Fanning the Flame

Broadcast for Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, November 8, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht

No. 7 -- Engage: Committing to Serve

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, November 1, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht Series: Under Fire - A Game Plan for Life's Toughest Challenges The times demand fully-engaged disciples to use their gifts, talents and abilities for the cause. That engagement means servanthood, resisting apathy and passivity. In a consumer-based society that says, "Serve me," a fully committed disciple says, "Where can I serve?"
Pastor's name: Dave Engbrecht

No. 6 -- Connect: Fearlessly Doing Life Together

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, October 25, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht Series: Under Fire - A Game Plan for Life's Toughest Challenges The greater the challenges, the more important it is to stay connected. It's incredibly risky to attempt to fly solo. God created us as relational beings. Those statements speak of the necessity of doing life together. Life on life becomes the fuel for a healthy growing disciple. In spite of this, most believers find that doing life together is like riding uphill against the wind - challenging and at times even discouraging. Moving toward people, rather than against or away from them, is essential for our basic survival.
Pastor's name: Dave Engbrecht

No. 5 -- Connect: Doing Life Together

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, October 18, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht Series: Under Fire - A Game Plan for Life's Toughest Challenges Living connected to others is absolutely critical for one's spiritual growth. God designed us to give and receive grace by being connected. Yet, in an age of independence, overload and self-centeredness, more and more believers are practicing disconnect rather than connect. Moving toward connecting enhances our spiritual health and positions us to be well prepared for tomorrow's curve balls.
Pastor's name: Dave Engbrecht

No. 4 -- Grow: Practicing Healthy Disciplines

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, October 11, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht Series: Under Fire - A Game Plan for Life's Toughest Challenges Spiritual disciplines help us prepare for tough decisions, keep us thinking clearly and move us forward in becoming fully committed disciples for Jesus.
Pastor: Don Rohrer

No. 3 -- Changed ... and Changing

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, October 4, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht Series: Under Fire - A Game Plan for Life's Toughest Challenges Is there a correlation between the quality of a wedding ceremony and the health of a long-term marriage? While everyone loves a beautiful wedding ceremony, a quality marriage is the real goal. It’s the same way in our life in Christ - a decision to follow Christ is an incredible starting point but walking and growing in Him is essential to reaching the desired end. So how are you doing toward that end? Are you truly maturing in your walk with Him?
Pastor's name: Dave Engbrecht

No. 2 -- Change: Choosing to Follow

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, September 27, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht Series: Under Fire: A Game Plan for Life's Toughest Challenges Don't forget to "touch first base!" In any preparation it's important to do first things first. For us to be prepared to live under fire and navigate life's toughest challenges we must care for the most important things first and nothing is more important than our salvation.
Pastor's name: Dave Engbrecht

No. 1 -- Spirit Strength

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, September 20, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht Series: Under Fire: A Game Plan for Life's Toughest Challenges The real strength of a person is not found in the physical body, economic status or even reputation. Real strength is found in the spirit - the inner man. In 2 Timothy Paul lays out a clear game plan to develop strength under fire, and it all starts in the spirit. Life's toughest challenges are inevitable - inner strength, the strength of the spirit, is imperative.
Pastor's name: Dave Engbrecht

Jesus on Avoiding the Big Crash, Part 4

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, September 13, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht Maintaining our spiritual disciplines is key to keeping the train on the tracks. Spiritual casualties don't need to happen! It's possible for us to have a growing dynamic walk with the Lord. As we chase after God’s best we build default behaviors into our lives that help us keep the train on the tracks.
Pastor's name: Dave Engbrecht

Jesus on Avoiding the Big Crash, Part 3

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, September 6, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht Becoming a fully committed disciple is far more than just a simple decision to follow Christ. It's about following, walking and growing in Him and those things don't just happen. They are the result of having the right disciplines in your life. One of the first and most important disciplines is a daily quite time or time alone with God!
Pastor's name: Dave Engbrecht

Jesus on Avoiding the Big Crash, Part 2

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, August 30, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht The last two words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount were shocking: "GREAT CRASH!" But He told His disciples how to avoid that - "hear my words and put them into practice." That simple concept of putting into practice was taught to Timothy by Paul. It's all about taking responsibility for our own spiritual development - the way to avoid the great crash!
Pastor's name: Dave Engbrecht

Jesus on Avoiding the Big Crash

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST

Sunday, August 23, 2009 Host: Dave Engbrecht In His quest to make fully committed disciples, Jesus pressed the crowds to live a life of impact and fruitfulness. Jesus never sought to accommodate the crowds but instead showed them a new way of life by challenging them to put His teachings into practice. It's all theory until it's lived out - that’s His call to us as well.

Ministry Information

Nappanee Missionary Church, Nappanee, Indiana, is a community of believers focused on our mission of "making fully committed disciples!" We believe that God's "fingerprints" are all over this work. As we have been blessed with 26 consecutive years of growth under Senior Pastor Dave Engbrecht's leadership, we are careful to say it's not because of our giftedness but rather because of God's faithfulness. NMC is a vibrant local church, still growing beyond its current average weekly worship attendance of over 2,800, in a city of 6,600 residents. With three Sunday morning worship services in the main worship center, and one (soon expanding to two) in-house video venue(s) called The Connection, as one national leader said, "NMC is the miracle in the corn field." Yes, if God can do it here He can do it anywhere!

Through the years God has enabled us to equip and send many men and women into full time vocational Christian ministry. In addition, nearly ten percent of the NMC congregation participates in a short-term international missions experience each year. Domestic outreaches range from student ministries involved in evangelistic missions in major urban areas, to a satellite congregation, CityChurch, which ministers to a large mobile home community and the rental housing market in our own city. A new video venue in Topeka, Indiana, a town of 1,200 located some 35 miles from the home campus, presently averages nearly 200 in weekly worship attendance. With a God-inspired, expanding vision for ministry on local, regional, national and global levels, NMC also enjoys important strategic partnerships with several missions entities as well as with a number of other local churches.

At NMC we enthusiastically believe that "our greatest days are just ahead!"