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The Story of Real Life

  The Story of Real Life: Trailer  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%  The Story of Real Life: Episode 1: When Church Doesn’t Make Sense In this first episode of The Story of Real Life – we look back on the circumstances that brought the founders together. It begins with a handful of ordinary people, who, in response to […]

The Disciple’s Journey – Sermon Series

Week 1: Introduction and Abide Sphere In this introduction episode, Jim Putman, Senior Pastor at Real Life Ministries, talks about what it means to be a Disciple of Jesus and find our Identity in Christ, and why everything hinges on our Abide Sphere. Click to download sermon notes Watch Week 2: The Church Sphere In […]

The Disciples Journey Week 5 with Titus L

The Disciples Journey: Week 5

The Disciple’s Journey – Week 5 of 5 Every believer is a disciple and is called to make disciples. The vehicle that God uses to grow us to be more like Jesus is relationship. This week: Spiritual Realm (Ephesians 6:10-20) S.O.A.P. – One Way to Study Scripture Due to the many baptism celebrations today, we […]

Origins Week 2 with Jim B

Origins: Week 2

The Original Church Review: ● Jesus called ordinary people to follow Him and they became His disciples. ● He gave them the Great Commission; as they boldly shared Christ, the church was established. Acts 14:21 (NIV) They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium […]

The Power of Together

The Power of Together

None of us is lovable all of the time–and no one can make us feel worse than those closest to us. So we keep others at arm’s length to protect ourselves, rather than reaching out for relationship. But think of who Jesus invited into his life and ministry. They weren’t always lovable. Yet he modeled […]

Worth week 2 with Jeremy and Titus

Worth: Week 2

Group Questions Congregational Worship As a Small Group, read Acts 16:16-40. What do you notice about worship in the text? Verse 25 says that the other prisoners were “listening to” Paul and Silas. Who is listening to/watching how you and what do they see, specifically when it comes to what you worship? How big of a priority […]

Thanksgiving

Real Life Ministries 4 Campus Thanksgiving Eve

Heavenly Father we come to this evening on the verge of our holiday – called Thanksgiving – and we want to turn that over to You – we want You to be in charge of it tonight. And Lord – it’s just not going to happen unless Your Holy Spirit inhabits the words – and […]

FIRST: Week 2

The Challenge Exodus 20:3–4 (NIV) We may not create idols like they did in history but we still struggle with idols • Context – there were idols (physical) and internal • God’s word speaks about money and finances because it is a means to pursue our idols Ezekiel 14:1–5 (NIV) Ephesians 5:5 (NIV) Colossians 3:5 […]

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The Church Sphere Resources

This is the Body of Christ, our Spiritual family that encompasses all that Jesus intended for His Church, and what was modeled by the first disciples in the book of Acts. This includes being devoted to teaching, to fellowship and to prayer. Taking communion together, meeting in large and small groups, giving to the Lord’s […]

Relationships show spiritual maturity

The Core of Discipleship – Jim Putman

In recent years, “discipleship” has become the new buzzword. As a result, we’ve seen churches begin to make a shift toward helping people grow in their spiritual maturity, and utilize the best means to that end. Leaders have begun to recognize that disciple making involves spending time with the person being discipled outside of a […]

international discipleship

International Discipleship

INVERVIEW-STYLE MESSAGE: Campus Pastor Pat Lessard interviewing International Discipleship Team member Paul Byrns Romans 10:14-17 14How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15And how are they […]

the journey

The Journey-Church: Week 3

The Church PURPOSE OF THIS SERIES: • To help us understand what it means to be and to make disciples of Jesus. • To Encourage us in our growth towards Spiritual Maturity TODAY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH SPHERE. If you ask Christians today “What is the Church?”, you will get answers like: o It’s […]

Genesis Prep Academy Safety Seminar – with Officer Gomez (Podcast)

  The Digital Age: Navigating Faith, Family, and Technology     (Download Small Group Study Guide Here)  In our rapidly evolving digital world, parents and guardians face unprecedented challenges in raising children. The landscape of social media, smartphones, and constant connectivity has transformed how we interact, learn, and grow. As people of faith, how do we […]

The Real War: The Shoes of the Gospel of Peace – The Overtime Podcast

Podcast Show Notes: The Real War – Week 4: The Shoes of the Gospel of Peace In this episode of Real Life Overtime, our speakers dive deeper into this weekend’s message on spiritual warfare, focusing on the shoes of the gospel of peace from Ephesians 6:15. They unpack how this piece of God’s armor helps […]

The Real War: The Belt of Truth – The Overtime Podcast

Podcast Show Notes: The Real War – Week 2: The Belt of Truth Welcome to this week’s episode of the Overtime Podcast, where we dive deeper into our series, The Real War. This week, we explore spiritual warfare and the essential role of the “belt of truth” in the armor of God. As believers, we’re […]