Grace Church, Springfield Mo

In this session, we learn that the father allows his son to take half of his inheritance, leave, and squander it away. This isn't something we would allow! It just seems reckless and wasteful! And all without a word of warning fromBut, the father does it willingly, without a lecture or guilt. And as the son returns, he not only runs to him, he throws a huge party to celebrate his return.

In this session, Pastor Tim shares with us three specific insights when looking at the story of the Prodigal Son, specifically with the son, and how despite his confidence of the decisions he made, things had to get worse and worse before transformation took place.

The story of the "Prodigal Son" is all of us. And for many of us, there are still friends or family members in our lives that are lost. They've known the love of Jesus and turned away.This Sunday, Pastor Tim encourages us to renew our faith in Jesus and pray, together throughout the series, for all the prodigals in our lives to return.

What we DO is just as important as what we SAY. And the difficult (but necessary!) challenge for followers of Christ is to walk the fine line of participating in political conversation and remaining true and faithful to God's word.

As followers of Christ, how we respond to political authority and, more importantly, how we show honor and respect towards political offices can either show how we "fit" into the cultural norm, OR can set us apart. Our response speaks volume to our walk with Christ and our love for His people.

It's our responsibility to steward our voice in a way that shows the love, grace, and truth of our faith in Jesus. This isn't accomplished through shouting matches, or endless debates, or fights over opinions. It's done by seeking Kingdom perspective in all things.

In this first session, Pastor Tim reminds us that real change doesn't happen through political power or having the right person in office. It happens through the love of Jesus Christ.

Pastor Tim takes time to revisit our values here at Grace Church and digs a little deeper into HOW we think about community.

Pastor Lisa Fisher, Co-Pastor of Unite Church shares with us the wonder of God's works as he works in and through each of us.

Pastor Jack Gilbert, our NextGen Ministry Pastor, takes the stage and shares with us some of the incredible things our NextGen students experienced this summer.

In this final week, Pastor Tim reminds us of the value and importance of sharing the good news prior to taking a few questions from the congregation.

Of the core elements of our faith, prayer and worship are towards the top of the list. This Sunday Pastor Tim begins by asking, and answering, general questions about these two elements and then takes a few questions from the congregation.

Spirit gifts and fruit are talked about often in today's church. Pastor Tim takes some time to explore both individually with a few basic questions and then takes questions from the congregation.

In the final session, Pastor Tim examined the "gift of healing" as it relates to the Baptism with the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12. Second, we explored seven practices we can employ to pursue healing...and retain it once received.

In session three, Pastor Tim explores through scripture how the Baptism of the Holy Spirit was what started the church in Acts chapter 2 and continues this day.

In this session, Pastor Tim lists out some essential and non-essential things to consider when it comes to our healing.

This Sunday, Pastor Tim begins the question and answer portion of the series by focusing on two foundational questions of our faith and then taking questions from the Grace Church Family.

In this second session, Pastor Tim guides us into understanding how God heals.

In this new series, Pastor Tim brings us back to the basics and reminds us that revisiting these foundational truths is something we should continually do in our walk with Jesus.

In this first session, Pastor Tim lays out the framework for our study and starts with the basics of divine healing.