Encounter Church

Sermon Date: October 13, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Wisdom From Above

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 7:15-29

Speaker: Michael Boehm

Notes:

BIG IDEA
The strength of God’s wisdom will guard you against worldliness.

1) Choose Wisdom over Worldliness.     Ecclesiastes 7:15-19
2) The Futility of Worldliness Demonstrated.     Ecclesiastes 7:20-26
3) Seek the Wisdom from Above.     Ecclesiastes 7:27-29

 

Sermon Date: September 29, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Content in God Alone

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20

Speaker: Michael Boehm

Notes:

BIG IDEA
We can be content with less because we are satisfied in God.

Sermon Date: September 22, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Words or Worship

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Speaker: Bill Reynolds

Notes:

BIG IDEA
How you worship matters to God.

1) Going through the motions     Ecclesiastes 5:1
2) Bloviating     Ecclesiastes 5:2-3
3) Lip service     Ecclesiastes 5:4-6
4) With devotion     Ecclesiastes 5:7

Sermon Date: September 15, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Being a Friend

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Speaker: Michael Boehm

Notes:

BIG IDEA
Be the friend you hope others will be to you.

1) The Overwhelmed Comforter.     Ecclesiastes 4:1-3
2) The Envious Neighbor.     Ecclesiastes 4:4-6
3) The Compulsive Workaholic.     Ecclesiastes 4:7-8
4) The Stranded Success.     Ecclesiastes 4:13-16
5) The Friend We Hope For.     Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Sermon Date: September 8, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Injustice and the Judgement of God

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 3:16-22

Speaker: Jake Hightower

Notes:

BIG IDEA
Trust in the One who will make all things right.

1) Trust that He Will Satisfy His Justice.     Ecclesiastes 3:16-17
2) Remember that He is Sovereign Over All Injustice.     Ecclesiastes 3:18-21
3) Rejoice in the Work He Has Given Us.     Ecclesiastes 3:22

 

Sermon Date: September 1, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Eternity in our Hearts

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

Speaker: Dan Horton

Notes:

BIG IDEA
God has engraved eternity onto our hearts in all the seasons of change.

1) Seasons change and God orchestrates it all. 
2) There is beauty in all of it.

 

Sermon Date: August 25, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Determined Delight

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

Speaker: Michael Boehm

Notes:

BIG IDEA
Determine to see the daily delights from God’s hand.

1) The Futility of Wisdom Under the Sun.     Ecclesiastes 2:12-16
2) The Frustration of Work Under the Sun.     Ecclesiastes 2:17-23
3) The Determined Daily Delight in God.     Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

 

Sermon Date: August 18, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Hedonism

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

Speaker: Michael Boehm

Notes:

BIG IDEA
Pleasure points us to the One who will truly satisfy our souls.

1) The Pleasure of Amusement.     Ecclesiastes 2:2-3
2) The Pleasure of Achievement.     Ecclesiastes 2:4-6
3) The Pleasure of Accumulation.     Ecclesiastes 2:7-9

 

Sermon Date: August 11, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Chasing What Matters

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18

Speaker: Michael Boehm

Sermon Date: August 4, 2024

Series: Chasing - Pursuing What Matters
Title: Meaning in the Mundane

Scripture Focus: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Speaker: Michael Boehm

Notes:

BIG IDEA
God gives meaning in the mundane.

1) A Pessimistic Introduction.     Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
2) The Problem of the Daily Grind.     Ecclesiastes 1:3-4
3) The Unending Cycle of the Mundane.     Ecclesiastes 1:5-11

Finding meaning through the Lord.