The Holy Spirit » Monroe Community Church

Series Overview:

This series aims to deepen our understanding and appreciation of the Holy Spirit’s vital role in our lives. Each week, we will explore different aspects of how the Spirit empowers, guides, and transforms us, beginning with an exploration of what it means to be truly filled with the Spirit. Join us as we seek to cultivate a closer relationship with the Spirit, inviting his presence and power into every aspect of our daily walk with God.

Service Information:

April 21 • Receive the Holy Spirit

This week we continue our journey in Eastertide toward Pentecost.
In this season we feast and celebrate the resurrection, while also preparing our hearts and lives for the gift of the power of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

This week we will examine Acts 1:1-11 as Jesus commands his disciples to wait, even after they have been given the gift of the spirit.

This week we examine why Jesus establishes a period of waiting between the gift of the Spirit and the Baptism in the Spirit. And in doing so we will be invited, like the first disciples, to count the cost of what a baptized life actually means.

April 28 • The Fruit of the Holy Spirit

As we continue our Eastertide journey toward Pentecost, this week's sermon delves into "The Fruit of the Spirit." Building upon last week’s exploration of waiting for the Spirit's baptism, we now turn our focus to the transformative outcomes of living by the Spirit. We will explore how the Holy Spirit cultivates love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control within us. Through these gifts, we are invited to reflect on how the Spirit’s fruit reshapes our lives, equipping us to embody Christ’s teachings more fully in a world that yearns for spiritual authenticity and compassion.

May 5 • Gifts of the Spirit

This week we continue our sermon series on The Holy Spirit, as we journey toward Pentecost. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is always to point the church and world toward Jesus. One of the ways the Holy Spirit does this is by giving Christ's church gifts to steward and use to become a distinctly different community in the world.

Even as the Spirit gives us gifts and we discover what they are in our own lives, the way we use them and the purpose for them is what matters most- pointing the world to Jesus and encouraging fellow believers.

You are invited to read 1 Corinthians 11-14 to prepare your hearts and minds for Sunday.

May 12: Offering

Offering: A Missing Part of Our Connection to God, Creation, and Community.

In our culture today, there is a deep hunger for spirituality and a deeper connection to God, creation, ourselves, and community. These desires reveal deep human needs that religious communities have sought to address since the beginning of human history. As we approach Pentecost next Sunday (May 19th), it is helpful to explore the significance of religious festivals and rituals and how they can nurture in us a spirituality that brings all aspects of life and creation before God in worship.

Join this Sunday as we explore themes from Leviticus 23:15-22 together..

May 19: Pentecost

Over the last seven weeks since Easter, we have been on the journey to Pentecost, preparing our hearts and lives for the gift of the Holy Spirit. And Pentecost is a day we remember and celebrate the birthday of the Christian Church. On the first Christian Pentecost, in Acts Chapter two, the Holy Spirit filled disciples and empowered them for gospel mission to all people. And while the entire scene is laden with miraculous signs and wonders, the true spectacle and witness of the Holy Spirit is how this Jesus-following community lives afterward in the day to day monotony of life.

We invite you to read Acts 2 in preparation for this Sunday, coming expectant that the Holy Spirit may do something supernatural in our midst, even now. But even more, we encourage you to consider the small, every-day ways in which we might become a Pentecost community. How is the Holy Spirit leading our community into the mission of Christ's love for all people?

May 26 • Voice of the Spirit

Continuing our series on "The Holy Spirit," this week's sermon by Pastor Jim, titled "The Voice of the Spirit," looks at the profound ways the Holy Spirit communicates with us. We will explore how the Spirit empowers, guides, and transforms our lives, emphasizing the importance of discerning and responding to the Spirit's voice. Join us as we seek to cultivate a closer relationship with the Spirit, inviting God's presence and power into every aspect of our daily walk. This sermon will inspire and equip us to listen attentively and follow faithfully.