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 Acts Series - The Essence of The Church  
Winter 2007

As Luke states in Acts 1:1, his gospel tells of all that Jesus began to do and teach and Acts is not so much the story of what the apostles did (as we often think), but rather the continuing story of what Christ was doing and teaching. As we study Acts, we will see that it is truly the story of the acts of Christ by his Spirit through the apostles (and the church).. The first chapter of the book particularly introduces this theme that God is still active in history through his chosen agent—the church.


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Notes = Sermon Notes       TGWH = Taking Gathered Worship Home     OOW = Order of Worship
Date Title Scripture mp3 Notes TGWH OOW
1/07 The Essence of The Church Acts 1:1-11
 
1/14 The Message of The Church Acts 2:14-36
1/21 Responding to The Message Acts 2:37-47
1/28 Speaking the Word with Boldness Acts 4:23-31  
2/04 Unity of the Faith                     (Rev. David Stewart) Acts 4: 32-5:11
mp3
 
2/11 Lord, do not hold this sin against them Acts 7:51-81a
mp3
 
2/18 Chosen Instruments Acts 9:10-19    
2/25 The Same Gift Acts 11:1-18    
3/4 Faithful To The Lord Acts 11:19-26
3/11 For The Work To Which I Have Called Them Acts 13:1-4
3/18 The Apostolic Church               (Rev. David Stewart) Acts 15:1-21
3/25 The Church Catholic Acts 15:22-35
4/1 The King's Peace                     (Rev. Doug Warren) Luke 19: 28-44
4/5 (American Tenebrae Service - A service of scripture and song based on the passion according to St. Luke.
Held on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m.)
         
4/8 Stupid Women's Nonesense      (Rev. Doug Warren) Luke 24:1-12
4/15 The Messiness of the Church     (Rev. Doug Warren) Acts:15:20-41  
4/22 The Songs of the Church            (Rev. Doug Warren) Acts 16:16-34  
4/29 The Philosophy of the Church     (Rev. Doug Warren) Acts 17:16-34
5/6 The Reformation of the Church    (Rev. Doug Warren) Acts 18:23-19:12    
5/13 The Disturbance of the Church    (Rev. Doug Warren) Acts:19:23-41
5/20 The Affection of the Church         (Rev. Doug Warren) Acts 20:17-38
5/27 The Freedom and Tension of the Church
                                                (Rev. Doug Warren)
Acts 21: 15-26  
6/3 The Scandal of the Church          (Rev. Doug Warren) Acts 22:1-22  
6/10 The Architect of the Church         (Rev. Doug Warren) Acts 22:30-23:11  

 
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