reading: John 17:11 2018-05-1203 min

SEEK Christian PodcastSeek Christ's coming When is the end of all time? What should we do until then? Jesus provides some clues in a conversation he has with his disciples. Matthew 25:1-13 2017-11-1103 min

Sylvania C&CChrist Changes Culture (Acts 19:23-41)Christ Changes Culture (Acts 19:23-41) by Kevin Rhyne 2017-10-1542 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!What's in Your Father's House?<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_12020930.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney preaching on Genesis 12:1-4a as part of the Chidester Lecture Series. Audio Only.2017-03-1315 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!Retaliation, Repentance, and Restoration<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11979238.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> Matthew 5:38-48 Calvin breaks his dad’s binoculars. Calvin, as in the comic strip boy with the tiger of “Calvin and Hobbes” fame, not the reformed theologian John Calvin, to be clear. He breaks his dad's binoculars and is sweating about it. He asks his tiger Hobbes, who is the voice of reason in the comic, what he should do. Maybe he can raid his piggy bank and buy a new pair without his dad...2017-02-2121 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!You Have Heard It Said<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11962662.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> Sermon “You Have Heard it Said, But I Say” February 12, 2017 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. 16If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the LORD your God, walking in his (God’s) ways, and observing his (God’s) commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and the LORD your God will...2017-02-1322 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!Be Salt and Light<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11947789.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> Is 58:3-10, Mt 5:13-20 The Rev. Mary Meadows preaching. It was near the end of the summer between 9th and 10th grade – between junior high and senior high. I had finished with my job teaching swimming at the local YMCA, and I wondered what I would do while waiting for school to begin. My next-door neighbor came to the rescue. “I cook for First Baptist Church at Falls Creek, a big Baptist camp. I could...2017-02-0623 min

Sylvania C&CChrist AloneChrist Alone by Kevin Rhyne 2017-01-3054 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!Repent?<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11920312.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> Matthew 4:12-23 12Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 15“Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— 16the people who sat in darkness have seen a...2017-01-2319 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!The Rev. Quinn Caldwell<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11909015.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> Part of our Chidester Series, the Rev. Quinn Caldwell preaching on the baptism of Jesus in Matthew 3: 1-17, audio only.2017-01-1719 min

Sylvania C&CChrist is King (Acts 7:54-8:3)Christ is King (Acts 7:54-8:3) by Kevin Rhyne 2017-01-1548 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!A New Path<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11891736.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> Matthew 2:1-12 Introduction to Scripture: Today we are celebrating Epiphany, a day when something new was revealed. As we read this familiar text today, let us look for something to be revealed that we had not seen before. There is a rabbinical story that can help us in this task. “It is the story of the burning bush in the Hebrew Scriptures in which Moses sees a bush on fire, but the bush is not...2017-01-0817 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!A New Creation<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11834458.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> What are your dreams and hopes? Are they as big as Isaiah’s? … The problem is not that Isaiah’s hopes were too big. The problem is that ours are often too small, way too small.2016-12-0517 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!A New Season<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11820238.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> "A New Season” Isaiah 2:1-5 The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. 3Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God...2016-11-2815 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!Gifts<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11805726.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> My mom is a gift-giver. Each and every Christmas growing up, there would be a pile of presents under the tree. My mom was a blue-collar, hardworking, single mom. We didn’t get much during the rest of the year as we were so busy surviving and working and running to and from our various activities. Yet each Christmas, we felt rich. One Christmas, there weren’t as many presents. Just two or three to...2016-11-2018 min

Sylvania C&CInsofar as You Share in Christ's Sufferings (Acts 5:27-42)Insofar as You Share in Christ's Sufferings (Acts 5:27-42) by Kevin Rhyne 2016-11-2041 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!Our Image of Jesus<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11750652.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> SAM: It is of supreme importance -- Luke: that we get our image of Jesus -- BOTH: RIGHT! SAM: There are too many blithering idiots - LUKE: Well meaning people! SAM: Religious nuts! LUKE: Church leaders – denominational and institutional hierarchies! SAM: Conservatives & Literalists! LUKE: Bleeding Heart Liberals and Socialists SAM: Political Elitists LUKE: Wacko revolutionaries! ALL: Who are leading people ASTRAY!! SAM: So listen carefully – JESUS ALL: As we ALL know LUKE: Came from...2016-10-2409 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!The Giving Tree Revisited<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11736935.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> Russ Miller preaching on Luke 18:1-8. Audio only.2016-10-1723 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!Who and Whose We Are<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11707225.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> I was at a sermon seminar this past summer where a pastor said “sin” in every other sentence. I told him that I had heard him say “sin” more in a day than I hear in a month at my church. He replied, “That's because I don't believe in cheap grace. I know the absolute truth of the Good News: That I am a sinner and Christ died for my sins.” “Well,” I said. “Hate...2016-10-0315 min

Sylvania UCC Sermon Cast!Rally Day: Be Heroic<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/0c/e4/d9/luke24412/3000x3000_11661213.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /> Heroic testimonies! Audio only. Firefighter Chris Nurse Terry Military Jeff Military Officer Rodney for the U.S. Public Health Service and Psyche Nurse Kristie 2016-09-1217 min

Sylvania C&CChrist, the Good Neighbor (Luke 10:25-37)Christ, the Good Neighbor (Luke 10:25-37) by Kevin Rhyne 2016-07-1047 min

Sylvania C&CClint Cooper (Separated To A Person)Clint Cooper discusses being sanctified to Christ.2015-01-2447 min

Sylvania C&CEx 31:1 - 11 (The Measure Of Christ's Gift)Ex 31:1 - 11 (The Measure Of Christ's Gift) by Kevin Rhyne 2014-12-2345 min

Sylvania C&CEx 30 22 - 38 (Anointed To Be The Fragrance Of Christ)Ex 30 22 - 38 (Anointed To Be The Fragrance Of Christ) by Kevin Rhyne 2014-12-1039 min

Sylvania C&CEx 29:26 - 37 (Succession, Supper And The Holiness Of Christ)Ex 29:26 - 37 (Succession, Supper And The Holiness Of Christ) by Kevin Rhyne 2014-11-1042 min

Sylvania C&CEx 27:1-19 (Christ our Altar)Ex 27:1-19 (Christ our Altar) by Kevin Rhyne 2014-09-2138 min

Sylvania C&CEx 21:18-27 (Sticks, Stones and the Sufficiency of Christ)Ex 21:18-27 (Sticks, Stones and the Sufficiency of Christ) by Kevin Rhyne 2014-06-0250 min