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Perch.Church
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Perch.Church exists to love Jesus & love like Jesus. We do this through our Four Core Values: biblical, relational, open-minded, and service oriented.
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Lent: Shadows & Substance
Lent: Shadow & Substance Al Han We live in a world of contradictions. We are spiritual beings in earthly bodies. We are loving creatures in a hateful world. We are designed for relationships but religiosity surrounds us. What do we do with all this tension? We are called to be people of substance...
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Lent: Faith & Doubt
Lent: Faith & Doubt Al Han Let’s be honest, if you’re a spiritual person or a person of faith, you’ve had your fair share of doubts. Everyone doubts sometimes. So the question should not be whether or not we should doubt, The question should be what should we do with those doubts. Surprisingly…
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Lent: Intentional Waiting
Lent: Waiting Al Han Everyone waits, but not everyone intentionally waits. When we wait with intention, God works within us to help us heal, grow, and move forward in our spiritual lives. This is what Lent is all about, intentional waiting.
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Being In the Know
Being In the Know Sam Roberson
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Show Thyself
Show Thyself Al Han This Sunday we do a deep dive into the role of “shadow work” and examining ourselves as an imperative to healthy spirituality based on Psalm 139:1-15.
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Grow Thyself
Grow Thyself Al Han What does healthy spiritual growth look like? When I was younger, I thought it was as simple as reading, learning, and remembering. Now I’m realizing that growth is a constant process of knowing and unknowing, learning and unlearning, taking in and sending out. Join us…
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Know Thyself
Know Thyself Sermon Al Han
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Faith & Works
Faith & Works What’s the relationship between belief and works? Well, that’s the difference between an active faith and passive belief. We see this everywhere, not just in Christianity. Some might passively believe in social justice and easily talk about it and share it on social media, but how…
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Open Doors
Open Doors Perhaps you have heard the expression, “When God closes a door, He opens a window.” But is that always true? If you go looking for that quote in the Bible, you’ll be looking for a long time because you won’t find it in there. But every open door offers new opportunities for the people…
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Open Spirits
Open Spirit What does it mean to have an “open spirit”? Interestingly, I think it might be easier for some of us to recognize when someone has a “closed spirit.” Having an open spirit is essential in recognizing the constant work that God is doing in and around us. It also allows us to receive…
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Open Road
Open Road The road of life can introduce us to some unexpected people, new experiences, and profound challenges. However, there are many ways many tend to avoid these people, experiences, and challenges along the way. They avoid unexpected people by surrounding themselves with people just like...
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Open-Minded
Open Minded One of the Four Core Values of Perch.Church is open-mindedness. We believe that in order experience healthy and holistic spirituality, open-mindedness is absolutely essential. But the concept of openness is important in terms of being open to opportunities, relationships, and other...
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Deserts: Little Graces
Deserts: Little Graces During spiritually dry seasons, it seems like our spirits are barely trying to survive. We easily distract ourselves with busyness, activities, and entertainment, but our souls are shriveling within. God sends us little graces along the way to help sustain us during times…
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Deserts: Getting Well
Deserts: Getting Well It’s summertime and it’s been hot and dry in Souther California. This begs the question, have you been in a spiritually dry season? Maybe you’re in a spiritually dry season right now. How do we get out of spiritually dry season? Is it simply waiting on God, or is there more…
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A Sad Tale of FOMO
A Sad Tale of FOMO Have you ever felt FOMO? If so, is it possible God wants to grow you through that experience? Last month Rev. Sam Roberson guest spoke on “Forgiveness” for our Justice Series. This Sunday, he’ll be visiting again and sharing “A Sad Tale of FOMO.”
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Judgment - Part 2
Judgment - Part 2 Last Sunday we went over the theme of Judgment in our Justice Series. However, it seemed like we just scratched the surface on this important theme. So we will be continuing our discussion on Judgment this Sunday for 4th of July weekend.
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Judgment
Judgment Are you guilty of being a judgmental person? Far too often people have looked down on others in judgment because of their lifestyle, social status, or other reasons. I have found that as I have gotten older, I am becoming less and less judgmental and more and more understanding. There…
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Just Forgiveness
Just Forgiveness Jesus taught us to forgive our enemies and pray for those who offend us. Isn’t that annoying? But Jesus actually gave this command because of His concern for His followers and not the offenders. Forgiveness is a gift for the forgiver more than the forgiven.
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Just Anger
Just Anger Justice is something we all want. In fact, justice is a God-given desire innate in everyone. Yet, how many of us are willing to do the difficult work of looking inward and asking ourselves how we’re embodying justice in our own lives? While it’s easy for us to point fingers and blame...
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Justice
Justice Justice is something we all want. In fact, justice is a God-given desire innate in everyone. Yet, how many of us are willing to do the difficult work of looking inward and asking ourselves how we’re embodying justice in our own lives? While it’s easy for us to point fingers and blame…
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Restart: In the Wilderness Again
Restart: In the Wilderness Again Today we will lament and observe prayer reflecting on the tragedy that happened in Uvalde, TX this past Tuesday. For those watching online, please follow along with the Bulletin Attached. 5.29 Bulletin
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Restart: Bonds of Peace
Restart: Bonds of Peace Do you have any addictions? I have an addictive personality so I have to be careful what I consume. But lately, I’m trying to have a different approach towards addiction. Perhaps addictions are just another form of bonding; all human beings have an innate need to bond with...
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Restart: Feeling Stuck
Restart: Feeling Stuck Have you ever felt stuck in your life? Perhaps you’ve felt stuck vocationally, relationally, or financially. But have you ever wondered if you’ve ever felt stuck spiritually? Since 2020, it seems like most people are spiritually stuck but are either clueless as to how to...
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Restart: The Journey Ahead
Restart: The Journey Ahead
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Restart in the Wilderness
Restart in the Wilderness A common misconception that many people have regarding faith is that all of our questions will get answered, all of our doubts will be erased, and all of our struggles will be disappear. In fact, often times our faith calls us into asking more questions, causes us to…
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Restart After Resurrection
Restart After Resurrection Have you ever wondered what happened after Jesus’ resurrection? As we learned last week, Jesus’ resurrection was first experienced by a handful of people. Over time, more of Jesus’ followers witnessed Jesus’ return from the grave, but His resurrection was never meant to...
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Hope of Easter
Hope of Easter The definition of hope can differ from person to person. When people speak about hope in a spiritual sense, it might mean believing good things will happen with faith in God. For others, it might mean always looking on the bright side and seeing challenges as opportunities. In…
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Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday There’s an old adage: all roads lead to Rome. The reason why this saying came to be is because the Romans developed an advanced road system that connected various cities in their expansive Roman Empire. In ancient Jerusalem, however, there was only one path to Jerusalem because of…
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Life After Separation
Life After Separation Have you or someone you know gone through a difficult divorce, separation, or breakup? Then you may want to check out our next Sunday Seminar on “Life After Separation.” Many people separate from longterm relationships, but not many people put a lot of thought and intention...
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New Paths
New Paths It’s been almost exactly two years since we’ve Covid was declared a global pandemic with various quarantine, mask, and social gathering mandates. Things are finally opening up again and life can move forward, but life doesn’t feel quite normal. In fact, many parts of our lives feel...
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Waiting
Waiting Have you been waiting for change? And what are your thoughts on waiting? Perhaps you think its a waste of time, a void, or counter-productive. What if waiting can be more than that? What if waiting is good for the heart and spirit? God designed our lives to have periods of waiting...
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Connections: Living with Regret
Connections: Living with Regret Everyone has some varying degrees of regret in their lives, that is everyone who is relatively healthy and able to self-reflect. If you’re honest with yourself, you probably have your fair share or regrets too. But is there such a thing as healthy or unhealthy...
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Connections: Keeping It Real
Connections: Keeping It Real ”Keeping it real” means something different for different people. For some, it means being brutally honest despite hurt feelings and damaged reputations. For others, it means being true to yourself regardless of how it affects those around them. But have you ever...
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Connections: Exiled & Embraced
Connections: Exiled & Embraced In this time of “cancel culture,” it feels like almost anything you say, do, or stand for can get you excluded. Unfortunately, it’s no different in many American churches. “If you’re a Christian, you have to vote for . . .” “If you’re not an affirming church, you’re…
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Connections: The Good Fight
Connections: The Good Fight What makes you want to fight? As human beings, we have an inherent primitive instinct to fight when we feel threatened. Perhaps this helps explain why many people have been so belligerent and combative the past two years because we have all been in survival mode. It...
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Perspective on Failure
Perspective on Failure What are your thoughts and reflections on failure? Most people typically think in one of two ways: failure is something we try to forget or failure is something we are ashamed of. Rarely will people embrace failure as a way of life. Yet, that’s exactly how are to approach...
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Perspective on Growth
Perspective on Growth What does spiritual growth look like? Is it up and to the right? Or is it more complex than that? Many people of faith take cues from the world around us to help explain spiritual maturity. But those metaphors are not always the most helpful because the kingdom of God…
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Perspective on Unity
Perspective on Unity What does true unity look like to you? I’ve been in contexts where unity looked like conformity; everyone has to think, act, dress, and behave the same way. I’ve been in contexts where unity looked like control; everyone lives the way they’re instructed. But I’ve also been in...
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Perspective on Fear
Perspective on Fear What are you afraid of? And how much of your decision-making is based on fear? It seems like everyone around us is freaking out these days because of omicron. But how much of our fear is based in reality? For example, if you look at the NY Times graph below, your eye naturally...
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New Perspective
New Perspective Happy New Year? Another year, another surge, another, well, everything. Do you remember when 2021 new year rolled around? Parades were cancelled, holiday parties were shut down, and most people were working and attending school online. We naively thought 2021 would be better…
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Advent: North Star
Advent: North Star ABOUT SUNDAY’S THEME As we’re all aware, the Covid-19 pandemic has swept the world the past two years and has left millions dead. Yet there’s another surge not many people are talking about; the sharp rise in anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. This highlights a…
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Jumping to Joy
Jumping to Joy What happens when you skip over the good parts of a movie and jump to the end? You miss a lot of what the filmmaker intended for the viewer to experience. You have a limited view of the story. And you miss out on a lot of the benefits of the journey. Often times when it comes to...
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Three Enemies of Gratitude
Three Enemies of Gratitude We shared earlier three different ways of expressing gratitude and how it can help us become more grateful in our lives. But what are the great obstacles or enemies of gratitude? Since gratitude needs to be regularly practice, gratitude is a practice that needs to be...
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Grateful Generosity
Grateful Generosity ABOUT SUNDAY’S THEME Did you know that a life of gratitude can lead to healthier relationships, longer lifespan, and generosity? Even more prevalent is that gratitude begets generosity begets spiritual vitality. How does grateful generosity manifest?
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Anger and Gratitude
Anger and Gratitude Can healthy spirituality and anger coexist? Also, can gratitude and anger coexist? When some people think of enlightened individuals, they think that anger cannot be part of that equation. But some of the most spiritual people in modern history were people who were angry about...
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Counter Cultural Gratitude
Counter Cultural Gratitude ABOUT SUNDAY’S THEME Did you know the opposite of gratitude is actually entitlement? In fact, we live in a very entitled culture, especially in Los Angeles. Most Americans believe that we have what have in our lives as a result of our determination, talent, and hard…
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Heart of Hospitality
Heart of Hospitality The mission statement for Perch is “a hospitable community for spiritual wanderers.” Hospitality is very important, not only to our church but to faith as a whole. In fact, the reason why we can even call ourselves the children of God is because God extended hospitality to…
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Healthy Conflict
Healthy Conflict We all know that we all run into conflict with our neighbors, friends, and family sometimes. But did you know that conflict is necessary for healthy relationships? If Jesus calls us to be peacemakers, that means that conflict is a required step in order for peace to come to...
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How Chaplaincy Taught Me to Love My Neighbor Pt.2
How Chaplaincy Taught Me to Love My Neighbor Pt.2 Last week, Al Han shared some of the valuable life lessons he learned over the past year as a hospital chaplain… love and let go, love anyway, and love by listening. This Sunday he will be concluding this message and you will find that much of…
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How Chaplaincy Taught Me to Love My Neighbor
How Chaplaincy Taught Me to Love My Neighbor After a two week hiatus, Al Han is returning to share some of the valuable life lessons he learned over the past two weeks and past year as a hospital chaplain. You will find that much of what he shares to be applicable in your own relationships,...
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Perch.Church exists to love Jesus & love like Jesus. We do this through our Four Core Values: biblical, relational, open-minded, and service oriented.
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