Bi-weekly sermons from Orchard Church, a community in Madison, WI learning to live the Way of Jesus together. We help people live connected to Jesus, grow through authentic community, and join God's renewing work in the everyday. Whether you're bringing questions, wrestling with doubt, or seeking deeper connection—there's room for you here. Learn more at orchardmsn.church.
As we continue our Encounter teaching series through the 40 days between resurrection and ascension, we turn to 1 Corinthians 15, where Paul mentions that the risen Jesus appeared to more than five hundred people, most of them unnamed. We explore what it means that the resurrection has always moved through ordinary people doing ordinary things, and why your everyday life — your work, your neighborhood, your parenting — is not a waiting room for your real calling, but the calling itself.
3 May 2026
Encounter - On The Shore
What do you do when you've failed so completely that you go back to who you were before everything changed? In John 21, Peter returns to fishing — not out of rest, but resignation. He's decided he's disqualified. But Jesus meets him on the shore anyway, at a charcoal fire that carries the memory of his worst moment, and asks him a question that begins to put him back together. This week, Pastor Leiah teaches us about restoration, calling, and what it means to be fully known.
19 Apr 2026
Encounter - Wounds We Carry, Scars He Kept
We call him Doubting Thomas. But what if doubt isn't the right word? In this first message of the Encounter series, we take a closer look at the disciple who refused to believe the resurrection — and find not a skeptic, but a grieving man who loved Jesus enough to die with him. Thomas wasn't holding out for evidence. He was holding his heart together. This teaching explores how our relational wounds shape our capacity to trust — and how they follow us into our faith. It asks why Jesus, in his risen body, kept his scars. And it lands at the table, where the bread and cup become the moment Thomas' story becomes ours.
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