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2006
December 31, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Jeff Hubbard Friends That Go Knock in the Night
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December 31, 2006
Morning Service
Dr. John E. Harnish, Rev. Jeff Nelson A Christmas Story
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December 24, 2006
Christmas Eve
Dr. John E. Harnish Where Earth and Heaven Meet
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December 24, 2006
Morning Service
Rev Lynn Hasley Moved to Hope
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December 17, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
A Special Christmas Celebration Christmas Celebration in music and drama
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December 17, 2006
Morning Service
Dr. John E. Harnish Joseph Just Imagine!
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December 10, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Clearing the Path
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December 10, 2006
Morning Service
Dr. John E. Harnish Zachariah II: Thy Prayer is Heard
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December 3, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Are We Awake?
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December 3, 2006
Morning Service
Dr. John E. Harnish Zachariah I: Stuck Like a Dope on a Thing Called Hope
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November 26, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Make It Plain: Love Wins
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November 26, 2006
Morning Services
Rev. Jeff Nelson Make It Plain: Relationships, Not Religion
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November 19, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Deacon Carl Gladstone Make It Plain: Every Member is a Minister
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November 19, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish The 29th Chapter of Acts?
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November 12, 2006
All Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Why Not Now?
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November 5, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Rodney F. Quainton Make It Plain: Grace Happens!
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November 5, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish A Life to Die For
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October 29, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Make It Plain: You Can't Out-Give God
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October 29, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish What a Serve!
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October 22, 2006
All Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Barnabas Found The Way
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October 15, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Make It Plain: Healing Still Happens
    Not Available
October 15, 2006
Morning Services
Rev. Rodney F. Quainton Removing the Masks
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October 8, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Make It Plain: God's Not Done Yet
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October 8, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Keeping Shut About the Good News
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October 1, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Make It Plain: All Are Welcome
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October 1, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish The Church of Your Dreams
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September 24, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Make It Plain: Everybody's Hungry for Something
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September 24, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Tongues, Ears, or Too Much to Drink
     Read      Listen
September 17, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Make It Plain: Live By Faith
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September 17, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Unlikely Election
     Read      Listen
September 10, 2006
All Services
Dr. John E. Harnish What Are You Looking For?
     Read     Listen
September 3, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Streetcar Named Contentment
     Read     Listen
September 3, 2006
Morning Services
Rev. Nancy Frank So This Is What the Man Said...!
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August 27, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Everything We Need...We Already Have
     Read
August 27, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. Carl Price The Need for Negatives
     Read     Listen
August 20, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Trading in Your Sports Car for a Minivan
     Read     Listen
August 20, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish The Revelation Code V: Cruisin' Toward the Dream
     Read     Listen
August 13, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Mountaintops and Monday Mornings
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August 13, 2006
Morning Services
Rev. Lynn Hasley Chosen or Called?
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August 6, 2006
All Services
Dr. John E. Harnish The Revelation Code IV: The Fight at Frodo's Tower
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July 30, 2006
All Services
Kevin Wright Fielder's Choice
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July 23, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Deacon Carl Gladstone Leaving: When God Changes the World
With Us

     Listen
July 23, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish The Revelation Code III: The Mark on
Harry's Forehead

     Read    Listen
July 16, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Deacon Carl Gladstone Penitence/Transformation: When Jesus Changes Us
    Not available
July 16, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish The Revelation Code II: Crash, Crisis and Christ
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July 9, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Deacon Carl Gladstone Gathering: When the Spirit Binds Us
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July 9, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish The Revelation Code I: DaVinci, A to Z
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July 3, 2006
All Services
Dr. Richard Cheatham Oh Freedom
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June 25, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Kevin Wright Great Expectations
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June 25, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish High Noon
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June 18, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Deacon Carl Gladstone Travels: When the Light Guides the Way
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June 18, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Bart and Homer, Fathers and Sons
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June 11, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson A Story to Tell
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June 11, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Searching: MySpace
     Read     Listen
June 4, 2006
All Services
Rev. Jeff Nelson Which Table Are We Supposed to Eat At, Anyway?
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May 28, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Rodney F. Quainton Beyond Poppies
  
May 28, 2006
Morning Services
Rev. Lynn Hasley What Does God See?
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May 21, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Sally Meese What Am I Supposed To Do?
  
May 21, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Yet Alive....Are We?
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May 14, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Sheep, Goats and the Folsom Prison Blues
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May 14, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish What Ever Happened to Norman Rockwell?
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May 7, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Mark Sheets Tell That Old Fox...
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May 7, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Singing at the Table
     Read     Listen
April 30, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Youth from the Red Bird Mission Trip With My Own Two Hands
    
April 30, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Breakfast on the Beach
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April 23, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Don't Just Do Something....Stand There
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April 23, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish When Seeing is Not Believing
     Read     Listen
April 14 and 16, 2006
Good Friday and
Easter Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Rodney F. Quainton A Casting Call: A Two-Part Sermon
     Read
April 16, 2006
Easter Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish From the Tomb
     Read     Listen
April 13, 2006
Maundy Thursday Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Meditation
    Listen
April 9, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Toward the Cross: One Last Chance to
Get on Board

     Listen
April 9, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Toward the Cross
     Read     Listen
April 2, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson In the Garden: Superman, Jesus and the
Problems of Being Human

     Read    Listen
April 2, 2006
Morning Services
Rev. Rodney F. Quainton Life: A Labyrinth or a Maze?
     Read    Listen
March 26, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Lynn Hasley In the Upper Room
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March 26, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish In the Upper Room
     Read    Listen
March 19, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson On the Mountainside: A Creative Look
at ''Our Father'

     Read     Listen
March 19, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish On the Mountainside
     Read     Listen
March 12, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Dr. John E. Harnish By the Roadside
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March 12, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. Gennifer Brooks Crowded Streets and Scattered Sheep
     Read     Listen
March 5, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Out of Solitude
     Read     Listen
March 5, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Out of Solitude
     Read     Listen
March 1, 2006
Ash Wednesday
Rev. Jeff Nelson Lent Begins Anew
     Read
February 26, 2006
All Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Are You Ready for the Journey?
     Read     Listen
February 19, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Three Verbs: Gather, Nurture, Equip
     Read     Listen
February 12, 2006
All Services
Rev. Jeff Nelson Pennies From Heaven
     Read     Listen
February 5, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Got Game?
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February 5, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Bread....or BREAD?
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January 29, 2006
All Services
Dr. John E. Harnish You Are Loved
     Read     Listen
January 22, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Got Balance?
     Read    Listen
January 22, 2006
Morning Services
Rev. Lynn Hasley Behold...A Mystery
     Read     Listen
January 15, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Got Vision?
     Read    Listen
January 15, 2006
Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish God's Trombones
     Read
January 8, 2006
Sunday Night Alive
Rev. Jeff Nelson Got Direction? Home By Another Way
     Read     Listen
January 8, 2006
Service of Rededication
Dr. William A. Ritter A Place Like This in Times Like These?
     Read    Listen
January 8, 2006
9:30 Morning Service
Dr. Mark Fowler The Wise Maji of Birmingham First
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January 8, 2006
8:15 & 11:00 Morning Services
Dr. John E. Harnish Keeping Herod in Christmas
     Read     Listen
January 1, 2006
Morning Service
Rev. Rodney F. Quainton Hitting All the Right Buttons
     Read     Listen



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