The Call by Pastor Peter Haas
The Call Pastor Peter Haas Honestly, it’s pretty fun to fall in love with a city. We fl irted. We dated. And even though I was born and raised a Packer, Minneapolis/St Paul and I got married when my family moved across state lines in the summer of 2004. It got even better when Brett [...]
Feature Pastor: Pastor Mark Mellen
For many, Assistant Pastor Mark Mellen is the fun-loving guy cracking jokes on stage every Sunday, but he wasn’t always a joyful man of God. Growing up, Mark saw only legalism and dead rituals at the churches his family attended. By his teens, he was disenchanted with Christianity and turned his back on the church. [...]
Message in Action: Heather Lee Anderson
Message in Action Many of us who have been attending Substance for a while have heard Pastor Peter’s sermons on the importance of financial margin, but how many of us have actually applied them to our lives? For Heather Lee Anderson, practicing financial margin recently saved her a lot of stress. While turning onto a [...]
Subgroup Highlight and Testimony: Men of the City
“Throughout my week, I can’t wait to go back. It is like being away from family,” said Men of the City attendee, Fines Whitley. To those who go to Men of the City, it is so much more than just a men’s group. It is a deep community of fellowship, friendship and spiritual growth. Men [...]
Melanie’s Story
Sometimes you hear stories that spark the imagination and cultivate your faith about unshakable men and women doing extraordinary things. Miracle workers, some might say. I can recall a time or two hearing this kind of lore regarding characters on the other side of the world. “If only that kind of thing could happen here,” may cross our minds when we hear such tales. It can. And it does.
Lamar’s Story
He wanted to be a pro baseball player, think Derek Jeter, but with brown eyes. I’ll never forget this about Lamar, and I’ll never forget where we were when I heard him say it. The chickenpox had kept Lamar, along with me, from participating in the real kindergarten graduation with the rest of our class. [...]
Abbey’s Story
Ready For Something New And Real It was the last night Abbey (Fedje) Menth was going to make a fool of herself. She had spent many nights out drinking with friends while her then soon-to-be ex-husband cared for their son, Benjamin. But this was the last time she was going out. Her marriage was dissolving, [...]
Omot’s Story
“My Heart is There even though
I AM HERE.”
– Pastor Omot Aganya
Armin’s Story
“At one point I was on my knees in tears: God, I don’t know you… I jus’ can’t do this anymore. Show me you’re real. Talk to me. Do somethin’! Show me Your face. This life ain’t worth livin’. Please God, I can’t do this on my own. I don’t have the answers. I got nothin’… I got nobody… I got nothin’ but you to turn too!”
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The Call by Pastor Peter Haas
The Call Pastor Peter Haas Honestly, it’s pretty fun to fall in love with a city. We fl irted. We dated. And even though I was born and raised a Packer, Minneapolis/St Paul and I got married when my family moved across state lines in the summer of 2004. It got even better when Brett [...]
Feature Pastor: Pastor Mark Mellen
For many, Assistant Pastor Mark Mellen is the fun-loving guy cracking jokes on stage every Sunday, but he wasn’t always a joyful man of God. Growing up, Mark saw only legalism and dead rituals at the churches his family attended. By his teens, he was disenchanted with Christianity and turned his back on the church. [...]
Message in Action: Heather Lee Anderson
Message in Action Many of us who have been attending Substance for a while have heard Pastor Peter’s sermons on the importance of financial margin, but how many of us have actually applied them to our lives? For Heather Lee Anderson, practicing financial margin recently saved her a lot of stress. While turning onto a [...]
Subgroup Highlight and Testimony: Men of the City
“Throughout my week, I can’t wait to go back. It is like being away from family,” said Men of the City attendee, Fines Whitley. To those who go to Men of the City, it is so much more than just a men’s group. It is a deep community of fellowship, friendship and spiritual growth. Men [...]
