Community Church HK Podcast

The Jesus Way: Ministering in the Margins

At the midway point of our "The Jesus Way" series, Pastor Wade will speak on how we minister in the margins of society. More, he will also look at how the margins minister to us and brings us closer to the heart of God. In preparation for this week's message, we will be meditating on John 8:11b (NIV), where Jesus says to the woman caught in adultery: “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
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================This Week's Scripture:// John 8:1-11 //Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
“No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

The Jesus Way: Unity or Uniformity

In the third week of our "The Jesus Way" series, Pastor Wade will share about what bringing heaven to earth looks like by asking the question of whether the goal of the church is "unity" or "uniformity". In preparation for this week's message, let us reflect on Romans 14:10, which checks our hearts by asking: “You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.”
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================This Week's Scripture:// Romans 14:1-5 //Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions. One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him. Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

The Jesus Way: The Holy-Spirit Empowered Way

As we move into the second week of our "The Jesus Way" series, we will hear from Pastor Brenda about being filled by the Holy Spirit and what a life that is empowered by him looks like. As we look forward to seeing practical means to live and work alongside the Holy Spirit, let us reflect on and open our hearts to John 20:21–22, which recounts: “So Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.' And after he said this, he breathed on them and said, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.'”
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================This Week's Scripture:// Luke 4:14-21  //The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,      because he has anointed meTo proclaim good news to the poor.     He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives          and the regaining of sight to the blind,     to set free those who are oppressed,     to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.

The Jesus Way: Growing in Faith

We will be kicking off a new series this week called "The Jesus Way." In the service, Pastor Wade will look into Jesus's time in the wilderness and draw from that a practical means to grow our own faith. As we prepare to hear this sermon, let us meditate on Jesus's words in Matthew 18:3: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
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================This Week's Scripture:// Luke 4:1–13 //Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.”
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”
The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. For it is written:
“‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
Jesus answered, “It is said: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

Why Do We _______? Give

This week, we will wrap up our Why Do We ____? series as Pastor Wade dives into the question of why we give. To prepare our hearts, let us meditating on the words of Jesus in Matthew 22:37, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."
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================This Week's Scripture:// Matthew 6:19-24 //Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Why Do We _______? Serve

In the second week of our Why Do We ____? series, Pastor Wade will look into the question of why we serve. Let us prepare our hearts by meditating on John 12:26, which says, "Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honour the one who serves me."
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================This Week's Scripture:// Matthew 14:15-21 //As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
“Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Why Do We _______? Gather

We will kicking off our 3-week sermon series called Why Do We ____? And starting us off this week is Pastor Wade, who looks into why—as a church—we gather physically in fellowship. We can prepare our hearts for this week's message by looking into 1 John 1:3-4, which says, "We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete."
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================This Week's Scripture:// Hebrews 10:24-25 //And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Summer Storytime: Water to Wine

We will be rounding out our sermon series, Summer Storytime, with Pastor Brenda preaching on that time when Jesus turned water into wine at the Wedding in Cana. Let us prepare our hearts by meditating on John 2:11, which goes, "Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him."
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================This Week's Scripture:// John 2:6-11 //Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus told the servants, “Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the very top. Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the head steward,” and they did. When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!” Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

Summer Storytime: Jonah

This Sunday, guest speaker Andrew Rigden Green will be sharing from the Book of Jonah as we journey through our series, Summer Storytime. We can prepare our hearts for the message by meditating on Acts 10:34-35, which says, "God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him."
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================This Week's Scripture:// Acts 10:34-35 //God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.

Summer Storytime: Ruth

This week, we will be hearing from guest speaker Kwen Ip who will be sharing about Ruth and the concept of "hesed". We will continue our journey through our series, Summer Storytime, as we learn the character of God from Ruth. As we approach Sunday, let us meditate on Ruth 1:16a, where Ruth declares, "Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay."
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================This Week's Scripture:// Ruth 1:16-17 //But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.