Life Community Church
On this page you can hear weekend messages from our Life Community Church teaching team, as well as life transforming stories. Life Community Church is a place for family, a place for relationships, and a place where those who call themselves followers of Jesus can belong. Join us in Columbia Illinois, or learn more about us by visiting us at lifeillinois.org.
Episodes
431 episodes
Sara Sutherland | A Mother’s Story Of Infant Loss And Unshakable Faith | This Is Life
Join Sarah as she walks us through a prenatal diagnosis that included diaphragmatic hernia and hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the constant swirl of high-risk appointments, and the quiet strength it took to set boundaries when options were pla...
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She Wakes Breakout Session | Jodi Miller
Join Jodi Miller as she walks through key passages in Galatians about salvation by grace through faith, the law as a temporary guardian, and the stunning identity change Jesus brings: no longer slave, but child and heir. Jodi talks about what i...
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She Wakes Final Session | Kelly Bridges
Join Kelly Bridges as she discusses believing in Jesus and still being led around by everything else. We start with that uncomfortable truth because the question beneath much of our anxiety, comparison, and noise is simple: who is actually form...
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She Wakes Breakout Session | Mattea Pellizzer
Join Mattea as she talks about what it means to let go of control, why surrender is a daily choice, and how even good passions can become idols if they outrank a relationship with Jesus. Mattea explains how worry and overthinking can get “loud,...
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She Wakes Breakout Session | Kayce Eilerman
Join Kayce Eilerman as she pulls wisdom from C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters to expose a subtle strategy that wrecks Christian community: get believers to fixate on annoyances until they stop seeing the spiritual reality of the church. From t...
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She Wakes Breakout Session | Jessica Andrews
Join Jessica Andrews as she traces the shift from missionary life and clear ministry categories to the confusing, often lonely reality of motherhood and everyday work. Together, we challenge the sacred vs secular split that makes ordinary jobs ...
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She Wakes Breakout Session | Amanda Denny
Join Amanda as she keeps it practical and grounded in faith, looking at Christian mental health through the lens of community, Scripture, and choice. Amanda explains why having godly community matters when anxiety gets loud, including the idea ...
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What If Hypocrisy Is Keeping You From God? | Easter @ Life | Week 1
Culture tells us to follow our hearts, protect our comfort, and stay in control. Jesus tells us to deny ourselves, carry a cross, and hand him the keys. That tension is where many people get stuck, not because they don’t believe in eternity, bu...
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She Wakes Preview 2026
Let's talk about She Wakes weekend! We talk about the energy in the room when women gather to worship, why we’re pumped for the Hope Darst concert, and how the breakout sessions keep weaving together year after year in a way we couldn’t plan if...
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Mike Boone | Generosity Changed Everything And Here Is Why | This is Life
Mike Boone sits down with us for a conversation that hits hard and stays honest. Mike tells the stories behind a lifetime of tithing and generosity: getting laid off right after sensing a warning from God, a front-yard moment where he felt God ...
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Why We Build | Dobie Weasel | Week 10
A building can be poured in concrete, but the real reason we build is written in people. We start by celebrating a huge win for foster care through the One Life Banquet, then we shift to something even bigger: praying over the next generation a...
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Waiting Well | Dream Big | Week 8
Hurry promises control; waiting offers transformation. We open up about that uncomfortable space between promise and payoff, where timelines stretch and motives surface. Drawing from Philippians 4, we unpack how Paul learned contentment through...
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Unashamed Faith | Dream Big | Week 9
A reveal can thrill or sting, but it always tells the truth. We opened with lighthearted stories, then shared a milestone that took our breath away: our church family pledged 2.4M over two years. That number isn’t a headline to frame; it’s a co...
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Obedience | Dream Big | Week 7
What if the future of our church is decided in small, ordinary moments where love either moves or stalls? We open with the story behind our name—life spoken over a city scarred by loss—and trace how that promise shaped our mission to make room ...
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Day 13 | Dream Big Devotional | Kelly Bridges
We trace Israel’s slip from bold promises to the golden calf and the mercy that invited them back into generous obedience. We reflect on how willing hearts turn resources into worship and how daily attentiveness helps us partner with God’s work...
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Faithfulness That Grows | Dream Big | Week 6
What if the most dangerous move is playing it safe? We open Matthew 25 and wrestle with the Parable of the Talents as a living blueprint for money, mission, and movement. The thread running through every story and challenge is simple: how you s...
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Day 9 | Dream Big Devotional | Kayce Eilermann
We trace how Romans 10 moves from belief to hearing to telling, and why unity and urgency belong together. Saul’s transformation into Paul, a split church in Rome, and a challenge from an atheist converge to push us past preference and into cou...
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DAY 8 | Dream Big Devotional | Caleb Pellizzer
We explore Philippians 4:15–20 to show how generous partnership shapes the giver, why attitude matters in sacrifice, and how God supplies needs far beyond money. Fasting becomes a pathway to new victories, deeper anointing, and relationships th...
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