September 5th

PENTECOST 18

Ekklesia 20 – Stephen Got It – Acts 6:6 – 8:3

This month our study in the book of Acts really focuses on the mission of God. Jesus said that the first Christians would be his witnesses all over the world, but up to this point, they had not made it too far. What would it take to get beyond the walls of Jerusalem? Today we’ll see that it took one man who really “got it.” (Pun intended!) He understood the mission. He knew what he needed to do. Join us as we study the last days of Stephen, and perhaps God will launch each of us further on his mission.
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September 12th

PENTECOST 19

Mission Speaker – Ken Sears, Ukraine

We take a break from Acts on this day to welcome Ken Sears, EC Missionary to Ukraine! Six times each year we bring in guest speakers from around the world to tell us what God is doing in the places they live and minister. Ken is involved in theological education and church planting in the former Soviet Union, and we look forward to hearing all about it!
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September 19th

PENTECOST 20

Ekklesia 21 – Persecution Leads to Mission? – Acts 8:4-25

This is not the first time, and it will not be the last, that we utter the dreaded “P” word. Persecution. We hate it. It feels horrible, and we avoid it like that plague. And yet, the first Christians had a very different approach to persecution. God himself seems to have a different approach to persecution. Is, as the famous phrase goes, “the blood of the martyrs, the seed of the church”? Is persecution a good thing? Join us to learn more.
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September 26th

PENTECOST 21 & Communion

Ekklesia 22 – Philip Got the Mission – Acts 8:26-40

Though the book of Acts pretty much focuses on Peter and Paul, every now and then we get a glimpse at one of the other leaders of the first church. Earlier this month it is Stephen, today it is Philip. And what a glimpse we get! The story of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch is a Sunday School classic. Do you remember it? Come join us as we hear it again for the first time! Ask God to use this story to inspire you to participate more fully on his mission, just like Philip did.