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Speaker: Stan Rodda 📖 Key Scriptures: Psalm 130 | Joshua 4 | Luke 2 As we step into the Advent season, we begin with one of our deepest longings—hope. In this week’s message, we look at Psalm 130 and explore how the psalmist cries out “from the depths,” reminding us that real hope is born in places of sorrow, brokenness, and longing. Just as watchm…
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Speaker: Kevin Hartman YouTube Video Description In this message from our At the Movies series, we take a fresh look at Home Alone and discover that the real theme of the movie isn’t just booby traps and brave moments—it’s fear. Kevin, his mom, and even Old Man Marley all wrestle with fears that feel a lot like ours: fear of the unknown, fear of se…
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Speaker: Max Magee 📖 Key Scriptures: John 1:12–13, James 3:13–18, Matthew 5:43–45 💡 Main Idea: When we don’t know who we are, we must remember who we belong to. What can Toy Story teach us about our identity in Christ? In this week’s message, we take a fresh look at Woody and Buzz’s story—how jealousy, insecurity, and comparison can cause us to for…
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Speaker: Stan Rodda 📖 Key Scriptures: Matthew 4:18–22 | Acts 4:13 | Hebrews 12:1–2 | 1 Corinthians 15:54–55 In this week’s At The Movies message, we’re looking at the classic film The Sandlot. This story isfilled with nostalgia, friendship, and timeless lessons about courage and belonging. Just like Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez invites the underdogs t…
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Speaker: Corbett Cutts 📖 Key Scriptures: Romans 3:21-26 | Romans 12:2 | Isaiah 53:9 | Matthew 6:10 💬 Big Idea: Transformation and salvation are the work of God—not something we can create on our own. In this week’s At The Movies message, we dive into the sci-fi blockbuster The Matrix to uncover powerful Biblical truths about faith, freedom, and tra…
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Teaching Pastor: Stan Rodda 📖 Key Passage: Matthew 22:15–22 In this message, we continue our Between Two Kingdoms series by tackling one of the most divisive issues in our world today—politics. As followers of Jesus, we live between two kingdoms: the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of this world. In a time when political identity can easily overshad…
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Jesus calls us to live as “Christ’s letter” to the world—people whose lives reflect His mercy and compassion. In this message, Love Your Neighbor, we explore Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan and what it means to love others the way He does. When we truly see people through the eyes of Jesus, our definition of “neighbor” expands beyond borders, …
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When tragedy and suffering strike, “thoughts and prayers” can feel like all we have to give—but Jesus calls us to more. As His followers, we’re invited to move beyond words into compassionate presence and loving action. In this message, Thoughts & Prayers, we’ll explore what it means to be Christ’s letter to a hurting world—learning to listen well,…
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Live Gathering on September 28, 2025. Teaching by Stan Rodda. What is the heartbeat of Lee’s Summit Community Church? This week, we dive into the vision that shapes everything we do as a church: making disciple makers who saturate Lee’s Summit with the Gospel. Whether you’ve been with us for years or are brand new, this message will help you see th…
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The Spirit | Empowering a Kingdom Life | Live Gathering from September 21, 2025 Teaching by Stan Rodda 📖 Key Scriptures: Ephesians 1:13–14, Luke 4:16–19, Acts 2:1–4, Matthew 28:18–20, Galatians 5:22–23 What does it mean to live a Kingdom-minded life? The Bible tells us that when we put our faith in Jesus, the Holy Spirit takes up residence in us—no…
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Live Gathering from September 14th, 2025. Message by Stan Rodda 📖 Key Scriptures: Genesis 1:1–2, Genesis 2:7, Psalm 104:29–30, Ephesians 4:29, James 3:10 The Holy Spirit is often the most mysterious member of the Trinity—harder to picture and more difficult to fully grasp. Yet, Scripture calls Him the Giver of Life. From the opening verses of Genes…
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September 7, 2025 Teaching by Jack Anderson 📖 Scriptures: John 14:16-27, John 16:5-15, Acts 9:31, Ezekiel 36:26-27, Romans 15:4,13 Have you ever wondered why Jesus said it was better for Him to go away so the Holy Spirit could come? This week, Pastor Jack unpacks how the Spirit is not distant or mysterious, but present, personal, and essential in o…
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Live Sunday Gathering on August 31st, 2025. Teaching by Kevin Hartman 📖 Scripture: John 15:4-12, Ephesians 6:12 Friendship can be complicated but it doesn’t have to be. In this message from our It’s Complicated series, we look at what Jesus says in John 15 about abiding in Him and how that shapes the way we love others. True friendship starts with …
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Live Sunday Gathering on August 24th, 2025. Teaching by Corbett Cutts 📖 Key Scripture: Ephesians 6:1–4 In this week’s message from our “It’s Complicated” series, we take an honest and grace-filled look at what it means to parent with Christ at the center. Using Ephesians 6:1–4, we’ll explore how Paul flips ancient parenting expectations on their he…
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Live LS Community Church Gathering August 18th, 2025 | Discussion by Stan and Misty Rodda 📖 Key Scriptures: Genesis 2:24–25 | Ephesians 4:2–3 Marriage is one of God’s greatest gifts—and one of life’s greatest challenges. In Part 1 of It’s Complicated: Marriage, we talk honestly about what it means to build a healthy, Christ-centered relationship th…
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LS Community Church Live Sunday Gathering, Aug 3rd, 2025: Discussion with Stan and Misty Rodda 📖 Key Scriptures: Genesis 2:18, 24–25 | Ephesians 4:2–3 Marriage is one of God’s greatest gifts—and one of life’s greatest challenges. In Part 1 of It’s Complicated: Marriage, we talk honestly about what it means to build a healthy, Christ-centered relati…
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LS Community Church Live Sunday Gathering, Aug 3rd, 2025: Teaching by Stan Rodda 📖 Key Scriptures: Ephesians 1:4 | Ephesians 2:4 | Matthew 23:13-15 | 1 John 1:5-10 Ever feel like your relationship with God is complicated? You're not alone. In this week’s message, we kick off our new series “It’s Complicated” by looking at the most important relatio…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, July 27th; teaching by Price Wright. 📖 Main Text: James 4:1–12 Words can start wars or they can bring healing. This week’s message dives into James 4:1–12 to explore how our words reflect the state of our hearts and how God calls us to a better way including the way of humility, grace, and restoration. Too…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, July 20th; teaching by Roy Moran. In this message, James reminds us to not focus on simply being teachers or knowers of the Word but rather to look inward at ourselves and be DOERS of the Word. Jesus didn’t say “If you love me, KNOW what I say” instead he said, “If you love me DO what I say” It’s like know…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, July 13th; teaching by Brian Thompson Scripture Focus: James 2:1–17 In this week’s message, we dive into James 2:1–17 (The Message version) and reflect on what it truly means to live out our faith—not just with our words, but through our actions. James challenges us to go beyond surface-level belief and co…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, July 6th; teaching by Jay Kull. Scripture Focus: James 1:17–27 In a world filled with instant reactions and digital clap backs, how we use our words has never been more important. In this message, we dive into James 1:17–27 to explore what it means to respond to God’s Word—not just hear it but live it out.…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, June 29th; teaching by Stan Rodda. Luke 12:13–21, 2 Corinthians 4:18, 1 Timothy 6:6–10, Matthew 6:24 What if the peaceful, content, and deeply rooted in purpose life you long for isn’t found in getting more, but in choosing less? In this week’s message, we explore what it means to practice the way of Jesus…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, June 22nd; teaching by Stan Rodda. Matthew 20:17–28, Galatians 5:13–14, Philippians 2:3–4, 1 Peter 4:10–11 What does it really mean to serve like Jesus? This week in our Practicing the Way series, we explore the heart of serving not as obligation, but as a rhythm of humility that shapes us to be more like …
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, June 15th; teaching by Stan Rodda. Acts 2:42-47, Acts 2:42, Luke 4:18,19, Mark 1:29, Mark 2:15, Luke 11:1, 2, Acts 2:43, Acts 2:44, Acts 2:45, Acts 2:46, 47 What if community wasn't just something we attended but something we actually practiced as part of a natural rhythm of our lives? In this message, we …
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, June 8th; teaching by Kevin Hartman. James 1:14–15, Psalm 37:4, John 15:4, Genesis 2:2-3 What if the real reason you feel restless, burned out, or constantly chasing more is because your soul is longing for something deeper? In this message, we explore what it truly means to "practice the way" of Jesus pra…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, June 1st; teaching by Stan Rodda. John 15:4, John 15:4, 2 Timothy 3:16, John 1:1, 4, 14, Lamentations 3:22, 23, Lamentations 3:22, 23, 1 John 2:3, 6, John 5:39-40, John 14:15 While we wait for the return of Jesus, the question for many became, “What do we do now?” “How are we to live?” We are called to liv…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, May 25th; teaching by Stan Rodda. John 10:27, Psalm 37:30, Psalm 82:3, 1 Thessalonians 2, Habakkuk 2:20, Luke 6:12, Mark 1:35, Matthew 14:13 Like the Jews of the Old Testament, who waited millennia for the Messiah to arrive, we are now in a season of waiting for the Messiah to arrive the second time. This …
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, May 18th; teaching by Stan Rodda. Teaching by Stan Rodda Revelation 4:8, Revelation 5:3-6, Revelation 13:18, Revelation 21:1-5, Revelation 22:16, Revelation 22:20, 21 This is the final message in our series, “A New Hope” and our journey through the key stories that make up the Bible narrative. We walked th…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, May 11th; teaching by Stan Rodda. Acts 21:30-32, Acts 22:22, Acts 27:1, Acts 27:41-44, Hebrews 12:2 The book of Ecclesiastes reminds us that often times life is not easy nor fair. Just because someone follows Jesus, doesn’t mean that life will be easy. In reality it can be downright unfair. For some when t…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, May 4th; teaching by Corbett Cutts Acts 13:32, 38-39, Acts 13:43-45, Acts 1 This new community of followers of Jesus had a lot to unlearn. Generations of living in an old sacrificial system, leaving many people out of God’s family. Everything was changing and this community had to wrestle with what it mean…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, April 27th; teaching by Stan Rodda Acts 2:1-4, Acts 2:42, Acts 4:8-12, Acts 4:32-35, Acts 10:44, 47-18 Jesus is the resurrected Messiah. Prophecies fulfilled. This is the beginning of God’s new kingdom. And now we have a new hope that Jesus will one day return and finish what He started by making all thing…
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The end of Jesus’ life and ministry is not the end of the story. In fact, in many ways it’s a new beginning. A new way of living. A new hope that God will make all things right and one day again dwell with His people. “A New Hope” focuses on the beginning of the church. God’s new Kingdom people made up of Jews and Gentiles. The tearing down of divi…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, April 20th; teaching by Stan Rodda. Luke 24:13-24, Luke 24:25-27, Colossians 1:16-20, 1 Corinthians 15:3, 55, Luke 24:28-35, Acts 2:36-38 In the messages leading up to this one, we spent time with Jesus and His final words for His disciples before the cross. We walked to the cross on Good Friday and reflec…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, April 13th; teaching by Stan Rodda John 13:8, 9, John 13:34, John 14:6, John 14:9, John 15:4, John 16:33, John 17:1, John 18:1-3, John 19:16b-18 It’s always interesting to read or hear the final words people say right before they pass away: • “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach t…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, April 6th; teaching by Stan Rodda. Romans 6:23, Mark 8:31, Mark 9:31, 32, Mark 10:33, 34, John 11:4, John 11:21, 22, John 11:253-26, John 11:27, John 11:41-44 Jesus shows up in the most unique way. Begins a ministry focused on the marginalized in the world. Brings good news to the humble, meek & poor. Heal…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, March 30th; teaching by Stan Rodda. Matthew 5:3-10, Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 6:24-34, Matthew 6:10, There is no greater transformative message or upside-down challenge that can change everything you think you know message than the Sermon on the Mount. As we have tracked through The Story, God’s creation, H…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, March 23rd; teaching by Kevin Hartman. Mark 1:14-15, Mark 2:1-12, Mark 2:17, Luke 4:16-19, John 1:35-42 So many incredible moments mark the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. From His baptism and time of preparation in the wilderness, to calling some of His first disciples. But perhaps the thing that truly sets…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, March 16th; teaching by Max Magee. John 1:6-8, Isaiah 40: 3, Luke 1:30-35, 2Samuel 7:12-13, Matthew 1:19-24, Isaiah 7:14, Luke 2:4-7, Isaiah 9:6-7, Micah 5:2, Luke 2:13, Matthew 1:23, John 14:25-26 There have been 400 of years silence since the Jewish people have heard from God. No encounters. No prophetic…
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TIME Magazine boasts a “person of the year” on the cover of their magazine annually. It’s more than just an image of a person who has done some good deed. Rather, it’s someone of historic significance who will be remembered for a very long time. When they put out their list of 100 most historically significant figures, the question became, “Who is …
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TIME Magazine boasts a “person of the year” on the cover of their magazine annually. It’s more than just an image of a person who has done some good deed. Rather, it’s someone of historic significance who will be remembered for a very long time. When they put out their list of 100 most historically significant figures, the question became, “Who is …
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, March 9th; teaching by Stan Rodda. Ezra 7:11-20, Ezra 9:1, Nehemiah 1:2-4, Nehemiah 4:1-3, Nehemiah 4:7, 8, Nehemiah 6:15, 16, Nehemiah 8:1-3, 9-10, 18 This message closes out the Old Testament in our overarching Bible narrative. Over the previous two messages we learned to stay faithful when God is loud a…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, March 2nd; teaching by Stan Rodda. Esther 2:16-18, Esther 3:7, Esther 4:13-14, Esther 4:15-17, Esther 5:4, 6-8, Esther 7:3, 4, Esther 7:9, 10, Esther 8:10, 11, Esther 9:11-12, 18, In the book of Esther, God is not mentioned once. And yet, His fingerprints are all over it. Many of us experience this in our …
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, February 23rd; teaching by Stan Rodda, Ezra 3:1-5, Ezra 3:11, Ezra 4:1-3, Haggai 1:1-4, 7-8, Zechariah 1:1; 8:2, 3, Ezra 6:16-1-2 After generations in captivity, the people of Israel are beginning to return home. Persia has released captives. Ezra is a prophet among those who go back home. He leads out in …
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Time travel isn’t possible, but it sure was fun to think about in the “Back to the Future” movies. Going back in time, almost ruining a bunch of things and realizing, you must get back to where you belong. You must get back to the future. Israel finds itself in a similar place. For so long they have looked forward to a future hope. A promise they k…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, February 16th; teaching by Kevin Hartman. Deuteronomy 28:1-2, Daniel 1:1-2, Daniel 1:11-20, Daniel 3:4-6, Isaiah 1:2-3, Genesis 1:26-28, Daniel 9:15-19, Jeremiah 29:10-14, 1 Peter 2:9-12 Daniel, one of Gods prophets, is taken away to Babylon. But he is faithful to God while in captivity, and God is faithfu…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, February 9th; teaching by Stan Rodda. 2 Kings 21:6-7, 2 Kings 21:13b, Ezekial 1:1; 2:3, Ezekiel 7:5-8, Jeremiah 2:4, 11-12, 2 Kings 25:1, 2, Jeremiah 21:4, 5, Lamentations 1:1-3, Lamentations 3:21, 22 We have talked about some difficult periods of time in the history of Israel. Just when everything seemed …
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, February 2nd; teaching by Stan Rodda. 1 Kings 17:7-8, 2 Kings 17:18, 23, 2 Kings 19:9-12, 2 Kings 19:14-19, 2 Kings 19:20, 21, 2 Kings 19:22-23, 27-28, 32-34, 2 Kings 19:35, 36 As the northern kingdom collapses and the southern kingdom is threatened, we discover a king in the south who pursues God in an in…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, January 26th; teaching by Stan Rodda. 1 Kings 18:17-46, 1 Kings 18:17-19, 1 Kings 18:21, 1 Kings 18:22-24, Jeremiah 10:5, 1 Kings 18:36-37, 1 Kings 18:39 When it comes to following Jesus, when it comes to following God, the path is not always easy. Along the way there are shiny things that pop up that dist…
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LS Community Church live Sunday gathering, January 19th; teaching by Corbett Cutts. 1 Samuel 8:11-18, 1 Kings 12:13, 1 Kings 12:16, 1 Kings 12:5-6, 1 Kings 12: 26-27, 1 Kings 12:28, For so long God had promised Israel land as an inheritance. He even promised His very presence in the ark of the covenant and the temple. But Israel misses the big pict…
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