Casas Church

Words, Actions, Reactions - Week One/June 23, 2024/Stacie Bartels

How can we maintain control of our words, actions, and reactions amidst the unpredictable situations that happen in life? We want to talk about these three specific areas and how we can regain or maintain control of them while being honest about who we desire to be. 
 

Vision Sunday/June 16, 2024/Glenn Barteau

On this Vision Sunday, we learned more about who Casas is, how you're a significant part of who we are, and where we're going as a community together as we step further into our mission of acceptance, love, and freedom in Christ. 

Parables Week Five/June 9, 2024/Seth Kreimeyer-Kelly

In this last week of Parables, we looked at Matthew 18:21 and the question put to Jesus is how many times we should forgive? When we feel like we’ve been wronged there are two options in front of us: the path of bitterness and the path of forgiveness. We hope to choose the path of forgiveness as it reflects the heart of God. It reflects it for us and for the people in our lives. 

Parables - Week Four/June 2, 2024/Glenn Barteau

In this fourth week of our Parables series, we read through the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard from Matthew 20:1-16. All the workers get paid the same no matter how long they’ve worked. Jesus uses this illustration to show that our illusions of fairness can trap us into comparison and make us lose trust in God. If we focus on fairness we miss what we’ve already been given. The all-day worker and one-hour worker get paid the same, which reflects the heart of God more? 

Celebration Sunday/May 26, 2024/Glenn Barteau

We celebrated the ministry year looking to Jesus as true north as we move forward in the acceptance, love, and freedom of Him together! We also rejoiced with 40 people who were baptized. Thank you for joining us as we thank God for working through us and with us to keep sharing our mission.

Parables - Week Three/May 19, 2024/Glenn Barteau

Parables are stories that paint a picture that becomes a mirror that becomes a window through which we can look and have a deeper understanding of who God is. This week we looked at a parable from Luke 18:9-14 with a tax collector and a Pharisee. In learning more about this story, we were challenged to be honest to who we are, where we are, as we are, and have an open and vulnerable heart with God that is anchored in His love, power, and grace.

Parables Week Two / May 12, 2024 / Ryan Kramer

In this second week of our Parables series, we dove into the story of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10. We learned that in parables we’re supposed to see ourselves in the story and through that then see the heart of God. Sometimes religion gets to a space where it protects its own sense of righteousness rather than loving people. Understanding parables can bring us back to what really matters to God and what should matter to each of us.

Parables - Week One/May 5, 2024/Glenn Barteau

Is the story you’re telling with your life bigger than just you? We began our Parables series looking at Luke 12:16 - 21 and how it captures the idea that we should be less self-focused and more outwardly focused. We can connect to the larger picture if we change our mindset and begin from a place of gratefulness. We were challenged to think about what we invest in as a community and how we can further connect to the bigger story God is writing with us and through us, leading to a deeper, more meaningful life with Jesus. 

Follow Jesus Week Four/April 28th, 2024/Seth Kreimeyer-Kelly

In scripture, Jesus says, "Come follow me." What does that look like for each of us as we walk through life following Jesus? This series will look at some common steps we take in our Christian walk and what they mean within the context of following Jesus. In this first week, we explored scriptures about baptism and the common questions often asked surrounding it.

Follow Jesus - Week Three/April 21, 2024/Glenn Barteau

In scripture, Jesus says, "Come follow me." What does that look like for each of us as we walk through life following Jesus? This series will look at some common steps we take in our Christian walk and what they mean within the context of following Jesus. In this third week, Glenn went over passages in Luke 22 and the story of the Passover from the Old Testament to help clearly explain the importance of communion. Because Jesus is enough - you're enough and this is the beauty of communion.