
Sermon: Surprise Party | Week 2: Who Jesus Includes // Rajeev Tiwari
Date April 19, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we explore the scandalous reach of Easter hope through the lens of Saul’s blinding encounter on...
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Date April 19, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we explore the scandalous reach of Easter hope through the lens of Saul’s blinding encounter on...

Date April 12, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we crash the best party you never knew was happening. Jesus doesn't wait for you to unlock the...

Date April 5, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we slow down long enough to see what cynicism keeps us from seeing — that resurrection isn't a o...

Date March 29, 2026 Synopsis In this Palm Sunday sermon, we repent of triumphalism—our desperate need for a God who wins—and discover what's...

Date March 22, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, guest preacher Alyson Tiwari invites us into the most honest question grief ever asks: Where we...

A Camera Roll Examen for Week 4 of Reenchanted. This week we're exploring what it means to repent of nostalgia and believe in possibility—th...

Date March 15, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we ask what we might be missing when we get stuck pining for the past. Nostalgia is seductive—i...

Date March 8, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, part of our Lenten series Reenchanted: A Series for Lent on Believing Again, we follow Jesus to...

A guided Sign of the Cross meditation for Week 2 of Reenchanted . This week we're exploring what it means to repent of intellectualism and b...

Date March 1, 2026 Synopsis In our second week of the Reenchanted series, we talk about ditching the intellectual armor that keeps us isolat...

This is the Week 1 grounding practice for Reenchanted: A Series for Lent on Believing Again — a Lenten series from The Local Church. This we...

Date February 22, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we explore the tension between our modern obsession with certainty and the ancient invitatio...

Special guest preacher Rev. Gail Song Bantum wraps up our series, "Building the Beloved Community."

Date February 8, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we continue our series, Building the Beloved Community: A Blueprint from Dream to Reality, by...

Date February 1, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we continue our series, Building the Beloved Community: A Blueprint from Dream to Reality, by...

Due to the winter storm on the weekend, we were unable to gather in person. So Brent hopped online to offer a prayer and share a few thought...

Date January 18, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we launch our new series, Building the Beloved Community: A Blueprint from Dream to Reality ,...

Date January 11, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we dive into the disruptive power of Jesus’s baptism, revealing how it offers a new imaginati...

Date January 4, 2026 Synopsis In this sermon, we explore the stark contrast between the desperate, grasping control of King Herod and the op...

Date December 24, 2025 Synopsis In this special Christmas Eve homily, we wrestle with the chasm between the wide-eyed wonder of a child’s Ch...

Date December 21, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we dismantle the myth that joy is a prize to be earned or a mindset to be curated. Digging i...

Date December 14, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we venture into the dark fields alongside the shepherds, discovering that the first announce...

Date December 7, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we dive into the revolutionary idea that joy is a muscle, not a mood. The daily practice of "...

Date November 30, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we kick off our Advent series, Repeat the Sounding Joy: Practicing an Honest Advent, by recl...

Date November 23, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we conclude our In Good Company series by venturing into the often-terrifying landscape of o...

Date November 16, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we dive into the third week of our series, In Good Company: A Series on Saints, by meeting J...

Date November 9, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, the second in our In Good Company series, we dive deep into the extraordinary life of Wangari...

Date November 2, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we explore how St. Ignatius of Loyola—once a vain soldier obsessed with glory—discovered that...

Date October 26, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we scratch the record on apathy and tune our ears to the Spirit’s invitation to dream again....

Date October 19, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we confront the haunting fear that darkness will devour us. Through Jacob's midnight wrestlin...

Date October 12, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we confront the haunting narrative of isolation and loneliness plaguing our modern world. Pas...

Date October 5, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, the first of our Scary Stories sermon series, we confront the haunting narrative that "might m...

Date September 28, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we reimagine salvation not as a fear-driven, one-and-done transaction but as God’s healing...

Date September 21, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon from the "Baggage Claim" series, we confront one of Christianity's heaviest burdens: the doc...

Date September 14, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we confront the heavy religious baggage many of us carry around prayer and discover a liber...

Date September 7, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we unpack the loaded word "evangelism" and discover a fresh perspective that moves beyond pr...

Date August 31, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we explore God's radical, relentless love through the beloved children's show Bluey. Diving de...

Date August 24, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we explore how handwritten letters—from a principal's encouraging notes to students to the Apo...

Date August 17, 2025 Synopsis In this service, we witnessed The Local Church officially becoming a United Methodist congregation through a p...

Date August 10, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we wrestle with that universal ache of unfinished business—from summer bucket lists to life's...

Rajeev Tiwari, Director of Student Ministries at The Local Church, preaches a sermon on what sabbath is and how we can enter into it.

Date: July 13th, 2025 Rev. Dr. Denise Honeycutt delivers a sermon from Luke 10:23-27

About The Renewing There’s a way the world teaches us to live—fast, anxious, disconnected. And there’s another way. The Renewing is a podcas...

Date June 15, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we explore how genuine hope emerges not just from knowing stories of faith, but from actively li...

Date June 1, 2025 Synopsis This week, we welcome special guest preacher Mallory Wyckoff, who first leads us in an imaginative exercise with...

Date May 25, 2025 Synopsis This week, Rajeev Tiwari and Brent Levy respond to your questions in a special Ask Us Anything Sunday. References...

Date May 18, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we dive into the heart of authentic relationship through the lens of Peter's post-resurrection en...

Date May 11, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we confront the deep human longing to be seen and explore how Jesus transforms our understanding...

About The Renewing There’s a way the world teaches us to live—fast, anxious, disconnected. And there’s another way. The Renewing is a podcas...

Date May 4, 2025 Synopsis In this sermon, we deconstruct the "happily ever after" myth and explore how meaningful relationships are built th...