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Welcome to the Thrive Church Podcast! Catch up on missed messages or listen again to those that spoke to you. Also, a great way to share Thrive Church with family and friends looking for a church family! Find out more about Thrive, including who we are, how to get involved, and how to give at encounterthrive.com. Our current home each Sunday is: Dellwood Park Community Center 1811 S Lawrence Ave Lockport, IL 60441 Services begin at 10:00am, each Sunday. Watch our messages live on Facebook (facebook.com/encounterthrive) or subscribe to our YouTube Channel (youtube.com/channel/UCLEMMVvvqdeGymrXjL09dVg) Like/Follow/Share @encounterthrive Bumper music courtesy of www.purple-planet.com.
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4 days ago
4 days ago
56 min
Our apologies for not being able to upload a message from last week, we were experiencing some technical difficulties, but a huge thank you to Pastor Nate for sharing about healing in Christ. This week’s message, delivered by Pastor Brian, is from Acts 10. Life sure is full of surprises, isn’t it? Together, we get to explore how the early church reacted to such unexpected twists in life.
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Aug 13, 2026
Aug 13, 2026
52 min
Tearing anything down is easy, building others up is what seems to be difficult in this life. This week, Pastor Brian shares a message about Barnabas in the Book of Acts and how he went around encouraging others; let us all be Barnabas to one another.
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Aug 12, 2026
Aug 12, 2026
52 min
There really is nothing like a salvation testimony! Today’s message, is about the story of when the Apostle Paul encountered Jesus Christ and had his name changed from Saul to Paul. Pastor Brian shares a message about his favorite story in the book of
Acts.
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Aug 11, 2026
Aug 11, 2026
34 min
This week’s message might be short, but it is sweet. First, missionaries Earl and Laura Goodrich share how they are carrying out The Great Commission in Africa. Second Pastor Brian share a great message on how The Gospel is for ALL nations, not just a select few. For those that were able to make it to service the Sunday this message was shared, what a blessing it was to have The Arts Collective from Dallas, Texas join us and lead us in worship!
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Aug 10, 2026
Aug 10, 2026
54 min
Our apologies for the poor audio quality this week, we were experiencing technical difficulties and this is the best we could do with what was available to us. To open this week, Pastor Keith Lawler shares the ministry of Father’s House Fellowship in Cambodia that he leads and all the God is accomplishing through him there. Then, Pastor Brian shares a very apt message about missions in the early church.
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Aug 9, 2026
Aug 9, 2026
52 min
Remember “What Would Jesus do Bracelets”? More like “Jesus would not have got himself into this situation in the first place,” am I right? We often find ourselves in difficult situations that we didn’t intend to be in. Thankfully, we serve a God who’s bigger than those situations. Pastor Brian shares a message about how we can change the world through God’s calling.
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Jul 5, 2026
Jul 5, 2026
51 min
It’s the Thrive Podcast! On this episode, AP is joined by Chase to discuss our current message series in the book of Acts. Happy Independence Day everyone!
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Jun 29, 2026
Jun 29, 2026
1 hr 10 min
This message, we are blessed to have Pastor Brian and Angela preach together. When it comes to ministry, there are people who breathe life into it, those that struggle who do so, and those that just kill it. It should be our goal to bring that life to ministry to lead more to Christ, let’s listen to this blessed message together.
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Jun 27, 2026
Jun 27, 2026
55 min
It’s Father’s Day! What a better day to talk about our commitments. In Acts 5 it speaks about that living up to the commitments that we make, let’s listen to the Word that Pastor Brian share from God’s heart.
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Jun 25, 2026
Jun 25, 2026
43 min
There are times we are defiant, we push the line. Beliee it or not, sometimes it’s Godly to do so! Pastor Brian shares a great message about Acts 4 where the early church pushes the line.
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