South Bend City Church

4.9 [OPEN FLOOR]

While our gatherings are suspended due to COVID-19, we’re bringing one of our most cherished practices to the podcast: the open floor. This is a special Holy Week episode, and we asked the members of South Bend City Church to be our preachers by talking to us about how they have known or experienced Love or Forgiveness in their lives. 
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If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.

4.5 [TEACHING] Palm Sunday and Pandemic

Jason Miller - On Palm Sunday, Jesus wept for the city that didn't know what makes for peace. And in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we're finding out that the world we've built is broken in more ways than we realized. 
This week, we'll release another [OPEN FLOOR] episode on Thursday, but since it's Holy Week, it'll be a special Maundy Thursday Open Floor. We'd like you to be one of our Maundy Thursday preachers by calling 574-387-2151 and sharing  one clear picture of forgiveness or love that you have seen in your life.
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If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.

4.2 [OPEN FLOOR]

While our gatherings are suspended due to COVID-19, we’re bringing one of our most cherished practices to the podcast: the open floor. This episode features responses to our March 29 teaching on holiness, picking up the theme “set apart” and asking ourselves “for what purpose?” and “to what extent?” The prompts offered for response were: 
Consider how you can create some beauty or goodness for the world in this unsettled time, let us know what you did and how it went.
Return to some practices this week: prayer, meditation, almsgiving, the examen, or another favorite. Let us know how that goes.
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If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.
 

3.29 [TEACHING] The Sacred Fire - Holiness for Lent (wk 5)

Ryan Yazel - Matthew 8, Matthew 5:13-16 
As we continue our lenten series on holiness, we pick up the theme "set apart" and begin to ask ourselves "for what purpose?" and "to what extent?" The church has taken many approaches through the centuries, regarding how distant or engaged it has been with the world around it, with some approaches looking more like the example of Jesus than others.
At the end of this week's episode (and future episodes while our gatherings are suspended), you'll hear some questions for response. Call 574-387-2151 and leave a voicemail response. Then, on Thursday, April 2, we'll release an [OPEN FLOOR] episode featuring your responses. Here are those questions: 
Consider how you can create some beauty or goodness for the world in this unsettled time, let us know what you did and how it went.
Return to some practices this week: prayer, meditation, almsgiving, the examen, or another favorite. Let us know how that goes.
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If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.

3.27 [OPEN FLOOR]

While our gatherings are suspended due to COVID-19, we're bringing one of our most cherished practices to the podcast: the open floor. This episode features responses to our March 22nd teaching on holiness as a communal project, along with a general check-in on how people are coping with everything surrounding the pandemic. 

3.22 [TEACHING] The Sacred Fire - Holiness for Lent (wk 4)

Jason Miller - In this unexpected moment of social distancing and quarantines, we're considering the power of holiness as a communal project. It's not just a private, personal thing. It's an "us" thing. In that spirit, we're also bringing one of our favorite features from our in-person gatherings to the podcast -- the open floor. At the end of this week's episode (and future episodes while our gatherings are suspended), you'll hear some questions for response. Call 574-387-2151 and leave a voicemail response. Then, on Thursday, Mar 26, we'll release an [OPEN FLOOR] episode featuring your responses. 
How are you doing with all the COVID-19 disruptions? What's been especially difficult with everything going on? What's helping you adapt to this unexpected season? How are you coping?
Where in your relationships have you seen holiness as a communal project? Where have you known the presence of God in the space between people?
Who in your life has helped you grow in holiness, wholeness, or being present to the presence of God? How have they done that?
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If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.

3.15 [TEACHING] The Sacred Fire - Holiness for Lent (wk 3)

Jason Miller - Our in person gatherings are suspended in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, but we're continuing our Lent teaching series on holiness. You might have heard the word holy defined as being "set apart", but that raises all sorts of questions. Set apart from what? For what? And what could it possibly mean when God is described as set apart, if God also fills everything everywhere? 
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If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible

3.1 [TEACHING] The Sacred Fire - Holiness for Lent (wk 2)

Jason Miller - This week we explored holiness as being present to the presence of God. Ephesians 5, Matthew 25, Matthew 5, Galatians 3
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If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.

2.23 [TEACHING] The Sacred Fire - Holiness for Lent (wk 1)

Jason Miller - During Lent this year, we'll be considering the problems and power of holiness. This pre-lent introduction raises some questions about the word "holy" and sets a trajectory for our journey through this season.
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If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.

2.19 [CONVERSATION] Philippians 2 and the Mystery of Christ

Jason Miller and Josh McManaway - Bonus episode! In the last week of our series on The Anatomy of Spiritual (R)Evolution, we looked briefly at the kenosis hymn in Philippians 2. In this conversation, Jason talks with SBCC community member and theologian Josh McManaway for a deeper dive into the meaning of the hymn.
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If you’re a part of the growing digital SBCC community, we’d love to hear from you! Drop us a note letting us know how you found us and what keeps you listening at: info@southbendcitychurch.com.
You can also support the ongoing work of SBCC by giving at: southbendcitychurch.com/give. Just select the “podcast” option from the drop-down menu to let us know how you’re participating in the life of SBCC. South Bend City Church is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. All donations are tax-deductible.