Church of the City New York

Rediscovering Church: The Invitation - Keithen Schwahn

July 03, 2023 15:09 - 1 hour - 139 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen Schwahn kicked off our Summer sermon series, Rediscovering Church, a study through 1 Thessalonians, with an overview of the book and an invitation to the church. As the leader of our growing Youth and College ministries, Pastor Keithen holds a unique perspective on what is happening in the next generation, and challenged us to rediscover the church of Jesus now, so that Gen Z can discover it for the first time.

We Want You Here: Consecration in a Time of Compromise - Jon Tyson

June 26, 2023 14:26 - 1 hour - 149 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon closed out our “We Want You Here” series with a call to consecration. In a time of theological compromise and the normalization of godlessness, God is calling us to devote ourselves to a Person, to a purpose, and to power through sacrifcal devotion and consecration.

We Want You Here: The God Who Seeks and Saves - Ashley Anderson

June 19, 2023 00:46 - 48 minutes - 110 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley Anderson continued our “We Want You Here” series with a message on joining God on His mission to seek and save the lost through prayer. As God’s image bearers, Jesus declared that every person has incredible value to Him whether they turn to Him or not. As followers of Jesus, we are called to pray for the lost because we know what it was to be lost, and the great joy of being found.

Compassion Sunday - Jon Tyson

June 12, 2023 20:04 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

This Sunday, we were joined by Compassion International, and Pastor Jon preached a special sermon on Biblical justice. When we love someone, we want to delight them, and this is what delights God: steadfast love, righteousness, and justice (Jeremiah 9:23-24). Compassion alum, Keewani Cook, was also able to share her powerful testimony about her own impoverished childhood, recieving sponsorship through Compassion, and learning that poverty was not her destiny. God provided a way for Keewani ...

We Want You Here: Joining the Chorus - Suzy Silk

June 05, 2023 14:59 - 46 minutes - 107 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our series “We Want You Here” with a teaching on joining in creation’s chorus of praise through Psalm 148. Today, we are invited to join the chorus of praise that is happening right now in heaven and in creation. Praise unhindered by circumstances and feelings puts us in the right position before God, and allows us to live out our true purpose as His beloved creation.

We Want You Here: Praying Through Tears - Jon Tyson

May 29, 2023 00:37 - 54 minutes - 125 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our “We Want You Here” series with a teaching on prayer through tears. Our world is a fallen place, and it has become the cultural norm to be cynical and numb to the pain, injustice, and sin that surrounds us. However, not only has God never gone numb to the world, He invites us to weep our way back to the tenderness of His heart.

We Want You Here: How We Fight Our Battles - Ralph Castillo

May 22, 2023 16:26 - 37 minutes - 86.4 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Ralph Castillo continued our “We Want You Here” series with his sermon, “This is How We Fight Our Battles.” Learning from the story of the Israelites’ victory over the Amalekites in Exodus, we observe three key ways that we, as believers, should fight our battles: (1) We fight for people who are in a fight, (2) We fight together for people who are in a fight, and (3) We celebrate the victory–God’s way. As believers, we can be confident that when we fight, we do not fight...

We Want You Here: Resisting Temptation - Jon Tyson

May 08, 2023 16:59 - 50 minutes - 117 MB

Pastor Jon continued our current sermon series 'We Want You Here' with a deep dive into our human struggle with temptation. As we resist temptation and actively confess by bringing things into the light, shame melts away under the power of the cross. God rewards us with a new name in Christ, the affirmation of heaven, and the increased ability to walk into our purpose on earth with with freedom and authority.

We Want You Here: Prayer, Grief, & Lament - Suzy Silk

May 01, 2023 15:16 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our "We Want You Here" series by discussing prayer, grief, and lament through the prayer of the prophet Habakkuk. We join God in the restoration of the world when we enter into the brokenness in our own lives, the lives of other, and in our world. God does not always remove the mountains of grief and hardship, but instead gives us the ability to scale them, allowing them to become ebenezers of His faithfulness, places where we can make our homes.

We Want You Here: Praying The Word - Sam Gibson

April 24, 2023 14:19 - 53 minutes - 123 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our "We Want You Here" sermon series by encouraging us to spend time in the Bible and pray Scripture back to God to move us toward a confident assurance about His character. We are able to rest in God when we have clarity and confidence about who He is, which comes from studying the Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit.

We Want You Here: Growing in Love - Jon Tyson

April 18, 2023 15:25 - 56 minutes - 129 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Eastertide sermon series, "We Want You Here," with a discussion of how we can grow in love. He broke down the four stages of Christian love described by medieval theologian Bernard of Clairvaux, and summarized them as “me, my, you, and us.” As we move through these stages, the goal is to grow in deeper union with our Father.

Easter Sunday 2023 - Jon Tyson

April 10, 2023 14:43 - 50 minutes - 116 MB

This Easter Sunday, Pastor Jon preached on how the resurrection of Jesus proves that death is not the end. Ultimately, the resurrection is the most credible, surprising explanation for what happened to Jesus and the resulting spread of Christianity, and it requires a response from us. The Christian life is about readjusting our entire selves around Jesus. Despite the rise and fall of empires and ideologies, the story of Jesus is still, and always will be, breathtakingly credible and satisfy...

God Comes Where He’s Wanted 2.0: Palm Sunday - Suzy Silk

April 03, 2023 15:11 - 50 minutes - 115 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy closed out our series, “God Comes Where He’s Wanted 2.0” by teaching on the collision of kingdoms Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday caused in the hearts of all who gathered to welcome Him. As we remember Jesus’ sacrifice during Holy Week, we are called to head His cries and seek His Kingdom first, laying down short-sighted satisfaction for eternal peace and the opportunity to see His Kingdom come.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Forgiveness - Jon Tyson

March 27, 2023 15:12 - 53 minutes - 122 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued the "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series by teaching on the Lord's Prayer, focusing on the context of forgiveness it is presented in, reminding us that a life of forgiveness is an absolute necessity for followers of Jesus.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: The Lord's Prayer - Jon Tyson

March 20, 2023 15:14 - 45 minutes - 104 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued the "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series through teaching on the Lord's Prayer - our "secret weapon" in the faith. Over time, Western Christianity has trivialized the Lord's Prayer, diminishing its true value and power in our lives. Now more than ever, we need to reclaim the power of the Lord's Prayer because it teaches us how to pray, orients our discipleship, frees us from the vanity and futility of self, and unleashes defiant hope.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Ask, Seek, Knock - Ashley Anderson

March 13, 2023 15:17 - 47 minutes - 110 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley continued our "God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0" series by taking a closer look at Luke 11 where Jesus exhorts us to ask, seek, and knock. Prayer has less to do with technique, and more to do with who is listening. When we pray, we must remember who we're talking to: God, who is readily available, accessible, and can be "interrupted" at any time.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Asking for a Friend - Suzy Silk

March 06, 2023 16:12 - 47 minutes - 109 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our “God Comes Where He’s Wanted 2.0” series by taking a closer look at how Jesus calls us to pray in Luke 11. After He prays the Lord’s prayer as a model, Jesus teaches that the posture we should pray from is one of shameless confidence for others and ourselves.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Cultivating Revival - Jon Tyson

February 27, 2023 23:18 - 54 minutes - 124 MB

This Sunday, fueled by the urgent movement of God at Asbury University and elsewhere, Pastor Jon dug into the spiritual roots of revival as part of our extended series, “God Comes Where He’s Wanted.” Pointing to King Josiah’s story from 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles as an example, Pastor Jon emphasized our need to repent and draw near to God, tear out sin by the roots, recover the heart of worship and understanding of scripture, and restore redemptive spiritual practices to usher in revival.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: Asbury Outpouring - Jon Tyson

February 20, 2023 14:57 - 54 minutes - 126 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon taught from his reflections on his time at Asbury University last week. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Asbury is a clue that God is doing something, and He is asking us to pay attention. It’s time to lean in with increased devotion, preparing our hearts, and strengthening the walls of our souls to carry the coming glory of revival. We must remember that as God is drawing near to us, He's inviting us to continue to draw near to Him.

God Comes Where He's Wanted 2.0: Asbury Outpouring - Jon Tyson

February 20, 2023 14:57 - 54 minutes - 126 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon taught from his reflections on his time at Asbury University last week. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Asbury is a clue that God is doing something, and He is asking us to pay attention. It’s time to lean in with increased devotion, preparing our hearts, and strengthening the walls of our souls to carry the coming glory of revival. We must remember that as God is drawing near to us, He's inviting us to continue to draw near to Him.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Lord - Suzy Silk

February 13, 2023 16:18 - 55 minutes - 128 MB

In our final week of ‘God Comes Where He’s Wanted’ Pastor Suzy emphasized the importance of understanding God’s cry for our vital consecration and purity, as we desire and call upon our Holy God in our hearts, homes, church, and region. As King of the universe, we need to seek Him based on His terms, not our own, and we must consecrate our hearts and bodies to His holiness so that the cry of our heart, home, church, and region ushers in the revival we long for.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Region - Sam Gibson

February 08, 2023 20:59 - 1 hour - 146 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Sam continued our teaching series, “God Comes Where He’s Wanted” by unpacking the cry for the region through Isaiah 64. He offered three invitations to help us move from complacency, to concern, to crying our for God to intervene and reveal Himself in our region based on the pattern evident in Scripture. We must discern the season we are in, and develop a desperation for God to come have His way in every area of the world around us.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Church - Lee Cummings

January 30, 2023 03:03 - 1 hour - 144 MB

This Sunday, guest Pastor Lee Cummings continued our teaching series, “God Comes Where He’s Wanted” by teaching on the importance of building altars through our lives. Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God allows His people to be living temples of the Holy Spirit, invites us to walk in holy confidence, and equips us to invade the darkness of our world with His glory. Our Living the Liturgy campaign is still open for giving through the end of January. We encourage you...

Elder Installment

January 29, 2023 01:11 - 15 minutes - 34.4 MB

Sunday was a historic day in the life of Church of the City as we installed the men and women of our first Elder Cohort as official Elders in our church. After a year long process, the Elders were commissioned at all four of our Sunday Services. We are so excited they have each joined this office of leadership, and look forward to the care, guidance, and wisdom they will provide as they shepherd our community.

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Home - Jon Tyson

January 23, 2023 02:07 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our teaching series “God Comes Where He’s Wanted” with a teaching on cultivating the cry of our homes. Whether we are parents, married, or single, we can make the cry of our homes, “God I want you here,” and be a part of raising up the next generation in faith. We are being called to embrace this heart of prayer, and take up responsibility for the transfer faith to the generation to come. Our Living the Liturgy campaign is still open for giving t...

God Comes Where He's Wanted: The Cry of the Heart - Jon Tyson

January 16, 2023 01:59 - 52 minutes - 121 MB

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our teaching series “God Comes Where He’s Wanted” by diving into the practice of cultivating our hearts in such a way that they would be a place God delights to dwell. Our Living the Liturgy campaign is still open for giving through the end of January. We encourage you to prayerfully consider joining us in giving to our Living the Liturgy campaign at church.nyc/give. Click here to listen to Heart on Fire by Emily Lindquist, a song inspir...

God Comes Where He's Wanted - Jon Tyson

January 10, 2023 17:37 - 59 minutes - 137 MB

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson began our first teaching series of the New Year, “God Comes Where He’s Wanted”, that will focus on cultivating the altars of our hearts, homes, church, and city in hopes of ushering revival through an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Our Living the Liturgy campaign is still open for giving through the end of January. We enoucourage you to prayerfully consider joining us in giving to our Living the Liturgy campaign at church.nyc/give. Click here to l...

Advent Week IV: Lessons & Carols - Jon Tyson

December 19, 2022 15:45 - 21 minutes - 49.9 MB

This Sunday, we celebrated the birth of Jesus with our annual Lessons & Carols service, an ancient church tradition of proclaiming the story of Jesus’ first Advent through hymns and the reading of Scripture. The songs and stories of Christmas that we know so well have toppled kingdoms, delivered people, and transformed history. However, it’s so easy for us to hear them year after year, and yet still miss the things that God is doing in our midst. As His people, we must be hungry for the hop...

Advent Week III: There is a Way - Jon Tyson

December 12, 2022 21:12 - 45 minutes - 105 MB

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Advent series with a teaching from John 14:1-10 about Jesus coming to make a way out of darkness for us. It is through His first advent that we see the mission of God to come and get humanity and lead us back to Himself. We need Christmas, because despite all of the evil in the world and ourselves, Jesus makes a way for us when we are lost, reveals truth in a world of lies, and gives us life in a world of death. Click here to listen to Sanct...

Advent Week II: There is a Darkness - Jon Tyson

December 05, 2022 02:58 - 42 minutes - 97.5 MB

This Sunday Pastor Jon Tyson continued our Advent series with a teaching from John 3:16-21 about the darkness that exists within the world and within us. Advent makes room for us to face the darkness Jesus rescues us from, and invites us to ask Him to lead us into the freedom of His marvelous light forever. It is out of this truth that we can offer a “Merry Christmas” out of a place of deep joy to everyone we meet, knowing that our darkness has been conquered by His light. Click here to l...

Advent Week I: There is a Light - Suzy Silk

November 28, 2022 16:12 - 42 minutes - 97.5 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy began our Advent series with a teaching from John 1 about the Light of God coming into the world through the person of Jesus. Jesus has overcome all darkness, but we must receive Him as the Light in the beginning, the Light of the World, and that He will be the Light of His people in the age to come. When we believe and receive Jesus’ Light, we are freed from having to illuminate ourselves, given the ability to wholly live in His presence, and called to be witnesses...

The Jesus Stuff: Truth - Ashley Anderson

November 21, 2022 16:41 - 57 minutes - 132 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley concluded our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a teaching on truth, not as an ideological framework, but as the person of Jesus. Jesus promises that when we abide in God’s Word, we will know His truth, and His truth will set us free.

The Jesus Stuff: God's Love - David Bennett

November 07, 2022 18:49 - 49 minutes - 112 MB

This Sunday, guest teacher David Bennett continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a teaching on the radical and mysterious love of God. Framed under the idea that God has a love that is unique for every person, David shared his testimony of moving from an atheistic, gay activist, to becoming a follower of Jesus, who now advocates for a positive moral vision of biblical sexuality and discipleship. You can hear more about our beliefs on sexual formation in the sermons and po...

The Jesus Stuff: Justice Margin - Suzy Silk

October 31, 2022 19:51 - 50 minutes - 117 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a teaching on the way Jesus used His margin to do justice and love mercy as He walked with God. Jesus went above and beyond in His care for people to the point that He poured out His whole life, and He calls us to do the same.

The Jesus Stuff: The Table - Jon Tyson

October 24, 2022 16:08 - 37 minutes - 85.3 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, by digging into the most controversial aspect of Jesus's ministry: who He ate with. Jesus created space for people to encounter the Father's scandalous grace.

The Jesus Stuff: The Secret Place - Jon Tyson

October 17, 2022 16:02 - 49 minutes - 113 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, by taking a deeper look at the importance of communion with God in the secret place. The source of flourishing in Jesus’ ministry was His consistent time withdrawing to the secret place to pray and spend time with His Father, and through His death and resurrection we also have access to this source of life.

The Jesus Stuff: Dependence - Suzy Silk

October 10, 2022 15:42 - 50 minutes - 115 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, by diving into the importance of being dependent on the Holy Spirit and interdependent on the body of Christ.

The Jesus Stuff: Healing - Darren Rouanzoin

October 03, 2022 15:24 - 48 minutes - 112 MB

This Sunday, guest Pastor Darren Rouanzoin continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a powerful and practical teaching on healing. When we look at the ministry of Jesus, it is clear that He prioritized preaching the Kingdom, healing the sick, and casting out demons, and as His followers, we are called to continue this ministry here on earth through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Jesus Stuff: The Kingdom - Jon Tyson

September 26, 2022 21:31 - 48 minutes - 111 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, with a clarifying teaching on the what the Kingdom of God actually is and what it looks like to seek it first in our world today. The Kingdom of God is the reality of God bringing about His will on earth. The gospel of the Kingdom is a threat, and pursing it will bring resistance into our lives, but we cannot do The Jesus Stuff without the Kingdom stuff.

The Jesus Stuff: Radical Obedience - Jon Tyson

September 19, 2022 16:13 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, by posing three questions we can ask before we walk into any situation that will help lead us to live as Jesus did, not just manage our sin. As we pursue The Jesus Stuff, we must have faith that God is moving so we can join Him, listen for His promptings so we can hear His whispers of where to go, and move in obedience towards where He leads no matter the cost.

The Jesus Stuff - Jon Tyson

September 12, 2022 16:35 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon kicked off our Fall sermon series, The Jesus Stuff, where we will examine the kind of disciples Jesus calls us to be by taking a deeper look at how He lived His life. When we obey what Jesus calls us to do, resolving to not only learn from Him but act like Him, we move from participating in generic faith to living explicitly for Jesus. The Gospel is our invitation to burn with passion for the person of Jesus, and our call to the missionary adventure of reminding peop...

Defiant Joy: The Anatomy of a Movement - Jon Tyson

September 05, 2022 14:03 - 50 minutes - 115 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon wrapped up our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, with Paul’s closing message to the church at Philippi. When we study Paul’s life and church history, it is evident that the Gospel is always moving along relational lines. Through Paul’s relationship with the Philippians we see the Gospel being carried out because of their sacrificial commitment to Jesus and His Kingdom, long, loyal relationships to one another, and generous partnerships to...

Defiant Joy: The Peace of God - Ashley Anderson

August 29, 2022 13:53 - 51 minutes - 119 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Ashley, continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, by focusing on Paul’s insight into the peace of God and the God of peace being available to us. Paul’s message is not meant to dismiss anxiety, but to reveal our access to peace in the midst of distress. Pastor Ashley taught that Paul first calls us to rejoice in the Lord and what He’s done, to be gentle with one another, and finally to not be anxious about anything. The order of these ...

Defiant Joy: Unity in the Lord - Darren Whitehead

August 22, 2022 14:58 - 43 minutes - 98.7 MB

This Sunday, guest Pastor, Darren Whitehead, continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, and focused in on Paul’s call to unity in the church. These verses reveal a conflict between two women in the church at Philippi, but Paul pleads with them to have the same mind in the Lord. This points us to the truth that the beauty of unity is rooted in God’s ability to transform our desires towards His. Community is not an absence of conflict, but the presence of Go...

Defiant Joy: Live Up to Your Citizenship - Suzy Silk

August 15, 2022 14:20 - 38 minutes - 87.7 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, by teaching on Paul’s call for us to live into our heavenly citizenship. Believers have been given the benefits of being co-heirs with Christ because of His sacrifice on the cross, but we must live up to what we have attained through Him. This passage tells us that we are citizens of heaven, but that we are called to live up to that truth in this life.

Defiant Joy: Thoroughly Converted - Jon Tyson

August 08, 2022 15:54 - 49 minutes - 112 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians, by unpacking the beginning of Chapter 3. Here, Paul delivers insight into his own transformation of faith and highlights how we can follow his example of being thoroughly converted. Being thoroughly converted calls us to take all of our broken pieces and direct them towards the person of Jesus, trusting that in Him we will one day be made whole.

Defiant Joy: The Concerns of Christ - Suzy Silk

August 04, 2022 17:42 - 45 minutes - 104 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Suzy continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by teaching on the last section of Chapter 2. Here, Paul commends Timothy and Epaphroditus as men who care deeply about the church and the gospel. Paul makes a connection between the Philippians church, the proclamation of the gospel, and the interests of Christ.

Defiant Joy: Complain or Contribute

July 26, 2022 00:13 - 57 minutes - 131 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Keithen continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by preaching on Paul’s encouragement in Philippians 2 to live as the people of God in the world. Paul wrote to the church of Philippi, whose people were the new Israel. Ultimately, as we live as true disciples of Jesus, joy becomes the mark of our spiritual authority in the world.

Defiant Joy: Grasping or Giving: Community in the way of Jesus - Jon Tyson

July 18, 2022 18:45 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by taking a practical look at what it means to love people like Jesus did. Loving others can seem increasingly difficult in today’s world, but this passage urges us to have the same, loving mindset as Christ in our relationships. Jesus loved us in an unreasonable way, and calls us to be like Him, finding joy in someone else’s prospering, even when it is at our own expense.

Defiant Joy: Unity & Division - Jon Tyson

July 11, 2022 20:37 - 49 minutes - 114 MB

This Sunday, Pastor Jon continued our Summer sermon series, Defiant Joy: A Study Through Philippians by examining Paul’s call to the church to be a place of defiant unity in the face of the narcissism, contempt, and division in our current culture. Pastor Jon reminded us that while we can love God on our own, we cannot be the people of God on our own. Jesus calls us to value others above ourselves and sacrifice our preferences to become a compelling, alternative community of love and unity ...

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