December 29, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller Associate Pastor Eric Burch Pam Brunenkant Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker Isaiah 6:8 Psalms 26:2-3 Psalms 139:23-24 (NET)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

December 22, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller Isaiah 53:3-5 Luke 1:39-56 (NIV)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

December 15, 2024 Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant Luke 3:7-18 (NKJV)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

December 8, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did…

December 1, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker Luke 21:25-36 “Optimism and hope are radically different attitudes. Optimism is the expectation that things—the weather, human relationship, the economy, the political situation, and so on—will get better. Hope is trust that God will fulfill God’s promises to us in a way that leads us to true freedom. The …

November 24, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller Matthew 20:26-28 Matthew 25:35-36, 40 1 Peter 4:10 Yeah, but it’s HARD Yeah, but it’s ALL-CONSUMING Luke 17:7-10 Footwashing t’s worth it because Galatians. 6:7-10 Matthew 20:26-28 Grace, Community, Generosity, Service (NIV)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

November 17, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker (Interview with Katy Kaakestadg from Intended Hope) Matthew 9:35-38 "When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool." -Chinua Achbee "God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering." -Augustine …

November 10, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker Core Value #3: Generosity We can't out give God. He is far more generous than we can imagine. In fact, He did not even withhold Jesus from us! It all belongs to God, and we in return desire to be generous with our time, talents, and resources for advancing the Kingdom of God by making a tangible differenc…

November 3, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch Summit Ridges Values: Grace Community Serving Generosity We Value Community We are created to be in community- to do life together. Together we worship, laugh, cry, give, serve, learn, and grow as followers of Jesus Christ. We were Created to be in Community Genesis 1:26-27 What does it Mean to be in Com…

October 27, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller What is God’s Grace? Romans 3:10-18 Romans 5:8 How do we receive Grace? How do we extend Grace? Attitude Practice 2 Corinthians 9:8 2 Corinthians 12:9 Grace = Agape Love Grace is Holy (NIV)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

October 20, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker Jeremiah 29:11 Jeremiah 32:19 Psalms 33:11 Romans 8:28 Ephesians 2:10 Mark 10:45 Mission of Summit Ridge Community Church: To make disciples who Serve Christ by Serving People. Matthew 28:16-20 "It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, …

October 13, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch Galatians 3:26-29 We are a New Creation 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Philemon 4-7 Philemon 10-14 We have a Alternative Way to Act Romans 8:28-29 Matthew 5:13-15 Philemon 20-25 Philippians 2:5-8 5 Ways to be Like Christ in this World Matthew 28:18-20 (NASB 2020)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

October 6, 2024 Scott Soden, Global Partners Coordinator, Brethren Church National Office Staff Pastor Gary Castro, Philippine Brethren ChurchVon Summit Ridge Community Church

September 30, 2024 Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant Associate Pastor Louise Waller Associate Pastor Eric Burch Philemon 1: 1-7 (NKJV)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

September 22, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch We serve Christ by Serving People Colossians 4:7-8 Romans 1:1 1 Timothy 1:1-2 Colossians 4:9-13 Serving Christ by Serving People Takes Many Forms 1 Peter 3:15 Colossians 4:14-15 (NET) Romans 12:9-13 Colossians 4:16-18 1 Peter 4:10-11 (NASB)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

September 15, 2024 Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant (There were intermittent audio issues with this recording. Sorry for the inconvenience.) Colossians 4:1-6 Daniel 6:10 Luke 18:1-8 Matthew 7:11 (NKJV)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

September 8, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker “Denial of one's need for others is the most common type of defense against bonding. If people come from a situation, whether growing up or later in life, where good, safe relationships were not available to them, they learn to deny that they even want them. Why want what you can't have? They slowly get r…

September 1, 2024 Associate Pastor Louise Waller (Technical difficulties at the beginning caused low audio.) Colossians 3:12-17 Unity and Love are REQUIRED No worship without loving community John 13:34-35 (Song: They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love) No New Life in Christ without loving community ‘In the Name of Christ’ Loving community is Th…

August 25, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker Colossians 2:14-15 “Both God’s love and God’s wrath are ratcheted up in the move from the old covenant to the new, from the Old Testament to the New. These themes barrel along through redemptive history, unresolved, until they come to a resounding climax — at the cross. Do you wish to see God’s love? Look a…

August 18, 2024 Associate Pastor Justin Brunenkant Colossians 2:20-23 Matthew 19:14 2 Corinthians 5:17 Matthew 5:17 (NKJV)Von Summit Ridge Community Church

August 11, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch Ephesians 4:4-6 NET We have been Freed from the Law Colossians 2:16 Mark 7:18-19 Romans 7:4-6 We are a Priesthood in Christ Colossians 2:17 1 Peter 2:9-10 Romans 10:1-3 So, Serve in All Humility Colossians 2:18 Proverbs 16:18-19 Colossians 3:16 John 3:11-12 For Your Sake and the Sake of the Body Colossian…

August 4, 2024 Associate Pastor Eric Burch As You Received, So Live Colossians 2:6-7 Colossians 2:5 Ephesians 4:4-6 Ephesians 4:13-14 Guard Your Mind and Heart Colossians 2:8 Romans 12:2 Proverbs 3:5-6 Accept the Fullness of Christ Colossians 2:9-10 Colossians 1:27-28 Enjoy the Fellowship of Christ Colossians 2:11-12 John 15:4-5 Celebrate Your Free…

July 28, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker "Ministry is giving when you feel like keeping, praying for others when you need to be prayed for, feeding others when your own soul is hungry, living truth before people even when you can't see results, hurting with other people even when your own hurt can't be spoken, keeping your word even when it is not c…

July 21, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker “We cherry-pick our favorite traits and words of Christ and run with them - amplifying some parts while silencing others - to suit our personal visions and preferences. In doing this, rather than the true and the whole, we create caricatures and distortions of His character - false Christs made in our own ima…

July 14, 2021 Associate Pastor Louise Waller What is worldly wisdom? Wisdom: The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil Genesis 3:4-7 We Are Fools Wisdom is nonsense to those who don’t believe Isaiah 55:8-9 1 Corinthians 1:18 Matthew 11:25 What is Godly Wisdom? Colossians 1:9-14 James 3:17 How do we get God’s wisdom? Luke 11:11-13 Proverbs 9:10 Pro…

July 7, 2024 Lead Pastor Dr. Dan Acker “The good news is that Christ frees us from the need to obnoxiously focus on our goodness, our commitment, and our correctness. Religious has made us obsessive almost beyond endurance. Jesus invited us to a dance...and we've turned in into a march of soldiers, always checking to see if we're doing it right and…