Awaken Westchester Church

What does faith according to Jesus look like? This week, Dave looks the parable of the widow and the unjust judge to explore how Jesus talks about and viewed faith.

Why didn't Jesus stay on Earth after his resurrection? Why didn't he stay to lead us into a world of peace and goodness? Join us this week as we explore these questions and explore how we are now being invited to carry on the mission of Jesus in the world. Video clip used sermon is from Kung Fu Panda 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTllxH4vhiI

Resurrection is a truth to be experienced. Listen this week as we look at the post-resurrection appearance of Jesus to Peter and discover how resurrection offers a forgiveness that heals our shame and restores our truest self.

We all have expectations about God and how we expect God to act. But what happens when God falls short of those expectations? Listen this week as we look at the story of Palm Sunday to see how we can allow the truths of God to shape us rather than us shaping God through our understanding. 

This week, Dave looks at a story of Elijah to discover how we receive healing from our painful experiences through times of rest and retreat.

As we continue our Lenten series, guest speaker Sammy Castro looks at the prophet Jonah to unveil how cynicism can gain a stronghold in our lives and offers wisdom for moving beyond cynicism.

Fear is a response to a perceived threat. While helpful for a time, in certain situations, prolonged states of fear can separate us from God, our truest self, and others. Listen this week as we look at how Jesus invites his disciples (and us) to move from a place of fear to a place of peace.

In Matthew 20, Jesus tells a parable about a loving, generous landowner. But not all are impressed with his generosity. Some are offended by his generosity and feel he has been unfair to those who worked the hardest and proved themselves the worthiest. Watch this week as Dave looks at this parable and challenges us to let go of living by the metrics we so often configure in our heads about who is deserving and who isn't.

As we begin Lent and our Letting Go series, Dave teaches on the story of Joseph to explore how we let go of our ego and learn use our God-given gifts and talents to serve the world around us.

This week, Dave is joined by guest Debbie Krekeler to talk about how we use all of our unique gifts and talents to share the good news of Jesus and bring healing to the world.

Join Joe Mrugalski as he speaks about how to use our time, talent, and treasure. 

Listen this week as Dave explores how to discern where God is leading your life.

This week, guest speaker, Sam Castro, explores the theme of hope and how to cultivate more of it in our lives.

In our final week of Advent, Dave looks at how the birth of Jesus reveals God's love for all humanity, and how we can receive and make that love known to those around us.

At the heart of the Christmas story is a message of hope that will bring "great joy for all people." But how do we receive this joy? And how do we ensure that the joy of Christmas is a joy we carry with us through the year? Listen as we look at Luke's Gospel to discover how to receive and keep the joy of Christ. 

This week's Advent theme is peace. Listen today as Dave looks at how we can discover more peace in our lives and how that peace can spread to the world around us.    "I'll Begin Again" from Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. Netflix. 2002

The theme of Advent Week 1 is hope. Listen as Dave shows how the opening genealogy of Jesus given by Matthew inspires hope for our lives and the difficult situations we go through. 

Join us as we begin the season of Advent and explore how we can say yes to this moment and be filled with more peace, hope, love, and joy.    "Later Never Comes" from Scrooge: A Christmas Carol. Netflix. 2002

Guest speaker Sam Castro walks us through Jeremiah 29 to show how we can have hope in God despite uncertain situations and what it looks like for us to commit to our current moments in life.