Newchurchlive.tv: Pastor Chuck Blair

Social media often forces us to chase a beauty that is at best elusive. How do we find a way to be centered on a view of ourselves grounded in God’s love?   3/20/22

When someone we love takes their life it fills us with heartbreak and tenderness. Join us as we gently hold this topic together. **Due to the sensitive nature of the topic for this week, we want to communicate ahead of time about this week’s service, “Stay”, where we will discuss the tender subject of suicide.  We encourage you to make the best decision for you and your family if this is a service that may not be suitable for you at this time.** The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 3/13/22

Join us this Sunday as we look at the universal experience of grieving. Grief is something many of us have experienced. As Anne Lamott puts it, "They live forever in your broken heart that doesn't seal back up...It's like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly - that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp." Come hear how others have learned to dance through life celebrating the loved ones they have lost. 3/6/22

Join us for a message on shifting our frame of reference. One that can feel radical at times, but ultimately transformative and life-giving.   2/27/22

We can confuse “clarity” with “purity.” God does not offer a “pure” world. What He offers us is a good world. 2/20/22

It is relatively easy to love those within our own self-defined tribe. They are the ones “like us” as opposed to others who are not. This kind of mistaken essentialism falters communities and our ability to join together in serving the common good. There are answers, in different ways God calls us to live.   2/13/22

Forgiveness is one of the more challenging hurdles we face in life. How do we forgive, authentically and lovingly as God would ask us to, even in situations where the hurt and harm is absolutely real? 2/6/22

Many have found a “home” at church, a place with a deep sense of belonging, as well as opportunities to grow and serve. That growth is reflected in our families, our relationships, our jobs, even in our schools/education. Join us for this special New Church Live Service in connection with young adults from the Academy of the New Church. You are sure to leave inspired! 1/30/22

What’s waiting for us on the other side? We’ll talk about the welcome everyone receives, and the three stages of learning that mark our fresh start in the life to come – with Curtis Childs. 1/23/2022

Join us for a special service this Martin Luther King Day weekend as we welcome Philadelphia attorney and reigning Ms. Universe Nikki Johnson-Huston to New Church Live. This week we look at the Beloved Community, Connection, and Possibility.

All of us have relationships we would love to see shift in the new year. How, with God's help, can we do that? 1/9/2022

What can get in the way of a fresh start is often our own habitual thinking around only taking the paths we know will yield success. But God offers something far more fun - possibility! Join us as we look at a fresh start in 2022.   1/2/2022

Cycles of life spinning you around? Don’t worry, even if it doesn’t always seem like it, God is constantly bringing you forward to something better. 12/26/21

Join us this Christmas as we celebrate Christmas Eve together in this special family service. 12/24/21

While much of love is defined along both romantic and emotional levels, the love we find in the Christmas story is much more a steadfast love, built through transformative solidarity of simply showing up again and again. Join us as we celebrate the season with this new and inspiring view of an actionable love. 12/19/21

Join us as we look at joy in a new light. Beyond superficial happiness, beyond entertainment, true joy lies deep within our souls, a place touched by God.   12/12/21

Christmas reminds us of a deeper peace beyond life's circumstances, a peace reminding us, "God is here too." Join us as we celebrate the season together!   12/5/21

Let us look together at the birth of hope into our lives this holiday season.   11/28/21

Thanksgiving is a beautiful holiday, one of the most joy filled. And within that joy lies an opportunity for a life-giving shift around seeing - a movement from what we see (counting our blessings) to how we see (seeing the gift of "enough" everywhere).  

What’s more important than knowing who God is? The clearest picture we can get may just reveal itself by studying how God lives.   with Curtis Childs