Repent: The Beginning is Near
Unveiled Faces
The Great Campaign of Sabotage
One of the great misconceptions of the Christian life is that our lives are guided by our intellectual beliefs. In reality, we are guided by our hearts, which act like a well and a compass. The surest way to know the direction of your life is to look, honestly at critically, at your own heart. This series will let us look together and invite us to be shaped into the image of Jesus.
Wellspring of Life
Sunday's sermon was unfortunately not recorded due to technical difficulties. The above sermon is from our sister church, Trinity Grace Park Slope.
Sunday's sermon was unfortunately not recorded due to technical difficulties. The above sermon is from our sister church, Trinity Grace Park Slope, framing this new teaching series.
Three Pillars
Every Body of Believers shares a common call of becoming the Body of Christ with Jesus, Himself, as the head authority. Every Body of Believers also shares a unique call, particular to time and place. As we move into a new chapter in the life of our church, building on our existing foundation, we are asking the question of our unique call: “Who is the unique church God has called us to be?” This teaching series highlights the 3 Pillars Trinity Grace Church Williamsburg is built on, giving us form and structure: Formative Encounter, Merciful Presence, and Pilgrim Community.
Words of Life
In John 6, responding to a crowd dismissing Jesus in search of life elsewhere, one of Jesus’ disciples says, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” This summer, we are focused on that declaration: looking for life the only place we can be sure it’s found—in the words of Jesus.
Pentecost 2017
When the Spirit Falls
Alive
Eastertide 2017 teaching series
Hunger + Thirst
Our teaching series for Lent 2017 is Hunger and Thirst: Fasting from the World, Feasting on God. We believe Lent is about cultivating new taste buds, fasting for the sake of hungering for God. Learn more about Lent at TGC Williamsburg here.
Epiphany is the revelation of Jesus Christ on earth. We will celebrate Epiphany as a church by recognizing the range of Christ’s life and what happens when one encounters this "God in the flesh." This teaching series explores the mechanics or salvation, giving language to the spiritual transformation happening in the lives of many of our parishioners.
Salvation Appears
All-Parish Gathering
Two times a year we step outside of our normal rhythm of meeting in our individual neighborhood gatherings to celebrate as one family of believers at our All-Parish Gathering.
Origins
For the first three weeks of the year together we are journeying back to the origins of the church, remembering what Jesus taught about abiding, generosity, and community.
Advent takes us back and brings us forward. In preparing us to celebrate Christ’s first coming, it places us alongside the ancient prophets, who awaited with aching intensity the fulfilled promise of a messiah, and Joseph and Mary, whose pregnancy made the expectation all the more palpable; it also strengthens our longing for Christ’s second coming, when he will return to fully and finally establish his kingdom on earth. Thus, Advent is a season of waiting and rejoicing.
It is an intentional season waiting, identifying with the longing of previous generations, stirring our own hope. It is also a season of rejoicing, celebrating the revelation of Jesus reconciling us to God. The birth of Jesus was announced by a host of angels making the declaration, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.” During Advent particularly, we join that declaration.
Advent 2016
Every religion does not have relationship, but every relationship has a religion, meaning practices and actions enabling the flourishing of that relationship. James is a letter written for practical instruction on following Christ, summed up in the phrase “pure religion.” This teaching series is a five week reflection on the themes highlighted in James 1.
Pure Religion
All-Parish Gathering
Ephesians 3 calls the church, “the manifold wisdom of God made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,” but the very few people, inside or outside of the modern church, would describe their experience in those terms. In modern culture, the church has lost its intrinsic value. This teaching series is about regaining Jesus’ vision for the church. He asked his disciples, “Who do you say I am?” when Peter first identified him as the Messiah. We, as the church, are asking that question of Jesus, “Who do you say we are?” Each sermon in this series explores one of the primary biblical metaphors used to identify the church.
Who Do You Say I Am?
This teaching series takes a look at accounts of great spiritual awaking in the Scriptures—Revivals led by Elijah, Jacob, Asa, and many others. These revivals serve as clear examples of what God can, and even longs, to do in our time and place.
Revive Us Again
Due to technical difficulties, the sermons from August 7, August 21, and September 4 were not able to be recorded.
“The Way of Love” is a teaching series focused on knowing, understanding, and loving one another well through life stages - Marriage, Singleness, Friendship, and Parenting. After a seven week series focuses on the presence and power of God through the gift of the Holy Spirit, we turn our focus to relationship because, as the Apostle Paul points out, "If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3).
The Way of Love
On the Day of Pentecost, Jesus’ followers received the gift of his indwelling presence in the Holy Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3 explores the implications of that gift in the life of the believer, helping us understand and live a life empowered by the very presence of God.