"SANCTUARY | David and Doeg" by Dusty Johnson

Listen along as Pastor Dusty shares this message exploring the circumstances surrounding David fleeing from King Saul in 1 Samuel 21-22. David is found running to the sanctuary at Nob desperate for his life. In the process we see a view into David's life. It is a more human side of this hero, yet in his panic, we get to see him reorient back to a place of trust in God's vision and protection. 

This message is part of an ongoing series called David Stories | Exploring Earthy Spirituality. This series aims to cultivate a new appreciation for the variety of ways God demonstrates His love and commitment to mankind throughout the overarching bible narrative threaded through OT stories of David that take us through many relevant topics and ultimately point to Jesus.

*This teaching series was inspired by the book Leap Over A Wall | Earthy Spirituality for the Everyday Christians by Eugene Peterson (1997).

"GIANTS | David and Goliath" by Mike D"Eliso

Listen along as Mike D'Eliso shares this message addressing an earthy, yet spiritual perspective relating to the topic of addressing evil. This message begins with the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17 and ends with a challenge from Ephesians 6:10-19 and our approach to facing modern day giants.

This message is part of an ongoing series called David Stories | Exploring Earthy Spirituality. This series aims to cultivate a new appreciation for the variety of ways God demonstrates His love and commitment to mankind throughout the overarching bible narrative threaded through OT stories of David that take us through many relevant topics and ultimately point to Jesus.

*This teaching series was inspired by the book Leap Over A Wall | Earthy Spirituality for the Everyday Christians by Eugene Peterson (1997).

"WORK | David and Saul" by Randi Nelson

Listen along to Randi Nelson as she shares this message addressing an earthy, yet spiritual perspective relating to the topic of work. This message looks at the contrast between David and Saul and their approach to the work God called them to do. 

This is part of an ongoing series called David Stories | Exploring Earthy Spirituality. This series aims to cultivate a new appreciation for the variety of ways God demonstrates His love and commitment to mankind throughout the overarching bible narrative threaded through OT stories of David that take us through many relevant topics and ultimately point to Jesus.

*This teaching series was inspired by the book Leap Over A Wall | Earthy Spirituality for the Everyday Christians by Eugene Peterson (1997).

"Big Table Sunday Interviews" - September 2017

Listen along if you missed it!
As part of our Big Table Sunday each month, we had the pleasure of hearing from Debbie Shinkle, Jared Sand and Logan Knauss with the praise and worship team from The Father's House. We enjoyed a time of worship, sharing, communion and conversational interviews gathered with our CitySalt community.

Introducing Debbie Shinkle interviewed by Julie Johnson
Debbie is a kind and compassionate woman of God. She loves to serve others and honor Jesus through her actions and gifts. She enjoys sewing, crafts, gardening, trips to the beach and spending time with kids and grandkids. She has two adult children, Mike D’Eliso and Jessy D’Eliso, and two grandchildren, Shiloh and Eden who are all part of our CitySalt family. During the week you will find Debbie working as a Financial Services Representative for Pacific Cascade Credit Union in Eugene.
 
Introducing Jared Sand interviewed by Mike D'Eliso
Jared is a devoted husband, father and friend. He works hard to grow his knowledge and understanding of his relationship with God and how that relates to the people around him. He is married to Pam Sand and they have three sons:  Maddox, Jaxon and Brexton. Jared enjoys playing, watching and coaching sports, while being an avid outdoorsman with interests in hunting, fishing and camping. During the week you will find Jared telecommuting from a home office as a Contact Center Architect for Veritas Technologies.
 
Introducing Logan Knauss interviewed by Dusty Johnson
Logan is a determined and adventurous soul who loves Jesus. She has been part of our CitySalt family for over a year. She and her boyfriend Aaron enjoy regular trips with friends in the great outdoors seeking opportunities to climb rocks, hike mountains and rappel down ridiculous elevations. During the week you will find Logan working in area schools as an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for the 4J school district.
 

"Jesus and Storm Proofing" by Dusty Johnson

Listen along as Pastor Dusty shares this message from Matthew 7:24-29 where Jesus talks about inevitable storms and how we can build a strong foundation under our life. 

This message is part of an ongoing series titled, "Thy Kingdom Come" and focuses on how we can participate in more of God's Kingdom life as he makes himself known to us and the world around us.

Big Table Sunday Interviews | Sunday, August 27th

As a regular part of once per month Big Table Sunday's, we like to interview people as they share about their life and journey with the Lord. Listen along to interviews with Ally Mittleider and Shannon Kearney.

Ally Mittleider is a friend and former administrative assistant to the church while pursuing her Master’s Degree from Northwest Christian University (NCU) from 2015-2016. Before starting her career as school counselor, Ally chose to spend the last 12 months serving a Christian ministry that runs an outreach towomen in Cambodia. Ally was introduced to this ministry as part of NCU's summer mission trips during her undergraduate studies and it has been in her heart ever since.

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Ally Mittleider just returned home in July and is excited to begin her first full-time job as a counselor at Willamette High School and to begin preparations for her wedding to her fiance, Cameron Goertzen, in February 2018.

Shannon Kearney is the founding pastor of our congregation (formerly known as SouthHills Church), which was began in the Fall of 2004. We are grateful for her instrumental role in the history of our congregation and are glad to have the opportunity to hear what has been happening in Shannon’s life and to pray for her future.

"Jesus, Wolves and Fruit" by Mike D'Eliso

Listen along as Pastor Mike shares this message from Matthew 7:15-20 where Jesus warns his disciples about deceptive people with hidden agendas that can known by their fruit. 

This message is part of an ongoing series titled, "Thy Kingdom Come" and focuses on how we can participate in more of God's Kingdom life as he makes himself known to us and the world around us.

"Jesus, Pearls and Pigs" by John Rice

Listen along to Pastor John as he shares as he discusses the time and people we are to share the treasures of God from the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 7:6.

This message is part of an ongoing series titled, "Thy Kingdom Come" and focuses on how we can participate in more of God's Kingdom life as he makes himself known to us and the world around us.

"Jesus & Possessions" by Dusty Johnson

Listen along as Pastor Dusty shares a teaching from Matthew 6:19-24 that addresses the impact of moths, rust and thieves on our sense of happiness. Jesus cautions his followers not to inappropriately invest the treasure of our lives on things that not eternal. 

This message is part of an ongoing series titled, "Thy Kingdom Come" and focuses on how we can participate in more of God's Kingdom life as he makes himself known to us and the world around us.

"The Holy Spirit & Pentecost" by Dusty Johnson

Listen along as Pastor Dusty shares about the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday. In this talk he shares two video segments to help introduce a biblical overview of the Holy Spirit and reads several verses from Acts chapter 1 and 2. He also invites John Rice and Mike D'Eliso to share their experience with the Holy Spirit before giving time for the congregation to seek personal prayer.

To further explore this topic, you can find additional resources and the video segments share as part of this service by clicking HERE and to be redirected to our Salt Blog links.

"Audience of One" by Dusty Johnson

Listen along as Pastor Dusty shares a teaching from Matthew 6:1-18 that addresses the motivations behind our moves toward action (deeds), expressing worship (prayer) or practicing the fundamentals of our faith (fasting). He also takes time to discuss several challenges as it relates to hypocrites and rewards as mentioned by Jesus in this passage. This message also includes an interactive exercise that meant to challenge our creativity around fasting, prayer and service in the coming week. You can download the tool by clicking HERE.

This message is part of an ongoing series titled, "Thy Kingdom Come" and focuses on how we can participate in more of God's Kingdom life as he makes himself known to us and the world around us.

"Jesus & Forgiveness" by Randi Nelson

Listen along as Randi Nelson shares a teaching from Matthew 6:14-15 that addresses topic of forgiveness as our foundation of power. Randi also played the following video clip from Corrie Ten Boom's message on "How To Forgive."

This message is part of an ongoing series titled, "Thy Kingdom Come" and focuses on how we can participate in more of God's Kingdom life as he makes himself known to us and the world around us.

Corrie Ten Boom, "How To Forgive" (TRT 4:22)

"Jesus & Prayer" by Dusty Johnson

Listen along as Pastor Dusty shares a teaching from Matthew 6:5-15 that addresses that addresses some of the pitfalls we may experience in our prayer life.  This message is part of an ongoing series titled, "Thy Kingdom Come" and focuses on how we can participate in more of God's Kingdom he makes himself known to the world around us.