Catalyst Church

Spiritual Gifts: Unpacking Our Gifts

This week Lisa Olson lead us through the different types of spiritual gifts we can have, and gave us the space to unpack our personal gifts to understand how we can better serve God's Kingdom together.

Spiritual Gifts: The Power of Gifts

This week Pastor Jeff discussed the power of our spiritual gifts, looking at 1 Corinthians 12 as our Scripture reading for the week.

Spiritual Gifts: Introduction

As we preview our merger between Catalyst and Hope Grove, we are digging into how we can better serve God's Kingdom with our spiritual gifts. This week Pastor Jeff and Pastor Alex sat down with Lisa Vaupel interview-style to discuss what we will be doing with this series in the coming weeks. The Scripture reading was from 1 Corinthians 12.

Everyday Sacred: Technology Awareness

This week Heather Jones shared a message on holiness alongside our connection to technology. The main Scripture for this week comes from 1 Peter 1:13-16, along with some other readings with each discussion question (see below): 1 Peter: What is your reaction to the word 'holy'? What comes to mind or what do you picture as you think about holiness? If you could make all the changes you want in an instant, what would your relationship to screens look like? Spirit: John 4:23; Galatians 5:1...

Everyday Sacred: Theology of Work

This week Pastor Jeff walked us through a brief theology of work based on 1 Corinthians 7:17-22.

Everyday Sacred: Studying Scripture

Hollis Kim, the Director of Pastoral Care & Development for the ECC Northwest Conference, led us through an inductive study of Luke 15:1-10 to spend time studying Scripture as a community.

Everyday Sacred: Money Matters

This week Pastor Jeff gave a message on biblical wisdom around money and finances from Proverbs 13:7-11.

Everyday Sacred: Theology of Family

This week Pastor Jeff lead us through a lesson on family systems and faith. The Scripture reading comes from 1 Kings 15:1-15.

Everyday Sacred: Sabbath

This week Sullivan Keehr led us through a message on Sabbath rest: what it means for our community, how it restores us, and how it calls us to radically trust God. The Scripture reading was from Mark 2:23-3:5.

Everyday Sacred: Spiritual Parenting

This week Pastor Jeff lead us through a message on parenting, and how we help parent children as the church body together. The Scripture for this week is Luke 18:15-17.

Everyday Sacred: Prayer is like Flossing

This week Pastor Jeff lead us in a message about prayer based on Matthew 6:5-15.

Future: People and Place

This week Pastor Jeff closed out our sermon series, Future, by discussing how the church needs to focus on people, not programs, and the need for the church to serve its local needs. The Scripture reading came from Acts 16:1-15.

Future: Growth

This week Pastor Jeff shared a message on church growth, looking at both the excitement about growing as well as the pains that happen as more people are invited into Christ's people. Our reading for this week comes from Acts 15:1-29.

Future: Gospel vs. Popularity

This week Pastor Jeff discussed the ways the church should be powered by the Gospel, not popularity, in order to reach the most people. The sermon comes from Acts 4:1-20, 32-37.

Future: Law of Mission

Pastor Jeff opened our new series on the future church with a message from Acts 6.1-6.

Easter: Now What?

Last week we celebrated Christ's resurrection through Easter, but what's next after that? This week Pastor Jeff shared a message about the importance of sharing the Good News of Christ with others based on Matthew 28:11-20.

Easter 2022

Happy Easter Everyone! He Is Risen!

Palm Sunday 2022: King, Prophet & Priest

This week Pastor Jeff lead us through an overview of Jesus' role as King, Prophet and Priest for our faith to celebrate Palm Sunday.

Lenten Learning: Prayer and Fasting

This week Cindy Jones from Catalyst White Bear Lake shared a message on prayer and fasting as part of our spiritual life--both individually and as a community. The Scripture reading for this series has been Luke 4:1-14.

Lenten Learning: Facing Temptation

This week Pastor Jeff discussed the different temptations we face and how to deal with them to continue our Lenten series.

Lenten Learning: Wilderness Experiences

This week Ray Hanson leads us through the different experiences we can have in the wilderness, and why they are important.

Lenten Learning: How Not to Read the Bible

This week Pastor Jeff discussed a few different ways we can incorrectly read the Bible and how to avoid them.

Lenten Learning: How to Approach the Bible

This week we kicked off our new sermon series with a message from a guest speaker, Alex Blackwell from Hope Grove Church in Roseville!

1 John: Truth & Love, Chpt. 5:13-21

We have our final message from our 1 John series, with Pastor Jeff summing up the book to close us out.

1 John: Truth & Love, Chpt. 5:1-12

This week Sullivan Keehr dug into the purpose and meaning of God's love in our lives from 1 John 5.1-12.

1 John: Truth & Love, Chpt. 4.7-21

This week Heather Jones spoke on what love means in relationship to God, ourselves and one another from 1 John 4.7-21.

1 John: Truth & Love, Chpt. 4.1-6

This week Pastor Jeff discussed testing spirits in our own lives, as well as the strength of Jesus guiding the way we should pray. The message was from 1 John 4:1-6 if you'd like to read along with the message while you listen.

1 John: Truth & Love, Chpt. 3.11-24

This week Pastor Jeff shared a message about what loving God and loving our neighbors looks like in 1 John 3:11-24

1 John: Truth & Love, Chpt. 3.1-10

This week Pastor Jeff lead us through what it means to be the children of God as presented in 1 John 3.1-10.

1 John: Truth & Love, Chpt. 2 Pt. 2

This week Pastor Jeff talked about issues about antichrists, end times and our connection to God through the Holy Spirit from 1 John 2.18-29.

1 John: Truth & Love, Chpt. 2

This week Pastor Jeff shared a message on 1 John 2:1-18.

1 John: Truth & Love, Chpt. 1

This week Pastor Jeff began our new sermon series with a message on 1 John 1.

UnExpected: Love

To close out the Advent season, Pastor Jeff shared a message from Luke 1:57-80.

UnExpected: Joy

This week Lisa Olson lead shared a message on Joy based on Luke 1:39-56!

UnExpected: Luke 1:26-38

This week Pastor Jeff walked us through the story of Mary encountering Gabriel and learning about God's will for her son Jesus.

UnExpected: Faith

This week Pastor Jeff walked us through the story of Mary encountering Gabriel and learning about God's will for her son Jesus in Luke 1:26-38.

UnExpected: Luke 1:1-25

Welcome to Advent everyone! We started our new sermon series with a message on Luke 1:1-25; join us over the next few weeks as we walk through the story of Luke 1 on our way to Christmas!

UnExpected: Hope

Welcome to Advent everyone! We started our new sermon series with a message on Luke 1:1-25; join us over the next few weeks as we walk through the story of Luke 1 on our way to Christmas!

Doubt & Deconstruction: Nicodemus

To close our two-part sermon series, Pastor Jeff spoke about doubt from the story of Nicodemus in John 3:1-15.

Doubt & Deconstruction: Thomas

This week we started our two part series with the story of Thomas. The Scripture reading comes from John 20:24-29.

Emotionally Healthy Faith--Rule of Life

Due to a technical glitch, the Scripture reading and opening of Jeff's sermon were cut out. The recording starts in the middle of Jeff's description of Benedict and his Rule of Life. The Scripture for this week was Acts 2:42-47.

Emotionally Healthy Faith--Sabbath

This week Ray Hanson lead us through a message on Sabbath from Genesis 1:26-2:3 &  Deuteronomy 5:12-15.

Emotionally Healthy Faith--Our Story, Others' Stories

This week Pastor Jeff lead us through a message on holding onto our stories while entering into the stories of others based on John 8:1-11.

Emotionally Healthy Faith--Grief

This week Heather Jones led us through a message on grief from 1 Kings 19:1-18.

Emotionally Healthy Faith--Vulnerability

This week Sullivan Keehr shared a message on living our faith through vulnerability and weakness.

Emotionally Healthy Faith--Limits and Letting Go

This week Pastor Jeff gave a sermon on knowing our limits and letting go of our desire to stay in control of our lives. The Scripture reading comes from Luke 22:39-51.

Emotionally Healthy Faith--Breaking the Power of the Past

This week Lisa Olson shared a message on unpacking our emotional past by looking at the story of Joseph found in Genesis 37-50.

Emotionally Healthy Faith--Knowing God, Knowing Yourself

This week's sermon was on Psalm 139:13-24.

Emotionally Healthy Faith--John 11:30-44

Better Together: Accountability and Sanctification

This week we finish our Better Together series with a message on accountability and sanctification within the church community. The Scripture reading is from Hebrews 10:19-26.