Podcasts by Elm City Vineyard Church Talks

Allegiance: Allegiance of Heart from 2022-11-13T18:00

Patrick Dunn continues our Allegiance series with a message on the allegiance of heart.

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Who gets our allegiance? There are competing things in life vying for o...

Allegiance: Allegiance of Resources from 2022-11-06T18:00

Shirley Kuang continues our Allegiance series with a message on the allegiance of our resources.

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Who gets our allegiance? There are competing things in life vy...

Allegiance: Allegiance of Citizenship from 2022-10-30T18:00

This week Matt continues our Allegiance series with a discussion of our allegiance of citizenship.

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Who gets our allegiance? There are competing things in life ...

Celebration: For and With Others from 2022-10-16T18:00

This week, Shirley Kuang teaches that celebration is a discipline we can practice.

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Celebration!

Birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries (shout out to ECV)...

Celebration: Over What God Has Done from 2022-10-09T18:00

On the occasion of ECV's 15th anniversary, let's come together to hear how celebration is a gift for us, in season and out.

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Celebration!

Birthdays, holid...

Asking God: About Them | How Can I Help and Love Them? from 2022-10-02T18:00

This week, Josh closes our “Asking God” teaching series by exploring the questions, "How can I help them? How can I love them?”

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Life is full of questions. How ...

Asking God: About Them | Do I Need Them? from 2022-09-25T18:00

This week, Josh continues our “Asking God” teaching series by exploring the question, "Do I need them?”

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Life is full of questions. How many times a week do we ...

Asking God: About Me | What's the Point of My Life? Of This Day? from 2022-09-18T18:00

This week, Tina continues our “Asking God” teaching series by exploring the question, "What’s the point?” In a world full of activity and information and striving, it can be tempting to drift in...

Asking God: About Me | Am I Okay? from 2022-09-11T18:00

This week, Moriah continues our Asking God series by examining the question, "Am I okay?" What is God's attitude towards us when we feel broken or have fallen short?

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Asking God: About God | Where Are You? from 2022-09-04T18:00

This week, Patrick helps us think about where we can turn when we are seeking God. Where does the Lord dwell and work? When can we find him?

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Life is full of qu...

Asking God: About God | Who Are You? Who Are You Not? from 2022-08-28T18:00

Josh starts a new series called, Asking God, where we can wrestle with big questions we can ask God that will lead to formative and life-changing dialogues with Jesus.

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Making it Material // Life in the Body // Asha Evans from 2022-08-23T17:29:26

This Sunday Asha looks at the final chapter in Paul’s letter to the Corinthians in which his practical exhortations to the Corinthians get really real: sacrifice, generous offerings, and the call t...

Resurrection // Life in the Body // Josh Williams from 2022-08-16T19:04:33

This Sunday, we explore Paul's conviction that Jesus’ bodily resurrection changes everything. Josh shares about the power of the resurrection to bring life to situations of death and dying.

Let All Things Be Done for Building Up // Life in the Body // Todd Kennedy from 2022-08-16T18:37:01

This week, Todd shares about the Spirit's in-the-moment inspiration of members of the Body, which is to be both welcomed and weighed as the Body seeks to discern God's word in its gatherings.

Life with a Living God // Life in the Body // Matt Croasmun from 2022-07-06T12:53:08

This week we turn to 1 Cor 12:1-11 in which Paul talks about spiritual gifts. The Corinthians had experience with “gods” who only seemed to speak and work. Now their community is founded on interac...

God Meets Our Hunger // Life in the Body // Shirley Kuang from 2022-06-28T17:43

This Sunday, Shirley shares about how God meets our hunger both personally and communally.

Freedom&Love // Life in the Body // Josh Williams from 2022-06-28T17:31:51

This week, Josh shares more about the peculiar nature of freedom and love in the Body.

Why Not be Wronged? // Life in the Body // Josh Williams from 2022-06-14T19:01:29

This Sunday, Josh reflects on Paul’s advice about pursuing Jesus more than being right. In the midst of a litigious culture, the Church being a Body provides a model for a different way out of conf...

Life in the Body// Belonging to the Body // Patrick Dunn from 2022-06-07T21:18:11

This week we continue our summer teaching series, Life in the Body, as Patrick reflects on Paul’s advice to us as we pursue Jesus through broken church experiences.

Discernment // Patrick Dunn from 2022-05-17T17:45:48

This week, Patrick will help us understand what the Bible has to say about discernment and what resources God gives us as we approach tough questions in our lives.

The Blood Cries Out // Testifying Against Death // Josh Williams from 2022-05-13T14:24:06

At the end of all things in the book of Revelation, a group of people cry out against an almost-defeated Babylon - the empire of Death at work in the world. The scripture says that this group cries...

The Blood Cries Out // The Murder of Jesus // Matt Croasmun from 2022-05-05T17:46:11

This week, Matt invites us to consider what we can learn from the way God responds to the murder of Jesus. Here, too, the blood cries out. And, here, too, God does not respond with vengeance.

The Blood Cries Out // Cain and Abel// Josh Williams from 2022-04-26T17:45:23

Josh kicks off our new series called, The Blood Cries Out, talking about the story of Cain and Abel. In the story, God doesn’t ignore the violence in the world He created. He moved towards it, even...

Postures of Humility // Walk // Josh Williams from 2022-04-20T14:03

This Easter, Josh shares that through the power of resurrection, we can now walk with Christ instead of walking alone.

Postures of Humility // Shout&Bend // Kyanna Joseph from 2022-04-12T15:44:25

After the Palm Sunday pageant, Kyanna shares how shouting unto the Lord to be rescued in times of trouble can help us bend towards the Lord’s will and way. We’ve all got things that hold us down an...

Postures of Humility // Look Up // Josh Williams from 2022-03-30T16:50:25

This week, Josh continues our series on Postures of Humility with, Look Up. When we are tired, exhausted, and in need of rescue, God exhorts us: look up. God's word to us is not to work harder, num...

Postures of Humility // Lay // Tina Williams from 2022-03-23T14:43:46

On Sunday, Tina will be sharing with us about laying down. Especially the face of chaos and turmoil, laying can seem irresponsible and even dangerous. But Jesus invites us to enter this radical pos...

Postures of Humility // Bow // Matt Croasmun from 2022-03-16T16:22:14

When we bow down in worship, we communicate with our bodies that God is God (and we are not)—and that we are prepared to be obedient to God’s will for us. But there’s also a natural next step when ...

Postures of Humility // The Body as a Site of Worship // Josh Williams from 2022-03-09T17:40:59

Lent is a season in the life of the church where we remember Jesus’ sacrificial living and re-commit to live like Him. This Lent, we’ll be doing that by exploring Postures of Humility. We will choo...

Blessing the Generations : Overflowing the Boundaries // Matt Croasmun from 2022-03-01T17:44:27

When we fail to bless across generations, God still blesses. It’s part of the scandalous generosity of God. This week, Matt closes out our series by asking how can we live with the God whose blessi...

Blessing the Generations: Generational Scripts // Tina Colon-Williams from 2022-02-22T14:43:17

In the third week of our Blessing Generations series, Tina walks us through the Biblical story of Esther and what it teaches about holy script-breaking and being agents of healing across generation...

Blessing the Generations: Commitment // Moriah Felder from 2022-02-15T16:02:44

This week Moriah shares how God invites us to commit to one another across generations, which is not only a blessing but can be truly healing. What new things might God do with our commitment to b...

Blessing the Generations: Trust // Josh Williams from 2022-02-08T17:08:44

As we think about how to do church together, it is vitally important that our generations in ECV bless one another. That's what a healthy family does. This week, we'll see how God calls us to trust...

Walking Backwards into the Future:Faith to Dream // Josh Williams from 2022-02-01T17:38:05

This Sunday, Josh closes our series with a talk about holding on to a picture of God's future Kingdom even if it only begins with a dream. When we are too weak to act -- to go, to build, to start--...

Walking Backwards into the Future: Faith to (Re)build // Josh Williams from 2022-01-26T14:21:31

It takes faith to build with God. Sometimes we don’t know how to get the resources to construct what’s needed. Other times, people around us don’t know why we’re building what we are. What might Go...

Walking Backwards into the Future: Faith to Go, Faith to Follow // Josh Williams from 2022-01-12T15:59:42

This month, Josh leads us as we look at heroes from the Hebrew Bible, modern-day heroes from the Civil Rights movement led by the Spirit, and…us as we seek to live with a radical faith that will im...

Choosing Incarnation // Patrick Dunn from 2022-01-04T12:57:25

Over Advent, we spent time learning about God's heart for us revealed in the incarnation of Jesus at Christmas. This Sunday, Patrick finishes the series with some practical suggestions about what i...

The Messiness of the Incarnation from 2021-12-21T18:11:48

This week Moriah offers a short talk on the messiness of the Incarnation following the annual No-Stress Christmas Pageant.

The Power of the Incarnation // Matt Croasmun from 2021-12-16T13:28:25

This week Matt leads us into a consideration of the power of the incarnation. In God’s Son drawing near to us in Jesus, we are given the opportunity to become God’s children. What would it look lik...

The Vulnerability of the Incarnation // Josh Williams from 2021-12-07T17:40:26

God becoming human in the form of a baby, God drawing near to a people who have rejected Him many times before. This is strikingly vulnerable, but it can also be instructive for us as we ask the ...

Grateful and Hungry: Lament and Celebration // Shirley Kuang from 2021-12-01T14:01:24

This Sunday, Shirley Kuang shares about a life lived in light of the already and not yet kingdom of God-- in which we lament that which is broken even as we celebrate God's intervention, healing, a...

Grateful and Hungry: Costly Love // Josh Williams from 2021-11-21T18:00

This week we ask what can be a great diagnostic question for how closely we're following Jesus: where is our love costing us? Is our love simply for our own gain -- love that flows to friends and ...

Grateful and Hungry: Rest as Kingdom Work // Moriah Felder from 2021-11-16T17:11:09

This Sunday, Moriah shares how God invites us into rest--and how living into God’s Sabbath rest is a part of our Kingdom work.

Grateful and Hungry: Why You'd Rather Live in a Community that Talks About Sin // Matt Croasmun from 2021-11-09T14:58:36

This Sunday, Matt considers how living in a community that talks about sin allows us to pursue wholeness in relation to God and one another.

Grateful and Hungry : Seek the Peace of the City // Michelle Ting from 2021-10-31T18:00

This Sunday, Michelle Ting considers how our peace is wrapped up in the peace of our city. She talks about our true identity as exiles, an identity that joins us with Jesus and with those made outc...

Waiting on the Lord // Kyanna Joseph from 2021-10-17T18:00

This week, Kyanna Joseph talks about seasons of waiting and the invitations that God has for us in them. Waiting is inevitable. What do we do in our waiting?

Living Letters : Pursuing Culturally Relevant Mission // Matt Croasmun from 2021-10-03T18:00

This week, Matt talks about the Vineyard value of being people who "pursue culturally relevant mission in the world." What would it mean for us to reclaim Paul's phrase? What would it look like to ...

Living Letters: Reconciling People // Ndubisi Okeke, Trinity Brandt, and Cindy Chen from 2021-09-28T14:16:59

This week, Ndubisi Okeke, Trinity Brandt, and Cindy Chen talk about the Vineyard value of being people who "reconcile people with God and all creation.

Living Letters : Compassionate Ministry // Patrick Dunn from 2021-09-24T16:21:29

This week, Patrick talks about the Vineyard's desire to be people who "engage in compassionate ministry."

Living Letters: Saying Yes // Josh Williams from 2021-09-14T17:21:39

This week, Pastor Josh shares a special announcement and explores the Vineyard value and practice of saying yes.

Living Letters: Daring to Experience God // Josh Williams from 2021-09-05T18:00

This Sunday, Pastor Josh starts a new series called “Living Letters” about the biblical basis for the 5 Core Values of the Vineyard Movement. This week he shares about the Vineyard value of Experie...

Behold! Let Your Kingdom Come // Josh Williams from 2021-08-31T15:54:42

Josh closes out our summer series by looking at the prayer Jesus taught us, where we're invited to say, "let your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."

Behold! The Kingdom on Mission // Josh Williams from 2021-08-12T16:45:56

This week, we see how Jesus includes his disciples in participating in a harvest of Kingdom activity that begins with vulnerability then moves to peace, hospitality, and healing.

Behold! Daughters of the Kingdom // Deniqua Washington from 2021-08-03T17:26:10

This week, Deniqua leads us through the double miracle story of the healing of the bleeding woman and the 12 year old girl raised from the dead in Luke 8.

Behold! Jesus, the Anointed One // Matt Croasmun from 2021-07-29T12:40:13

This week, Matt teaches on who Jesus is and what Jesus calls us to.

Behold! Kingdom Growth // Josh Williams from 2021-07-20T16:54:39

No matter what's happening in our lives, the seed of the Kingdom is always trying to grow. Are we letting it flourish? What might be getting in the way?

Behold! The Forgiveness of the Kingdom // Moriah Felder from 2021-07-13T13:33:44

This week, Moriah shares about what forgiveness looks like in the Kingdom of God.

Behold! The Kingdom is for the Poor // Patrick Dunn from 2021-06-28T21:50:32

We’re continuing in our series Behold: A Kingdom Summer in which we are learning to recognize the shape of life in God’s presence that we call the Kingdom. This week, Patrick helps us discover h...

Behold! The Kingdom is Calling // Matt Croasmun from 2021-06-22T14:30:25

This week, as we continue our series on the Kingdom of God, we consider what the call of Kingdom means for our lives. How are our life trajectories redirected? How are our vocations transformed ...

Behold! The Kingdom is on the Move // Moriah Felder from 2021-06-15T15:21:18

Last week Josh talked about the tension, timing and tenor of the Kingdom. This week, the Kingdom of God is on the move. How do we respond when we receive a foretaste of the Kingdom?  Moriah will...

Behold! The Tension, Timing&Tenor of the Kingdom // Josh Williams from 2021-06-08T16:46:39

Our series continues with Jesus' Kingdom mission statement. How can we behold some of Jesus' priorities and wrestle with the reality that they're not simply for us...but also for our enemies? A ...

Behold! Seek First the Kingdom // Josh Williams from 2021-06-01T17:49:45

This summer, we hope to be witnesses of God’s Kingdom work. While we always hope to be people who behold God’s Kingdom regardless of the season, we are aware that prioritizing the Kingdom might ...

Grace on the Other Side: Following The Cloud&Glory // Josh Williams from 2021-05-25T13:43:20

Our Grace on the Other Side series wrapped up Sunday on Pentecost, the day we mark the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of God’s Church. Even though the Pentecost story is from the book o...

Grace on the Other Side: The Gift of Rest&Justice // Josh Williams from 2021-05-18T22:01:31

Our Grace on the Other Side series continues with another way God is good to us as we come out of challenges in our lives: practices of deep abiding rest and long lasting habits of justice and u...

Grace on the Other Side: When Our Idols Fall // Patrick Dunn from 2021-05-12T12:16:12

This week, Patrick tells us about the grace God gives us when he allows our idols to fail us. Join us as we hear more about the goodness of God’s presence and provision!

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Grace on the Other Side: The Command That Tells a Story // Matt Croasmun from 2021-05-05T15:12:52

When is a story a “commandment”? When the story it tells is so foundational that opens up an entire way of life. This week, Grace on the other side takes a perhaps surprising form: a command...