Word from Bear Creek

Pastor Brook discusses how God made us to be creative and how we can use our creative energies to make changes for good!

How working together helps us as we are seeking change.

We look at how compassion drives us forward into making change.

Join us as we hear the story of the feeding of the 5000 one more time with an emphasis on learning about strength.

Pastor Brook looks at how we navigate life with imperfections and experiencing God's grace in the midst of them.

Join us as we look at being blessed and broken when there doesn't seem to be enough.

Join us as we take a look at what it means to live in between the blessed and the broken.

Join us as we look at Psalm 121 to see God's presence in the big (mountains!) and the small.

On Sunday we celebrated the annual Blessing of the Animals. Since we were unable to record the outdoor service, Pastor Brook re-preached his sermon just for you! Join us!

Join us as we learn about kindness

Join us as we take a look at how to be strong and courageous.

Join us for our pre-VBS Sunday!

Join us as we rediscover our inner Shiphrah. Who is that? She and Puah were key individuals to God's plan to save the descendants of Israel from the tyranny of the Pharoah. See how...

Join us as Pastor Brook gives us the hope that Hagar found when God saw her.

Hear Pastor Dave Orendorff share with us about what Jesus got wrong, but changed his mind and got right.

Join us as we hear from Denise Ritthaler on the nameless woman in Luke 13.

Join us as we hear about Esther and how she uncovered her power.

Join us as we look at troubling scriptures and try to look at them through a new lens.

As we consider the role of fathers, we look to examples of those who do the work of fathering well.

Join us for Pentecost and for a message of how we might come together and understand each other and share with our own languages.

Join us as we take a look at the marks in Jesus' hands, and look for our own.

Join us as we learn from Jesus how to engage with others who are going the wrong way and how to help them find the right path.

See how God's grace can carry you in the spirit of motherhood.

Taking a look at how Jesus engages with us in love and affirmation.

Easter Sunday! He is Risen! Enjoy also our choir.

It's our Palm Sunday parade day - a day of fun and celebration. We look at who is leading YOUR parade?

Live a life of abundance through Peter's example

Join us as we consider Peter's failure and what it tells us about the sacramental power of failure. It's a fail-a-bration!

Join us as we see what Jesus has to offer to us in the midst of the storm.

Join us with Dr. Sam Tsang as we take a look at Jesus walking on water.

Join us as we remember that we're called to do good out in the world, and that by doing good we spread good influence well past the individual we may be helping.

Join us as we talk about the foundations of our faith as United Methodists, and how we can experience the "thin" places of the world and experience God.

Join us as we learn what gifts we all have and how we can assist those with other gifts and challenges.

Join us as we learn about God's promises for our good!

Join us as we learn one way to get closer to God

Join us as we learn how we are close to God by seeing our blessings instead of feeling apart from him because of sin.

Join us as we learn about being the light of the Christian message!

A very special celebration for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Join us as we learn our instinct to stay on our mat, as an ill man did, and keep doing what we're comfortable with then, instead, do as Jesus commands and stand up and take our mat with us!

Join us as we talk about the difficulties and the "terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days" many of us have in the month of January.

Join us as we retell the story of the events leading up to the birth of Jesus and how we might heal past wounds with the spirit of love. Please note that due to the nature of this service, it is significantly longer than our typical podcasts as it covers the whole service. Sing along!

We look at Elizabeth and her relationship with Mary.

Join us as we remind ourselves who taught us how to stargaze, how we find our North Star, and also the North Star of Christianity, Jesus.

When love doesn't look like you expect it to.

Join us as we get together to continue our talk about Ruth and Naomi and never giving up, even and especially when circumstances are uncertain.

Join us as we talk about how Ruth helped Naomi recover after she adopted the name Mara, which means "bitter." We also talk about how we can apply the same spirit as Ruth to ourselves and others.

Join us as we talk about acting, and how Ruth and Naomi's story shows how actions and loyalty can make someone speechless and its parallels in John Wesley's actions and how it forms the spirit of the United Methodist church.

Join us as we look deeper into the first chapter of Ruth to see how things can go from bad to worse, and what to do about it.

Learning to forgive

Join us as we discuss all the ways we can give, and we are promised that we will receive what we give in equal measure.