Elements City Church Podcast

As we wrap up our TRAINING CAMP series, we have the honor of welcoming V.P. of Arizona Athletics / Athletic Director: Greg Byrne. His story is one of training in faith and exercising leadership as you follow Christ. You'll be inspired by his journey, humility and lessons learned. Hear his story meshing together the realms of athletics and faith. You can follow him on Twitter: @Greg_Byrne

We're glad to welcome one of our own, Gebben Miles to share his faith story. Gebben is the 2012 World Champion in Sporting Clays. Hear his testimony surrounding the struggles God guided him out of and how his story now is one of commitment to using his work as worship. You'll be challenged to utilize your sphere of influence to point people to Christ and to live authentically dedicated to God.

We're glad to welcome Daniel Boice to Elements as he shares his story of God's "redirection" in his life. Daniel is the manager of the University of Arizona Women's Basketball team and leader in Athletes in Action on campus. We also examine the difference between "trying" and "training" in the spiritual life the Scriptures call us to in the theme verse for this series (1 Timothy 4:7-8).

As we continue in TRAINING CAMP - we are delighted to have Brigetta Barrett share her story. Brigetta is one of the world's greatest women athletes. She's a silver medalist at the London 2012 Olympics and silver medalist at Moscow's 2013 World Championships. 6 time NCAA Champion. But her greatest claim to fame is her identity as a follower of Jesus. Her faith story will inspire you to keep "training"!

As we examine how to train in our faith we are delighted to have Richard Lopez here to share his story. Richard is the Director of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Southern Arizona). "You have ability, but God is more interested in our availability. He can fill in all the rest."

We all have habits that impact, shape and influence us and those around us. The early church lived with a generous habit that began to impact the world. This generous habit Jesus It's a habit of the heart that needs to reside within us and within the world.

We ALL become stuck at some point in our spiritual walk! What are some of the reasons we get there and how do we move forward? God gives us some specific steps we can take to become unstuck and what He wants for our walk with Him.

Adam and Eve broke trust with God in the garden. We have been struggling with trust ever since. Genesis 3:1-6

All of us will face unplanned circumstances in our lives. The only question is how will we respond? Will we be consumed by hopelessness or is their another option? Thankfully, Jesus invites us to face the unplanned moments in a way that moves us beyond despair and brings us into greater intimacy with our Heavenly Father.

We as a church are committed to living out our mission: "Inviting people into a life-giving and life-changing relationship with Jesus." Revisit with us the adventure God has Elements on as we examine the activity of Jesus in Matthew ch. 9 - an example of what we're all about and what we're calling all of us toward.