Awaken Westchester Church

Lights Sledgehammers and Bows

This week, we continue our Noah series by looking at 3 more differences between the Noah flood story and other ancient flood stories which paint a new way of understanding what God desires for humanity and our relationship with the divine.  

Peace in the Midst of Darkness

Guest Speaker Joe Florio

Tevah

Join us this week as we continue exploring the story of Noah and see how Noah learned to trust God for a salvation beyond what he could manufacture on his own.  

Wholeness

What was the reason for the flood found in the story of Noah?  This week we look at the reason given for the flood in Genesis as compared to another ancient Babylonian story.  Listen as we find a revolutionary way to understand God and what this God desires for humanity and all creation.

Paying lip service to the Prophets

In the final week of our "Bad Religion" series, Jesus condemns the religious establishment for neglecting to follow the message of the prophets.  While they hold great respect for the prophets, they have forgotten the significance of their message and missed the life God has for them.  The life Jesus was calling people back to.

Whitewashed Tombs

The danger of an iceberg exists not in what is seen, but in the hidden parts lying under the surface. In this sixth woe, Jesus again highlights the importance of our focusing on our inner life for producing the peace and joy we're all after.

A Permanent Home

This week, Heiko Schwarz delivers his final sermon to Awaken before leaving for his next adventure. Join us as Heiko talks about how to live in this world while living in awareness of the permanent home promised by Christ.

First, the Inside

As we continue our series on "The Woes of Jesus", we see Jesus condemning a way of being that focuses exclusively on the external life while giving no attention to the inner life.  Join us this week as we explore how the inner life is where true power comes from.

Swallowing Camels

In this 4th Woe, Jesus critiques the religious leaders for neglecting the "more important matters of the law".  What are the more important matters Jesus is referring to?  And how do we arrange our lives in such a way that we live fully into the types of people God desires for us all to be?  Join us this week as we explore these questions and more!

The Words We Speak

Which words matter? Some words or all words? As we explore this third woe, we see Jesus critique a system that valued some words over others. In doing so, he exposes a way of living that creates a false distinction between sacred and non-sacred moments of life.