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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.
Episodes

Mar 17, 2024
Mar 17, 2024
44 min
Who do you say Jesus is? We begin our series in preparation of Easter with the Son of God.
Make plans to join us for Good Friday Service, Friday, March 29th, 7:00pm at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Then, celebrate the risen King with Easterpalooza on Sunday, March 31, also at the Dellwood Park Community Center. Find more at encounterthrive.com.

Mar 10, 2024
Mar 10, 2024
58 min
Royal Family Kids Camp is a camp for abused and neglected kids in the foster care system. It's a week where kids are loved and treasured and introduced to the love of Christ. Kimmy Zwartz is the director of Royal Family Kids - Lockport. She shares the story of camp and the need for volunteers and support to be able to bring 20 kids to camp this year.
Follow RFK - Lockport at www.facebook.com/rfkLockportIl
Find more at www.encounterthrive,com/camp

Mar 2, 2024
Mar 2, 2024
35 min
Pastor Brian Bougher opens up our new series on Proverbs, and the wisdom of the man considered the wisest ever, King Solomon. Today, our focus is the Fear of God.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.

Feb 18, 2024
Feb 18, 2024
57 min
Pastor Brian concludes our series on Culture Deconstruction. We begin with Jeremiah 1:4, and break down 3 lies, or false gods, that today's society pushes on us all.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.

Feb 12, 2024
Feb 12, 2024
1 hr 2 min
Pastor Brian continues our brief series on Culture Deconstruction. Pastor Brian tells us about 4 reasons our society is deconstructing at a rapid pace is Darwinism in Academia, a skewed view of the concept of Separation of Church and State, Marxism in Academia, and Moral Relativism and Progressivism. Despite society's bent towards its own deconstruction, we have hope.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, 1811 Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.

Feb 5, 2024
Feb 5, 2024
1 hr 29 sec
Pastor Brian Bougher leads us in the first of our new series called Culture Deconstruction: Tearing Down Our Age of Lies. This first message focuses on the origins of the feminist movement and how the movement became corrupted.
Join us in person next Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.

Feb 1, 2024
Feb 1, 2024
28 min
Please note that this message is from our men's retreat and handles some mature topics related to men.

Jan 31, 2024
Jan 31, 2024
39 min

Jan 30, 2024
Jan 30, 2024
1 hr 8 min
Pastor Ed Ainsworth opens our Warrior Men's Retreat on Friday, January 26th, confronting shame head on.
Please note that this message is from our men's retreat and handles some mature topics related to men.

Jan 29, 2024
Jan 29, 2024
1 hr 1 sec
After teaching our men at the Warrior Men's Retreat this weekend, Pastor Ed Ainsworth speaks with us today. He shares on the importance of being plugged in to the next generation, and to reach those that are lost and hurting.
Recordings of Pastor Ed's teachings at the men's retreat will be available later this week on this same platform.
We'd love to see you in person this Sunday at the Dellwood Park Community Center, Lawrence Ave., Lockport, IL. Find more at encounterthrive.com.
