Avon Mennonite Church Podcast

AMC55 Advent Anointings & Dreams

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 17:25:31 +0000

Troy unpacks parts of Isaiah 61 and Psalm 126.

The 3 A’s of an Advent Spirit

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 16:43:17 +0000

Troy unabashedly sports his love of alliteration in this message, highlighting the 3 A’s of an Advent Spirit. Be aware. Be attentive. Be available. This is an Advent message and a continuation of our Fall series “Firing On All Cylinders”.

Psalm 80; Mark 13:33, 35-37; Galatians 6:7-10

AMC53 Focus & Self-Discipline FS8

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 22:23:09 +0000

Troy continues the series “Firing on All Cylinders” from Ephesians 4.

AMC52 A Courageous Commitment to Truth Pt 2 FS7

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 03:06:02 +0000

Troy talks about being in the truth of the present moment.

AMC51 Courageous Commitment to Truth

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 17:04:30 +0000

Troy dives into Paul’s encouragment to us in Ephesians 4, to speak the truth in love.

AMC50 Grace Filled Togetherness 2 FS5

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:40:40 +0000

Troy talks about Ephesians 4, Meatloaf, the gift of simplicity and 3 pitfalls of overinflating the role of togetherness (community, unity).

AMC49 Grace Filled Togetherness FS4

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:32:22 +0000

Troy explores Ephesians 4:1-5 and what it might mean to be people of humility, patience and gentleness who bear with one another in love.

AMC48 Firing on All Cylinders FS3

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:15:43 +0000

Troy Watson goes off road and off script in a stream of consciousness message exploring what it means that Christ has taken captvity captive and how we can prevent and remedy quenching the Spirit in our lives.

AMC47 The One Thing - FS2

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:04:12 +0000

Jesus enters someone’s home in the Gospel of Luke 10:38-42 and teaches the host (and all of us) that there is only one essential thing in life. What is the one thing Jesus is talking about?

AMC46 What’s The Problem? FS1

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 21:37:01 +0000

What is the root problem that the church is intended to be God’s solution to? In this message Troy focuses on Ephesians 3:16-21 and talks about imagination caps, American Ninja Warrior, the “S” word and the Problem Solving Gospel. This is message #1 in a new 11 week series entitled “Firing on All 5 Cylinders”.

AMC45 TFoF Part 12 - Beware the Scavenger Thief

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:15:34 +0000

Troy talks about Jesus directing us to his life-giving Spirit and warning us against the thieving spirit (John 10:10) and the scavenger spirit (Matthew 7:6).

AMC44 Part 11 - Christ in You

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:14:22 +0000

Troy talks about friends who always want to speak to the manager, bizarre 1980’s sitcom lyrics, painbody and the great mystery revealed in Colossians 1:25-27.

AMC43 - Immanuel’s Invitation

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:55:42 +0000

Immanuel means - God with us. Immaunel’s promise is that no matter what, God is always with us. Immanuel’s invitation to us is “Are you with me?”

AMC42 TFoF Part 10 - Specks and Beams

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 21:44:12 +0000

Troy talks about the dangers of specks in eyes, noseblindness, hate, perfectionism, a stiff neck and what to do with such conditions. He also explains how a speck becoming a beam in one’s eye is a gift. Matthew 7:3-5

AMC41 TFoF Part 8 - The Wisdom of Non-Judgment

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 02:56:20 +0000

Troy explores Jesus teachings in Matthew 7 beginning with the wisdom of non-judgment.

AMC40 TFoF. Part 7 - Choose Your Apocalypse

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:17:08 +0000

Apocalypse means to reveal hidden knowledge or heavenly secrets, however, it has come to mean the end of the world.

Apocalypse Option 1: Submit to Christ and the reality of God’s kingdom of love will be revealed to us. Apocalypse Option 2: Serve the gods of this age and the nightly news will continue to chroncle our path towards death and destruction.

AMC39 To Fade or Flourish - Part 6

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:41:52 +0000

Troy talks about authority, hidden worldviews, sings a little bit of Frank Sinatra and explores Ephesians 1:21-23, preparing us to move into Matthew 7 next week.

AMC38 To Fade or Flourish - Part 4

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 19:50:32 +0000

Troy Watson talks about Nicodemus’ secret meeting with Jesus (Gospel of John 3) and the spilling over and spiralling out pattern of the Spirit movement of Christ.

AMC37 To Fade or Flourish - Part 3

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 22:54:23 +0000

Troy Watson explores the peculiar spiritual practice of breaking rules, Thomas Merton’s thoughts on the will of God and a few Biblical ways of understanding what Jesus meant by the kingdom of God.

AMC36 To Fade or Flourish - Part 2

avonmennonitechurchpodcast — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 00:21:46 +0000

Troy talks about the importance of fibre for movements, the dangers of viewing the church as a family, the original purpose of the Jesus movement and meeting a person who inhabited such a peaceful, divine filled space that all he could think is “yeah, me want to go to there”.