Forest City Church Podcast

The Return - Angie Addy -From Attending To Belonging

Following Jesus is not a solo journey. In From Attending to Belonging, Angie Addy invites us to become active, connected members of the body of Christ-building the kind of loving, committed community we all long to experience. Continue reflecting on the message with this week’s Sermon Reflection Guide.

 

The Return week 8: From Attending To Belonging Sermon Reflection Guide

The Return - Leonard Davis - The Generosity Test

In week seven of The Return, Pastor Leonard Davis explores how generosity reveals what has truly taken root in our hearts. Discover how the grace and sacrifice of Jesus can fill us with a joy that transforms the way we view our resources, our church, and the needs of others. Use the Sermon Reflection Guide to continue the conversation and consider your next step toward grace-shaped generosity.

 

The Return Week 7: The Generosity Test Sermon Reflection Guide

The Return-Leonard Davis - The Heart Of The Matter

In Week 6 of The Return, Pastor Leonard Davis shares “The Heart of the Matter,” a message about the powerful connection between our treasure and our hearts. Through Luke 12:13–34, we’re challenged to consider what our spending, giving, and priorities reveal about where we place our trust and to find true security in God rather than our possessions.

Continue reflecting on the message with this week’s Sermon Reflection Guide, designed to help you process what God is saying and how He may be inviting you to respond.

 

The Return Week 6 - The Heart Of The Matter Sermon Reflection Guide

Beyond Color Blind - Leonard Davis-Beyond Colorblind: Having Ethnicity Awareness

In this message from John 4, Pastor Leonard Davis challenges us to move beyond colorblindness and toward ethnicity awareness. Through Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman, we see how He acknowledges differences, addresses brokenness, and brings healing that leads to reconciliation.

As followers of Jesus, we're invited to allow Christ to redeem our stories and use them as bridges for unity, witness, and mission.

Be sure to download this week's Sermon Reflection Guide to help you process the message and take your next step in obedience.

Beyond Colorblind Sermon Reflection Guide

The Return - Isaias Cardenas -Stewards Of God

In his message titled "Stewards Of God", Isaias Cardenas explores Jesus' Parable of the Talents for our week 6 message for The Return series and reminds us that everything we have has been entrusted to us by God. As we learn to steward our time, resources, and finances with faithfulness, we discover what it means to live for God's Kingdom rather than our own. Don't forget to use the Sermon Reflection Guide to help you process and apply this week's message.

 

The Return week 5: Stewards Of God Sermon Reflection Guide

 

The Return -Jackie Glass -Exiles Not Owners

In Week 4 of The Return, Jackie Glass unpacks 1 Peter 2 and challenges us to embrace our identity as God's chosen people living as exiles in the world. As we learn to trust God's provision over our need for control, we become a people who display His goodness through our lives.

Be sure to reference the Sermon Reflection Guide to help you go deeper and continue the conversation throughout the week.

 

The Return Week 4: "Exiles Not Owners" Sermon Reflection Guide

The Return - Leonard Davis - The Drift: When Control Replaces Trust

Pastor Leonard Davis continues our series The Return with a message titled “The Drift: When Control Replaces Trust.” Drawing from 1 Samuel 8, this message reveals how subtle drift occurs when we choose control over surrender and conformity over trust in God’s leadership. Be sure to reference the Sermon Reflection Guide linked below to deepen your understanding and apply this message throughout the week.

 

The Return Week 3- The Drift: When Control Replaces Trust Sermon Reflection Guide

The Return - Leonard Davis - Christ's Vision For His Church

Pastor Leonard continues our series The Return with a powerful message exploring Jesus’ vision for His church. In Christ’s Vision for His Church, we’re reminded that the church is not built around our preferences or comfort, but around the revelation that Jesus is the Christ—the One who tears down walls, makes strangers into family, and forms a people where His presence dwells. As Christ becomes our peace, we are invited to become the kind of people Jesus can build His beautiful, flourishing church with.

 

Be sure to reference the Sermon Reflection Guide linked below to go deeper and continue the conversation throughout the week.

The Return week 2: Christ's Vision For His Church sermon reflection guide

The Return - Leonard Davis - A Beautiful Bride

Pastor Leonard launches our new series The Return with a powerful message titled A Beautiful Bride. In Ephesians 5, we’re reminded that the church is more than a place we attend—it is the people Jesus loves, is shaping, and is preparing to reflect His beauty to the world. This message challenges us to move from passive participation to active contribution through love, unity, service, generosity, and holiness. Listen in and consider this question: Are you helping reveal the beauty of Christ through the way you live and love within His church?

If you have questions about this series you can submit them here. Questions will be answered on The Return Podcast.

Use the linked Sermon Reflection Guide to pray, process, and apply this week’s message throughout your week.

The Return week 1: "A Beautiful Bride" Sermon Reflection Guide.

Angie Addy - Things you Don’t need your Pastor For: Hearing God’s Voice

In today’s message, Angie Addy reminds us that while pastors play a vital role in our lives, hearing God’s voice is something each of us is invited into personally. Teaching from John 10, she unpacks how we grow in recognizing God’s voice through familiarity, time in Scripture, and the work of the Holy Spirit. This message challenges us to move beyond spiritual dependence and step into a faith that is active and self-fed. God is speaking—and you can learn to hear Him.

Be sure to check out the Sermon Reflection Guide linked below to help you process and apply this message throughout your week.

Things you Don't need your Pastor For: Hearing God's Voice Sermon Reflection Guide