Storyteller: Week Twelve - The One about the Big Banquet 11/24/24 Luke 14:16-24 Pastor Christopher Ek The parables of Jesus are aspirational, practical, and devotional. This week we conclude our Storyteller series with a powerful parable of God's invitation. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week Eleven Psalm 103:8-13 Matthew 18:23-25 Pastor JT Shupe Jesus tells another story, this time with three main characters dealing with debts owed. Listen this week as we learn about forgiveness, grace, and mercy. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: The One About the Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16:19-31 Pastor Christopher Ek Listen this week as we focus on words of Jesus that are challenging for us, but open up a new way to live that it now available to us. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week Nine- The One About the Shrewd Manager Luke 16:1-9 Pastor Christopher Ek Jesus offers a brilliant and confusing ending to this parable about the shrewd manager to help the disciples see something about Jesus' call in their lives that they had not seen before. Listen this week as we learn how Jesus uses a parable about a dishonest manager to clarify our own calling in life. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week Eight - The One About the Sheep and the Goats Matthew 25:31-46 Pastor Christopher Ek Listen this week as we take a close look at another of Jesus' parables. Jesus' teaching on the sheep and the goats is a parable of high challenge and high calling as we follow Jesus each day. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week Seven- The One About the Ten Maidens Matthew 25:1-13 Pastor Christopher Ek This week, we turn our attention to the parables Jesus tells about the future. Listen as we hear a parable from Jesus that gets very little attention but is important for the decisions we make about our future. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week Six Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Pastor JT Shupe This week we explore the Storyteller as a patient gardener, revealing how the Kingdom of God is nurtured and grown in our lives. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week FiveMark 4:26-34 Pastor David Wall Listen this week as we wrestle with Jesus's unexpected description of the kingdom of God through two more parables. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: The One About The Good Enemy - Week Four Luke 10:25-37 Pastor Christopher Ek What must I do to inherit eternal life? That is the question that spark this discussion between Jesus and a lawyer that eventually led to the telling of this parable. This well known parable has impacted the world in significant ways since the first time Jesus told it. Listen this week for a fresh look at this well known story. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week Three - The Ones About the Generous Landowner Matthew 20:1-16 Pastor Christopher Ek This is a parable that could only come from Jesus. It will challenge how we see the world, how we see God, and how we see others. This parable is subversive and disorienting, and it will turn our world upside down by introducing us to the promise of God's word. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: The Ones About Being FoundLuke 15 Pastor Christopher Ek The parables of Jesus are aspirational, practical, and devotional. This week we engage with three parables filled with God's calling and God's vision for life and for our world. www.bethanycovenant.com

Storyteller: Week One Fall Kick-Off at Bethany Luke 8:4-8Pastor Christopher Ek We are kicking off the fall with a brand new sermon series about the parables of Jesus called, Storyteller. Jesus engaged people in his teaching through stories. Stories and parables challenge, inspire, and enlighten us to God's greater vision for our lives and for the world. www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer in Corinth: Week Ten 1 Corinthians 14 Pastor JT Shupe Are certain gifts ever restricted in the church? What does Paul say about using our gifts in worship and in community? Listen this week for another Summer in Corinth day as we explore 1 Corinthians 14. www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer in Corinth1 Corinthians 12 Pastor David Wall Paul calls us to unity but not to sameness. How can our differences equip us to do the work God has prepared for us? Listen this week as we take a deeper look at Paul's teaching in 1 Corinthians 12. www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer in Corinth 1 Corinthians 11 Pastor Christopher Ek www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer In Corinth: Week Seven1 Corinthians 9 Guest Pastor, Samuel Schreiner Can you believe that Paul was criticized by some people in Corinth because he preached the gospel for free? You can't please everyone, but this week, we will learn in Chapter 9 what Paul tried to do for anyone if it would bring them even on step closer to Christ. www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer In Corinth: Week Six - Question and Controversies1 Corinthians 8Pastor Christopher Ek 1 Corinthians 8 addresses a very specific problem in Corinth, but through it, we get to explore the tension between freedom and legalism. www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer in Corinth 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 Pastor JT Shupe In Chapter 7, Paul pivots to respond to their specific questions: Should one marry? Stay single? Stay married? Leave an unbelieving spouse? He responds pastorally. Paul shares the godly wisdom to help all followers of Jesus stay faithful and live simply. www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer In Corinth 1 Corinthians 6:1-20 Pastor Christopher Ek Listen this week as we continue to study the church in Corinth. This is a week of high legal drama and high personal stakes. www. bethanycovenant.com

Summer In Corinth: Week Three- Facing Adversity 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 Pastor Christopher Ek The culture of Corinth made it nearly impossible for the Corinthians to see what Paul would reveal to them in the next part of his letter. It was a teaching and way of life they needed to embrace to grow deeper in their faith. It was timely in Corinth and it will be timely for us today. www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer in Corinth: Signifiers - Week 2 1 Corinthians 2:6-3:23 Pastor David Wall We continue our summer in Corinth series this week by looking deeper into how to build our best lives. www.bethanycovenant.com

Summer in Corinth: A Letter Arrives 1 Corinthians 1:1 - 2:5 Pastor Christopher Ek This summer, we are taking a trip to the ancient city of Corinth. We will dive deep into the culture of Corinth and the letter of 1 Corinthians to gain insight into following Jesus in our world today. Listen this week as we begin our journey. www.bethanycovenant.com

New Life Looks Like: Participation1 John 1:3; Ephesians 4:1-6 Pastor JT Shupe This week we'll wrap up our New Life Looks Like series focusing on our unity in Christ. We'll discover our oneness with The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and our oneness with each other in Christ. www.bethnanycovenant.com

New Life Looks Like: Citizenship Acts 2:1-12, Philippians 3:15-21 Pastor Christopher Ek May 19, 2024This week we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and look at another important way we describe the new life we have in Jesus. www.bethanycovenant.com