Mission Ridge Church Podcast

This week on Footnotes: Rob is MIA.. so Logan, Kyle, and Jenn have way too much fun discussing what their favorite parts of this series have been, the cost of following, and a couple of thoughts from the gospel of Matthew. Find out more about Mission Ridge Church Support Mission Ridge financiallySpecial Guest: Kyle Wonders.

Rob Croyle wraps up the series with a call to commit everything to follow the call of Christ. Sermon Notes: Luke 9:57-62 Luke 18:22 Luke 9:23-25 Luke 14:25-33 Luke 22:31-32 John 21:15-19, 21-22 Implications: My Part – Commit everything to Christ. Follow Him. God’s Part – Jesus leads you. He intercedes for you. Their Part –

This week on Footnotes: Logan, Rob, Jenn, and The Boy Wonder talk about motivated roles, when helping hurts, how proximity affects our ability to minister to people, and how incredibly awkward the holy spirit prompting you to do something can be. Special Guest: Kyle Wonders.

Rob Croyle delivers a sermon calling us to minister to those around us in ways that utilize our individual designs. Sermon Notes: Pathmakers- Interests, Abilities, Values Motivated Role — Creative, Creative Developer, Developer, Refiner, Maintainer Impact Style — Controller, Persuader, Cooperator, Analyst Temperament — Social or Internal Realist or Futurist Thinker or Feeler Planner or Adapter 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Luke 9:12-13 Implications: My Part: Minister where I am planted. God’s Part: Empowers us for service through His Holy Spirit. Makes the miraculous happen. Their Part: Do what is within their power to do. Your Next Steps: Explore your design with your community. Go further with God today. Open your eyes to the opportunities to minister where you are planted.

This week on Footnotes: the crew discusses how Jesus teaches, servant leadership, and the process of bringing people along as you serve. Special Guest: Kyle Wonders.

Continuing through the "My Part, God's Part, Their Part" series, Rob Croyle walks us through the call to invest in discipling others while we serve. *Sermon Notes: * “Teleioó” - to bring to an end, to complete, perfect “tel’ios” - having reached its end, complete, perfect MATTHEW 20:25-28 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-3 ACTS 6:1-3 PHILIPPIANS 3:12-17 IMPLICATIONS: My Part: Actively invest in others until we all are mature in Christ. God’s Part: Is our designer. Gives gifts of service through His Spirit. Their Part: Follow the example of those investing in them. YOUR NEXT STEPS: Explore service opportunities inside and outside of the Church. Wherever you are serving, look for opportunities to invite others to serve with you.

This week on Footnotes: Logan, Jenn, and Rob discuss Shfela, 1 Corinthians 5, and discipling people to connect to God. (Along with the standard shenanigry)

Logan Daily delivers a sermon about living with the tension of the communities that we live in pushing God and His community away. What does a Godly community look like when it embraces this tension? Sermon Notes: “Shfela” - foothills Genesis 22:17-18 1 Corinithians 5:9-13 Implications: My Part: Model to people in my community how to connect/ grow/draw closer to God. God’s Part: Leads you to the place where you have the opportunity to influence others. Their Part: Learn to connect to God from people in their community. Your Next Steps: Embrace godly community. Learn new ways to connect with God. Represent your God in Shfela. Teach others to connect to God.

This week on Footnotes: the crew discusses double binds, chasing the strays, and how COVID has affected what community looks like. Special Guest: Kyle Wonders.

Rob Croyle delivers sermon about the currents of community and what our role looks like in connecting people to God through community. Sermon Notes: Hebrews 2:1-3A Acts 2:42-47 Ephesians 4:11-16 Implications: My Part: Be a guide. Draw people to, and build, godly community. God’s Part: Draws people to Christ. Their Part: Escape the current. Connect deeper with God through community. Your Next Steps: Seek out godly community. Fully engage in God’s community. Actively pursue the disconnected. Chase the strays. Do the work to make our community safe.

This week on Footnotes: the crew discusses the right and wrong ways to share your story, a rabbinical teaching tool, and couple tangible examples of sharing stories. Special Guest: Kyle Wonders.

Rob Croyle takes us through how sharing our story is part of discipling people, and what our part to play is. Sermon Notes: Matthew 28:19-20 John 4:39 Luke 8:38-39 Your Authenticity + God's Power = Your Faith Story Implications: Their Part: Ask Questions. God’s Part: Right Person, Right Place, Right Time. My Part: Leverage my Faith Stories to create opportunities for people to move closer to Christ. Your Next Steps: Take inventory of what God has done. -When were you first made aware of God? -When did you make a decision to follow Jesus? -How has following Jesus affected your life? -How have you seen God work in significant ways? -How have you seen God answer prayer? -How you seen God provide? -How has God provided direction in your life? -How have you seen God speak directly to you?

This week on Footnotes: Logan, Rob, and Jenn discuss soil types, stories of reaping, and wresting through some questions that have come up about discipling.

Logan is back again with a look at what our part of sharing the words of Jesus with people looks like. *Sermon Notes: * John 4:35-38 1 Corinthians 3:4-6 Isaiah 55:10-11 Implications: Their Part: Listen. God’s Part: Does the heavy lifting. My Part: Share the word’s of Jesus when God provides the opportunity. Your Next Steps: Know His Words. Practice having spiritual conversations in community. Continue to prepare the soil by building relational capital.

This week on Footnotes: the crew digs into Zacchaeus, engaging in the mess, intentional leadership, and Logan forgets Kyle's name.Special Guest: Kyle Wonders.

Logan leads us through the story of Zacchaeus for a look at what it means to share your life when making disciples. ** Sermon notes: ** Luke 19:1-10 Implications: My Part: Pursue authentic relationship with people in “the mess. God’s Part: Does work in people’s hearts. Their Part: Show up. Your Next Steps: Build relational capital with sinners and tax collectors. Be the influencer in the relationship. Invite sinners and tax collectors to the kingdom.

This week on Footnotes: The crew discusses what it looks like to "say yes" and other questions from the sermon. Special Guest: Kyle Wonders.

This week Rob takes a look at the story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch to help break down discipleship into what my part, God's part, and their part looks like. *Sermon Notes: * Matthew 4:19 Matthew 28:18-20 John16:7 J.D. Greear — Paul believed the study of the Word without [the Holy Spirit] was useless. That’s why after expounding the gospel in great detail in the first three chapters of Ephesians, he stops explaining and starts praying that the Spirit would enable the Ephesian believers “to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. . .that surpasses knowledge” (Eph. 3:18 – 19). Acts 8:26-35 Implications: My Part – Say “yes” to the opportunities God puts before you. God’s Part – Always lining things up to bring people to into relationship with Himself. Their Part – Seeking answers and willing to learn. Your Next Steps: Seek answers and be willing to learn. Say the next “yes.”

This week on Footnotes: an interview with Barbie Jenkins about the work that she does through the organization "Jane Doe No More" and the crew talks about the differences between Evangelism and Discipleship and looks at some of the differences between the two passages that are being discussed in Care Groups this week. *Show Notes: * Barbie Jenkins – barb@janedoenomore.org Jane Doe No More website – https://janedoenomore.org

Rob Croyle starts Mission Ridge out on a new series that will dive deep into how we are called to make disciples. This first week lays the groundwork for the coming weeks by exploring the question, "What is discipleship?" Sermon Notes: Matthew 28:18-20 Matthew 4:18-19 Marty Solomon - "Discipleship is imitating a mentor who imitates Jesus." Implication: As a church, we will live out the Great Commission. Your Next Steps: Make a decision: Will you become a disciple to make disciples. Invest in Care Group. Invest in Life Transforming Group.