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Artisan Church Podcast
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Artisan Church's weekly message and other audio content - (www.artisanchurch.com/podcast) We're a new church in Rochester, NY seeking to creatively live out the mission God has given us to "encounter God, embrace people, and engage culture, in the way of Jesus." We hope you're encouraged (and often challenged) by our weekly bible messages, music, interviews, and more. Enjoy! "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." - The Apostle Paul (Ephesians 2:10)
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Show Me
Pastor Jae explores how Moses’s request to behold God’s glory connects with Jesus’ teaching on authority and honor. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Lost in Translation”
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Women Lost in Translation
A rapid-fire overview of five common biblical misapplications of texts about women Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Lost in Translation”
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Corner Stones
Pastor Jae explores Paul’s passionate plea to follow Jesus, even in death, toward a prize full of new life. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Lost in Translation”
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Fear Not
Our interim pastor candidate, Gloria Roorda, will explore how knowing how God sees us can help us not to fear in seasons of great distress. Speaker: Gloria Roorda
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The Spirit’s Charge: New Creation
The Holy Spirit works to direct not only us but all of creation to its intended fullness in Christ. But how does the Spirit do this? Through physical things and physical people. That means we as the church are called and empowered to bear God into the whole world. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin…
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The Model Son: Redemption
The incarnation of Jesus is about so much more than "saving us from our sins." In taking on human-ness, Jesus redeems all of our life, down to the most ordinary part. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “A Theology of the Ordinary”
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From the Beginning
Explore how from the very beginning the Father’s plan for humanity included blessing, not condemnation. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “A Theology of the Ordinary”
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Transition Update
Join us during service on August 30th for an update from the pastoral staff on upcoming plans as we prepare for Scott's retirement. Speaker: Pastors Scott, Jae and Jessie
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Stories of Sabbatical
Jessie shares stories from her recent sabbatical. Speaker: Pastor Jessie Brajcki
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A House of Prayer for All People
How well has the church done with implementing the vision of Isaiah 56 (reinforced by Jesus in all four Gospels), that God's house would be a house of prayer for all people? Speaker: Preston Young Part of the series “Collage of Preachers”
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God of Not-the-Wind
We don’t have to step into a hurricane to find God. God is not waiting to be found. If you spend our life fretting about heaven and hell, the latest tragedy, etc., you may well miss the God who is already with you, right where you are. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Collage of...
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More Than Enough
In the feeding of the (more than) 5000, everyone brings a little and that little is more than enough. Can we do the same for one another and the world around us? Speaker: Heather Bennett, PhD Part of the series “Collage of Preachers”
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Non-Negotiables
As faith is often a mystery, many of us wrestle with uncertainty. Let’s dive into three non-negotiables that are given to us. Speaker: Austin Turner Part of the series “Collage of Preachers”
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Jacob’s Ladder
Climb with us as we explore how personal crises present Jacob the opportunities for spiritual growth. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Collage of Preachers”
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The Cynic, the Grinder, and the Gardener
When we are faced with problems, we often are tempted to withdraw and give up, or work overtime to fix everything. But sometimes God may be calling us to wait and trust that a seed will bear fruit in the end. Speaker: Sean Pritzkau Part of the series “Collage of Preachers”
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Shiphrah and Puah: A Lesson in Courage
Dr. Gloria Roorda explores a deep cut from the Hebrew Bible as she invites us to encounter Shiphrah and Puah, Egyptian midwives, who defied the Pharoah’s command to kill all newborn Hebrew baby boys. Speaker: Dr. Gloria Roorda Part of the series “My Side of the River: An Artisan Spring Read”
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Hunger for Crumbs
Pastor Jae explores biblical themes from the Artisan Read, My Side of the River. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “My Side of the River: An Artisan Spring Read”
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God Seen, Not God Cursed
Dr. Marlena Graves centers our attention on the life of Hagar and prompts us to consider the courage and faithfulness to belong to God even after being abandoned by others. Speaker: Dr. Marlena Graves Part of the series “My Side of the River: An Artisan Spring Read”
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Brave Faith
Faith is trust multiplied by action. A life of true faith requires us to be brave, to take risks, to put ourselves on the line. But God is worthy of this trust, as we see in story after story in the Bible. Inspired by the 2026 Artisan Summer Read, My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo...
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My Side of the River
Congolese pastor Rachel Uwiringiyimana kicks off our My Side of the River Series sharing what we have to learn from female protagonists in scripture whose identity intersects with location and dislocation, with being home and being an immigrant. The message will be translated by her daughter,...
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Pentecost Reflections
An Artisan Church tradition: Pentecost readings from the Bible in many languages, plus devotional reflections from several different Artisan members! Speaker: Various Part of the series “Everything Is Meaning: Ecclesiastes and Existentialism”
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Everything Is Poetry
Travel through nine different moments that remind us that life is precious and that even when it is hard, life is beautiful and something to behold. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Everything Is Meaning: Ecclesiastes and Existentialism”
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Songs and Poems, Part One: Songs
Revisiting themes from Ecclesiastes through songs that inspire, challenge, and give voice to our longing to make meaning in a world that so often seems meaningless. Pastor Scott is joined by special musical guest Mel Muscarella. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Everything Is...
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Everything Is Meaning-Making
Pastor Jae explores how the work we do today is an investment in the support we may need in the mysterious, unpredictable future. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Everything Is Meaning: Ecclesiastes and Existentialism”
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Everything Is Meaningful
A reflection on the fact that even simple and seemingly unspiritual things can still point us toward deep meaning, and that this meaning can be found everywhere around us—even (and maybe especially) when the world seems like an unjust, disordered place. The poem referred to in this message is…
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Everything Is Meaningless
Pastor Jae explores how particular seasons in our lives drain the meaning that we work so hard to store up and offers a glimpse at why less is more. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Everything Is Meaning: Ecclesiastes and Existentialism”
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Everything Is Meaning
An introduction to the book of Ecclesiastes and to our series, in which we reflect on some of the least spiritual words in the whole Bible. Or are they the most spiritual? Or is it both? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Everything Is Meaning: Ecclesiastes and Existentialism”
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Easter Guidance for Chaotic Times
Join us for Easter as Dr. Rebecca Letterman shares a message for leaning into the season even when the world is full of turmoil. Speaker: Rebecca Letterman
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A City in Turmoil
When Jesus entered Jerusalem at the start of Holy Week, his presence created turmoil. Perhaps we should expect some turmoil when Jesus starts to overturn our expectations—even when this is uncomfortable for us. (At the start of the sermon, Pastor Scott offered at tribute to his grandmother in…
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On Seeing and Believing
Pastor Jae inspects the dangers of looking at surface appearances, and examines how God’s standard for living well begins in our hearts. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Jesus on the Outside”
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Blindness and Sin
A sacred community reading of the famous story of Jesus healing a man who was born blind—and resetting religious understandings of the cause of disability in the process. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Jesus on the Outside”
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The Woman at the Well, and an Announcement
A reflection on the story of Jesus ministering to a single person, one on one, outside the walls of the church—and what that has to do with Pastor Scott's special announcement. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Jesus on the Outside”
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We Speak of What We Know
Pastor Jae explores how a conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus reveals how what we know often is based on where and when we’re from. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Jesus on the Outside”
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Six Days Later
Pastor Jae explores why Jesus’s transfiguration provides hope and stability for many believers around the world. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Season of Epiphany 2026: Unveiling the mysteries of faith”
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Salt and Light
Pastor Jae shares a message about how leaning into our faith requires true communal belief in who we are and what defines us. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Season of Epiphany 2026: Unveiling the mysteries of faith”
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Light Bulb Moment
Have you ever had a moment where something that was confusing suddenly became crystal clear? Once you see it, it seems so obvious. The good news of Christianity should feel like this—and if it doesn’t, perhaps that is because you just haven’t had the right epiphany yet. (Note this sermon is based...
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Acknowledging the Heaviness
The community comes together to process the challenges of current events by "living the questions" that arise in us lately. Speaker: Pastors Jae Newman and Scott Austin Part of the series “Season of Epiphany 2026: Unveiling the mysteries of faith”
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Properties of Water
Pastor Jae examines how a “servant song” from Isaiah offers clear reasons why Jesus is “Beloved” to his Father and explores what Jesus’s baptism means for us. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Season of Epiphany 2026: Unveiling the mysteries of faith”
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In the Beginning…
Pastor Jae teaches on how the Genesis creation narratives connect with Jesus’s establishment of the Kingdom of God. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Season of Epiphany 2026: Unveiling the mysteries of faith”
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The Politics of Christmas
The story of the birth of Jesus is inherently "political," meaning simply that it took place in a particular place and time, with social and civic factors at play. (Just look at how much detail about the government there is in the Christmas story!) We, too, exist in a particular time and place,...
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Unexpected Joy
Dive into Mary’s “Magnificat,” her famous hymn of praise, as we explore some of the stresses held by Jesus’s mother while she clung to the hope of security in God’s provision. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “The Will to Dream: Persistent courage to imagine, resist, and rebuild a...
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Prophetic Peace
When we are caught in the tension between a holiday season that calls us to peace and a world that seems to be in ever-increasing discord, we may need to reset our understanding of what peace is, and what it isn't. We are reminded, once again, of Martin Luther King Jr.’s words: “True peace is not...
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Vigilant Hope
Enter Advent and discover the word of the Prophet Isaiah who calls us to draw strength from real hope in the midst of difficult, heartbreaking days. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “The Will to Dream: Persistent courage to imagine, resist, and rebuild a better world.”
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What Large Letters!
As we consider the way Paul ends his letter to the Galatians, we not only find the passage we've been anticipating all along (the Fruit of the Spirit!), but we also see the intensity and passion with which our author makes his point. Will we be offended—or inspired? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin...
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The Spirit Claps Back
Pastor Jae explores how Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, models how we can clap back against all that wishes to confuse us or separate us from finding our place in history and God’s family. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Roots of the Fruits”
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No Longer Divided
One of the earliest formative teachings of the Christian religion is that despite our never-ending desire to come up with ways to sort ourselves into hierarchy, the Spirit has leveled the playing field. We are all One. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Roots of the Fruits”
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Old and New Wine
Each autumn we contemplate questions both old and new. Explore how determining the vintage of our oldest questions can help us find ways to hold our new thoughts in tension as we pour our best into another year of learning, of aging. Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Roots of the...
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Shadows of Fruit
We know the presence of the Lord in our lives by the fruit of the Spirit that others find within us. What happens, though, when that fruit rots on the vine? How do we reset ourselves from the shadow sides of our gifts? Speaker: Pastor Jae Newman Part of the series “Roots of the Fruits”
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The Gospel in Chairs
A reprise of a well-loved sermon that helps us entirely rethink the ugly version of the "good news" that so many of us have heard. Don't miss it! Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Sunday School 2.0”
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Stories of Evolved Faith
Members of the Artisan community share the major shifts they experienced as they transitioned from childhood faith to an adult faith. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Sunday School 2.0”
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Artisan Church's weekly message and other audio content - (www.artisanchurch.com/podcast)
We're a new church in Rochester, NY seeking to creatively live out the mission God has given us to "encounter God, embrace people, and engage culture, in the way of Jesus."
We hope you're encouraged (and often challenged) by our weekly bible messages, music, interviews, and more. Enjoy!
"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." - The Apostle Paul (Ephesians 2:10)
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