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After serving as a pastor in Colorado Springs for 13 years, September 18, 2022 marked Justin’s last morning before moving to TX and transitioning into a new season. Take a listen to his final message.   

"Many Christians have learned to be Biblical, but not Christlike. I wonder what would happen if the body of Christ would learn meekness?"

baby dedication for Tiger Ryan Knapp + message from Pastor Dan

Continued conversations about themes and key thoughts from "Irresistible", the book by Andy Stanley we are discussing during our Spring Small Group nights.

Pastor Justin shares about transformation, growth, and his journey in ministry thus far––leading into a huge announcement. *Not recorded were some uplifting remarks from a few people in the crowd about the future. 

"Encounter Sundays" happen once a month and we change things up a bit to make space for worship + testimonies + communion. One of the core values of AGAPE is to "encounter Jesus together and celebrate and believe in each other." We can't really do the latter if we don't know what is going on in each other's lives so, the "testimonies" time is an opportunity to connect by hearing different people share recent life updates, God moments, praise reports, or anything anyone wants our church community to be praying with or for them about. This recording starts right as people begin to share, is followed by Luke Creasman sharing part of his story so we could get to know him better, and ends with Pastor Justin leading a time of communion with all ages as one big church family. We believe you will be encouraged by what was shared. Enjoy! 

What does Jesus look like? What does He sound like? If He is alive (a main point our faith rests on), then we should know and experience the answer to those two questions. Is Jesus only found in a church building? Where is He? If He is so "irresistible" then why is so much of Christianity, so much of "church" so resistible?? Take a listen as Justin candidly shares about his own personal connection with God.. why it's so "real" for him. 

Whether it’s something NEW God is trying to lead us into in our personal lives OR the NEW that Jesus introduced to the world.. embracing it seems VERY important! If we don’t do so in our personal lives we can grow stagnant, feel stuck, become frustrated.. even miss out on the future God has for us.. the future we don’t even know yet exists.. and if we don’t embrace (as well as fully learn about and comprehend) the NEW that Jesus introduced to the world, we end up with a convoluted mix that is detrimental to our faith and the message of the Gospel we live out and proclaim!" Ps, FYI, a tiny bit of the audio at the beginning was not recorded. Pastor Katherine shared about how she was with a team in Japan doing relief work right after a massive earthquake/tsunami hit back in 2011 when they experienced another (smaller) earthquake and people had gotten the news out on social media before the local news could even do so themselves.

“There is a difference between the gospel of the church and the gospel of the kingdom.” “What is the kingdom? God’s domain. Where He rules and reigns.” “All of the church is in the kingdom but not all of the kingdom is in the church.” “You carry the kingdom, and the kingdom carries transformation.” Pastor Justin is preachin' today!

Justin dives into Matthew 13 today as he continues a talk about hope!   "Close your eyes and think about the coolest, most fun person you have ever met.. now close your eyes one more time.. think about the meanest, ugliest person you have ever met.. now imagine both asking you to a football game.. two very different ways of seeing the exact same thing.. keep that in mind this morning as we continue this morning..." - Justin 

We got to recap and celebrate ALL God did through COSILoveYou "Movement Week" events... Leadership Gathering, Citywide Worship Gathering, CityServe Day, the donation drive-thru we hosted for Mercy's Gate, and more before all partaking of communion together as one big church family! Take a listen and hear about how God is moving in our city and how churches, nonprofits, businesses, and civic leaders are teaming up together to see our city flourish.   Thanks again to all who helped load up all the donated items! We were able to drop off around 140 bags full of food items to Mercy's Gate that will go to local individuals and families facing a crisis.   Mark your calendar now for next year's CityServe Day the first Saturday in October 2022!

It's not when what you are hoping for gets delayed, it's when hope itself goes away.. when you have lost the ability to hope, to believe. That is when your heart gets sick. God is crazy about us, wild about us. The more you are connected to that truth, the more you will be full of hope. Lots of folks have lost hope. We have got to start hoping again.. and we've go to do it together. 

Pastor Katherine shares a recent prophetic dream she felt like God was saying was a general reminder for some, but a specific encouragement for right now for others before jumping into a talk all about what God is like. What is God like? This is a loaded question. Does anyone truly have the market cornered on answering it? In a room full of people you would hear a wide array of different answers to this question. Can we even know what He is really like? Let's talk about it.

Many times, "unity" is accomplished through force...  forced through fear, forcing everyone to be on the same page and agree...   Today Pastor Justin shared his heart about a different kind of unity.. about unity where everyone is fully themselves, fully present, fully engaged, fully speaking up.. which creates a powerful community! 

We hope our September “Encounter Sunday” was meaningful to all who spent a bit of your morning with us! We loved getting to gather in more of a big family circle, singing and praying together over different projects happening on CityServe Day (October 2) and for the organizations those projects will be serving, getting to hear Rachel Thomas share about her time ministering in Europe, and Rachel Leonhart share some of her story so we could get to know her better. Reflecting on, remembering, and celebrating all the ways God is moving in our city and our personal lives led us right into a time of communion together in remembrance of Jesus and all He has done and continues to do. We love that our kids and youth re-join us for this time so we can partake of communion all together as one big church family once a month.

After a long time of not being able to speak on a Sunday morning (due to being super sick with Hyperemesis Gravidarum), Pastor Katherine takes the morning to catch up with everyone and share her heart about encountering and embodying love. "The more I learn and grow, the more I realize there is a lot I don't know.. but these two things I am sure of..."

We love it when Papa Joe shares! If you have been wanting to grow or continue to grow in exercising your spiritual senses, take a listen!