Paul Andrew preached this message called “More Than Words” at our services in Lower Manhattan and Union Square on May 26, 2013.
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Sunday Services-
Lower Manhattan – Scholastic Auditorium 11am
Union Square - New York Film Academy 7pm
Have you been thinking of making Liberty Church your home?
Then join us for Grow! The course is structured in a series of four 45 minute classes that take place the first 4 Sundays of each month right after our services at both communities. Through Grow you can find out how Liberty Church began, meet our pastors, understand what we believe and find your place in our church.
Our hope is that as you grow in your understanding of what Liberty Church is all about, it will spark a desire for action in you to find where you can best serve. We even have a whole session devoted to finding out your unique gifts and talents so that you can be released to serve and build the house of God as well as your own personal sphere of influence.
You may have been coming to Liberty since it began. You may have visited for the first time last Sunday. Either way, Grow is the way to find your place at Liberty Church. Join us for our next session starting Sunday, June 2nd just after the service you attend. A light meal will be provided. You can RSVP right now by clicking the link of your Community below:
LOWER MANHATTAN - 12:45-1:30pm at Scholastic, 557 Broadway, NY
OR
UNION SQUARE - 8:45-9:30pm at NY Film Academy, 100 17th Street, NY
Email info@libertychurchnyc.
Rhema Trayner preached this message called “Show Me A Sign” at our service in Lower Manhattan on May 19, 2013.
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Sunday Services-
Lower Manhattan – Scholastic Auditorium 11am
Union Square - New York Film Academy 7pm
Parker Green preached this message called “Good News” at our service in Union Square on May 19, 2013.
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Sunday Services-
Lower Manhattan – Scholastic Auditorium 11am
Union Square - New York Film Academy 7pm
Four more days until the night when all ladies in the NYC area can come together to attend Liberty Sisterhood Girls Night In on Thursday, May 23rd. We asked Shawna Kaszer, who co-leads Liberty City, on how this vital women’s ministry has impacted her life:
“Liberty Sisterhood is a family of covenant friendships with women I respect and admire. Older, younger, at different walks and in different seasons, there is always a sister nearby to offer advice, a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen, and a good laugh to share.
“My beautiful Mom passed a few years ago, but God has not left me without many spiritual Mothers in my life thanks to Sisterhood. Having women I can turn to that pass down wisdom, prayer, and encouragement has been such a reminder of God’s love for me. In turn, I have the honor of passing down wisdom, prayer, and encouragement to younger women I call sisters as well.
“Through good times and bad, joy and sorrow, I know that I will always have this group of women by my side. Countless phone calls, texts, dance parties, tears and laughter have already been shared between us all, and I’m honored I get to be a part of a family of such real, genuine, capable and remarkable women.
“When we come together and bring all of our life experience into one room, I feel empowered and supported to take on whatever is waiting for me in the world. Recently, I found a passage in a book called “Spiritual Java” that says it well:
“Best of all, covenant friendships, when they are built on knowing each other after the Spirit, have the effect of calling us back to our true identity in Christ. They refresh our connection to our purpose and to who we are in Christ, and when our vision for those things is renewed, usually our strength is renewed, too.”
Thanks Shawna, for sharing your heart on Liberty Sisterhood with us.
To RSVP, go to: http://libertychurchnyc.
7:30pm, 359 Broadway Floor 2, (near Franklin)
Our devotional series is a collection of writings from members of Liberty Church. This piece was written by Emily Kirkendoll.
Last Sunday, Paul had an important announcement for everyone. While I suspect he may have been speaking metaphorically, the exciting-or at least baffling-news is that you’re pregnant. I gather that he was not going on a lot of personal information but rather taking an intimate look at the story of the angel announcing Jesus’ birth to Mary in Luke 1:26-38. This story is the beginning of Christianity and has something to say to every person within the reach of the gospel, pregnant or not.
Mary’s reaction to the news is so important for gaining perspective on our partnership with God and for allowing our dreams to develop and grow. In the face of the impossible task ahead of her, in the face of her seeming inadequacies and unsuitability for the role, in the face of a very terrifying angel, Mary understands her calling and her favor, her need for the Holy Spirit and her duty to surrender to God’s process.
Putting ourselves in Mary’s position is difficult. Scratch that. It is literally impossible. But it is helpful to take the same posture that she did while walking out God’s purpose in our own lives. So, I would like to provide three services to help you apply Mary’s winning formula to your life: a pregnancy test, a prenatal checkup, and a labor coach.
Like a pregnancy test, we should ask ourselves: Am I pregnant? Is there a seminal idea floating around in my mind, pestering me in my busiest moments, perhaps feeling so ubiquitous that other people are able to see it in me when I have dismissed it as too obvious to express? What does God want to birth in me?
Prenatal checkups help us to determine the growth stages of pregnancy. Likewise, we should ask ourselves how we are measuring in the stages of our vision and purpose?
I recently told a friend about a dream I had that I knew had been put on hold, and she encouraged me to ask God about it. Even as Mary accepted God’s plan with all its vagueness and strangeness, there was no harm in her asking to be filled in. In a way, she balanced her faith with involvement—not demanding detailed directions before she chose to act but honestly questioning, “How will this play out?” Spend time today asking God where you are, looking back at where you’ve come from already, and choosing his guidance for your next steps.
When it’s time, push! That’s what labor coaches will tell you. Man, could the timing of Jesus’ birth been more inconvenient? The pregnancy was foretold before she even conceived and Mary didn’t have a single benefit of all that preparedness at the time of the labor. Wouldn’t most of us take the kinds of obstacles she faced as signals to abandon our plans? I encourage you to push through (James 5:7,10; Galatians 6:9).
Prayer: Dear Jesus, thank you for the revelation that I have been chosen like Mary to birth a purpose greater than myself. Even if I can’t see it or have grown impatient for the timing of it, please help me to surrender to your will. Let me be like Mary and partner with you in the process, the place where dreams develop and grow. Help me to take the same posture as Mary and say to you, “I am your servant, Lord, may your word to me be fulfilled”. May I recognize daily my need of the Holy Spirit to do the impossible tasks set before me despite my weaknesses and flaws. I will not look back but choose to move forward this day because You love me and have called me your own. Amen!
Community Group sign-ups begin this Sunday, September 1st and launch the week of September 15th. These groups are the primary way that we disciple and care for the people in our church. There’s guaranteed to be something for everyone at every stage of life. The groups are also a great way to build relationships and get plugged into our community. Just ask Kara Branch, one of our Liberty Church members who recently shared on how Community Groups impacted her life:
“I have been involved in several community groups since attending Liberty. My initial purpose for signing up for them was not only to study the word of God on a more personalized level during the week but also to meet people, find connections and feel more welcome in this vast metropolis. I have lived in several major cities around the U.S. and abroad but found that moving to NYC was the most difficult move emotionally, financially and spiritually. Within my first few months of moving here, I seriously questioned whether I was following God’s path in my life. Although I was succeeding professionally and slowly meeting people, I had an overwhelming feeling of loneliness.
“In October of 2011, I was involved in my first community group hosted by Steve and Rhema Trayner. Even though I was new and didn’t really know anyone, I was always received with open arms and kind words. I started looking forward to attending church on Sundays and my community group because those were the days that I felt the most uplifted and connected to this city. Through my first community group experience almost two years ago to my most recent community group, “The Art Story”, I have been able to look back on everything and realize that each group, whether socially-based or more spiritually-based, shared the same things in common:
“I am proud to serve and proud to be able to see our church family grow into the vision Paul and Andi have for this church. I look back on the person I was two years ago that saw community groups as a means to escape from the trials and loneliness that NYC can bring to the person that I am today. I know that the guidance, love and prayer that I have received in my community groups has allowed me to conquer the fear this city can bring and grow exponentially in my walk with God.”
Thank you Kara Branch for sharing your experience with us!
Sign up online or in the Guest Lounge on Sundays.
Only one week to go until Sharon Kelly joins us from Wave Church in Virginia Beach at our Girls Night In!
This woman has changed my life on several occasions and I have invited her to impart into all of you the copious amounts of wisdom, love, experience and encouragement that is sure to be a catalyst in your life. She truly is one of the most genuine people I know…what you see is what you get.
One of her passions is to unite a fierce company of women to stand for God in this generation. We live in a city where it can be easy to be influenced rather than be influencers. This night will equip you to stand strong in who you are and be found in whom you believe.
I am not interested in putting on “Ladies Nights” for the women of Liberty Church just to fill up all of your already stretched calendars. These meetings are strategically laden with purpose from heaven! All that to say…what I am interested in doing is equipping you to rise up, be changed from the inside out and release you to infiltrate this beautiful city to see it changed in ways beyond our wildest dreams!!!
So get yourselves there on May 23rd and bring a friend! Don’t miss this opportunity to unite in diversity, be equipped, then go out and change your world!!!
Love living life with you all!
Andi Andrew
Lead Pastor
RSVP via: http://libertychurchnyc.
