Summer Street Church Nantucket Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:24:45 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2601887 en-us © 2026 Summer Street Church Nantucket yes 9b715ddf-70a5-5ddc-b5c5-7ee47a554f3f office@summerstreetchurch.org Summer Street Church episodic false Welcome to the Summer Street Church weekly teaching podcast. Summer Street Church on Nantucket is a church community passionate about helping people find home in a family devoted to following Jesus. We believe in the Holy Spirit and in the authority and power of the scriptures to shape our communal life and practice, as we seek to teach God's word with clarity and conviction. We gather for worship every Sunday morning at 10:15. Teaching summaries and daily Quiet Table Guides are posted weekly on our blog at summerstreetchurch.org/blog.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Summer Street Church office@summerstreetchurch.org https://storage.buzzsprout.com/c2chcwsriqeh67mf81iu35vajfxi?.jpg Summer Street Church Nantucket https://www.buzzsprout.com/2601887 What Now? (Acts) | Vocation Restored What Now? (Acts) | Vocation Restored Tabitha didn’t work miracles. She worked material. Thread and needle, robes and clothing, made for the most vulnerable women in her community. And when she died, the widows didn’t describe her faith. They put on what she made.

That is her eulogy. Not words. Evidence.

This week we look at what the resurrection actually restores, and why the feeling that your ordinary life doesn’t add up to much is not a personality flaw. It’s a wound. One that Jesus came to heal. Because we are not waiting for the new creation. We are working toward it.

]]> Tabitha didn’t work miracles. She worked material. Thread and needle, robes and clothing, made for the most vulnerable women in her community. And when she died, the widows didn’t describe her faith. They put on what she made.

That is her eulogy. Not words. Evidence.

This week we look at what the resurrection actually restores, and why the feeling that your ordinary life doesn’t add up to much is not a personality flaw. It’s a wound. One that Jesus came to heal. Because we are not waiting for the new creation. We are working toward it.

]]> Summer Street Church Buzzsprout-19407698 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0400 2363 Jesus, Acts, What Now, resurrection, community, boldness, Holy Spirit, prayer, witness, Summer Street Church, Nantucket 1 10 full false What Now? (Acts) | Blind Devotion What Now? (Acts) | Blind Devotion Saul wasn’t persecuting the church because he hated God. He was persecuting the church because he loved God. His certainty didn’t come from rebellion. It came from devotion. And that’s what makes his story so unsettling, and so close to home.

Jesus didn’t stop him with a better argument. He stopped him with light. And the question that landed on Saul lands on us too: in your zeal, in your conviction that you know how God works, is it possible that Jesus is somewhere ahead of you asking, “Why are you persecuting me?”

]]> Saul wasn’t persecuting the church because he hated God. He was persecuting the church because he loved God. His certainty didn’t come from rebellion. It came from devotion. And that’s what makes his story so unsettling, and so close to home.

Jesus didn’t stop him with a better argument. He stopped him with light. And the question that landed on Saul lands on us too: in your zeal, in your conviction that you know how God works, is it possible that Jesus is somewhere ahead of you asking, “Why are you persecuting me?”

]]> Summer Street Church Buzzsprout-19407597 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400 2330 Jesus, Acts, What Now, resurrection, community, boldness, Holy Spirit, prayer, witness, Summer Street Church, Nantucket 1 9 full false What Now? (Acts) | Scattered What Now? (Acts) | Scattered In Acts 8, the early church faces real persecution. People are dragged from their homes, imprisoned, and scattered. But something unexpected happens: the scattering doesn't silence them. It spreads them. The enemy's strategy to destroy the church ends up planting it in places it had never reached.

In this message, Pastor Derek looks at what it actually means to live as resurrection people not just in theory, but in the moment when someone says something cutting, a decision gets made without you, or a relationship goes sideways. If Jesus was raised from the dead, that changes what's available to you in the next sixty seconds. You don't have to defend. You don't have to win. You don't have to protect anything.

The sign of people who actually believe that? Not anger. Not bitterness. Joy.

Part of the ongoing series What Now? — walking through the book of Acts together at Summer Street Church on Nantucket.

]]> In Acts 8, the early church faces real persecution. People are dragged from their homes, imprisoned, and scattered. But something unexpected happens: the scattering doesn't silence them. It spreads them. The enemy's strategy to destroy the church ends up planting it in places it had never reached.

In this message, Pastor Derek looks at what it actually means to live as resurrection people not just in theory, but in the moment when someone says something cutting, a decision gets made without you, or a relationship goes sideways. If Jesus was raised from the dead, that changes what's available to you in the next sixty seconds. You don't have to defend. You don't have to win. You don't have to protect anything.

The sign of people who actually believe that? Not anger. Not bitterness. Joy.

Part of the ongoing series What Now? — walking through the book of Acts together at Summer Street Church on Nantucket.

]]> Summer Street Church Buzzsprout-19321079 Sun, 31 May 2026 13:00:00 -0400 2114 Jesus, Acts, What Now, courageous compassion, boldness, Holy Spirit, prayer, witness, Summer Street Church, Nantucket 1 8 full false What Now? (Acts) | When the Pressure is On What Now? (Acts) | When the Pressure is On What comes out of you when the pressure is on? When you're backed into a corner, when the crowd turns hostile, when the cost of following Jesus becomes real, what surfaces?

In Acts 7, Stephen stands before the Sanhedrin facing false accusations and a hostile crowd. He could have softened his message, managed his image, bought himself some time. Instead, what comes out of him is a Spirit-filled retelling of Israel's entire story and an unflinching declaration that Jesus is Lord. The pressure didn't corrupt him. It revealed him.

This message from Pastor Cory explores what it looks like to be so formed by the Spirit of the risen Jesus that even opposition becomes an opportunity for witness. Stephen didn't perform courage. He had been shaped by something deeper than fear. And when the moment came, that's what showed up.

The question Acts 7 puts to each of us is simple and searching: when life squeezes you, what comes out?

Part of the ongoing series What Now? — walking through the book of Acts together at Summer Street Church.

]]> What comes out of you when the pressure is on? When you're backed into a corner, when the crowd turns hostile, when the cost of following Jesus becomes real, what surfaces?

In Acts 7, Stephen stands before the Sanhedrin facing false accusations and a hostile crowd. He could have softened his message, managed his image, bought himself some time. Instead, what comes out of him is a Spirit-filled retelling of Israel's entire story and an unflinching declaration that Jesus is Lord. The pressure didn't corrupt him. It revealed him.

This message from Pastor Cory explores what it looks like to be so formed by the Spirit of the risen Jesus that even opposition becomes an opportunity for witness. Stephen didn't perform courage. He had been shaped by something deeper than fear. And when the moment came, that's what showed up.

The question Acts 7 puts to each of us is simple and searching: when life squeezes you, what comes out?

Part of the ongoing series What Now? — walking through the book of Acts together at Summer Street Church.

]]> Summer Street Church Buzzsprout-19321033 Sun, 24 May 2026 13:00:00 -0400 1904 Jesus, Acts, What Now, resurrection, community, boldness, Holy Spirit, prayer, witness, Summer Street Church, Nantucket 1 7 full false What Now? (Acts) | The Resurrection Community What Now? (Acts) | The Resurrection Community What kind of life are you reaching for? Most of us don't decide. We just look around and start moving toward what everyone else has. In this message from Acts 4:32–5:11, Pastor Derek explores what happens when a community is formed not by the world's values, but by the Spirit of the risen Jesus. The early church didn't just believe differently, it behaved differently. No needy persons among them. Resources released freely. People showing up honestly with whatever they had.

But the resurrection community gets tested. The story of Ananias and Sapphira isn't just a warning about lying. It's a diagnosis of something deeper: the belief that what we have isn't enough and the performance we put on to cover that up. The resurrection community doesn't need impressive people. It needs honest ones.

This is part of the ongoing series What Now? — a walk through the book of Acts asking what the risen Jesus is doing now, and what we're called to be in response.

]]> What kind of life are you reaching for? Most of us don't decide. We just look around and start moving toward what everyone else has. In this message from Acts 4:32–5:11, Pastor Derek explores what happens when a community is formed not by the world's values, but by the Spirit of the risen Jesus. The early church didn't just believe differently, it behaved differently. No needy persons among them. Resources released freely. People showing up honestly with whatever they had.

But the resurrection community gets tested. The story of Ananias and Sapphira isn't just a warning about lying. It's a diagnosis of something deeper: the belief that what we have isn't enough and the performance we put on to cover that up. The resurrection community doesn't need impressive people. It needs honest ones.

This is part of the ongoing series What Now? — a walk through the book of Acts asking what the risen Jesus is doing now, and what we're called to be in response.

]]> Summer Street Church Buzzsprout-19320907 Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:00 -0400 2359 Jesus, Acts, What Now, resurrection, community, boldness, Holy Spirit, prayer, witness, Summer Street Church, Nantucket 1 6 full false Renewal | Mother's Day Renewal | Mother's Day In this teaching, Pastor Rich Leland takes us to Revelation for a surprising look at where this is all heading.

]]> In this teaching, Pastor Rich Leland takes us to Revelation for a surprising look at where this is all heading.

]]> Summer Street Church Buzzsprout-19196565 Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 1929 1 5 full false What Now? (Acts) | Courageous Compassion - Week 3 What Now? (Acts) | Courageous Compassion - Week 3 You've seen them. Someone in line at the grocery store or out and about whose life is hard right now. You feel something. And then you move on. Not because you don't care but because you don't know how it will go.

This week in Acts 3, Peter and John are on their way to the temple when they pass a man who has been lame from birth. And they do something most people don't. They move toward him. We explore what it looks like to live with courageous compassion and a simple, repeatable pattern any follower of Jesus can practice this week.

]]> You've seen them. Someone in line at the grocery store or out and about whose life is hard right now. You feel something. And then you move on. Not because you don't care but because you don't know how it will go.

This week in Acts 3, Peter and John are on their way to the temple when they pass a man who has been lame from birth. And they do something most people don't. They move toward him. We explore what it looks like to live with courageous compassion and a simple, repeatable pattern any follower of Jesus can practice this week.

]]> Summer Street Church Buzzsprout-19089750 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400 2221 Jesus, Acts, What Now, courageous compassion, boldness, Holy Spirit, prayer, witness, Summer Street Church, Nantucket 1 4 full false What Now? (Acts) | Come Holy Spirit - Week 2 What Now? (Acts) | Come Holy Spirit - Week 2 Something unprecedented happens in Acts 2. Not just wind and fire and three thousand baptisms. Someone arrives. And the question this week is not whether you believe in the Holy Spirit, but whether the Holy Spirit is at home in you. At Summer Street Church, we continue our series through the Book of Acts with the moment the Spirit falls on all believers, the church is born, and an entirely different kind of community becomes possible on Nantucket and everywhere else.

]]> Something unprecedented happens in Acts 2. Not just wind and fire and three thousand baptisms. Someone arrives. And the question this week is not whether you believe in the Holy Spirit, but whether the Holy Spirit is at home in you. At Summer Street Church, we continue our series through the Book of Acts with the moment the Spirit falls on all believers, the church is born, and an entirely different kind of community becomes possible on Nantucket and everywhere else.

]]> Summer Street Church Buzzsprout-19046698 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0400 2378 Jesus, Acts, What Now, Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Come Holy Spirit, repentance, baptism, Summer Street Church, Nantucket 1 3 full false What Now? (Acts) | Wait and Witness - Week 1 What Now? (Acts) | Wait and Witness - Week 1 After everything changes, what do you do next? We begin a new series through the Book of Acts with a question the disciples were asking after the resurrection: what now? In Acts 1, Jesus tells his followers to wait. Not passively, but with a posture of expectant, persistent prayer. He calls them witnesses, promises the Holy Spirit, and then ascends. Then 120 people go back to an upper room in Jerusalem and pray. Together. Constantly. This week we explore what that kind of waiting looks like in ordinary life on Nantucket.

]]> After everything changes, what do you do next? We begin a new series through the Book of Acts with a question the disciples were asking after the resurrection: what now? In Acts 1, Jesus tells his followers to wait. Not passively, but with a posture of expectant, persistent prayer. He calls them witnesses, promises the Holy Spirit, and then ascends. Then 120 people go back to an upper room in Jerusalem and pray. Together. Constantly. This week we explore what that kind of waiting looks like in ordinary life on Nantucket.

]]> Buzzsprout-19014640 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0400 2541 Jesus, Acts, waiting, Holy Spirit, witness, prayer, Summer Street Church, Nantucket 1 2 full false But As It Is (Easter 2026) But As It Is (Easter 2026) The resurrection of Jesus is the load-bearing wall of everything that matters. Remove it, and the whole structure comes down. This Easter, we open 1 Corinthians 15 and follow the Apostle Paul's argument all the way to the end. Six walls collapse if Christ was not raised. But two small words in the original language meaning, "but as it is", change absolutely everything.

]]> The resurrection of Jesus is the load-bearing wall of everything that matters. Remove it, and the whole structure comes down. This Easter, we open 1 Corinthians 15 and follow the Apostle Paul's argument all the way to the end. Six walls collapse if Christ was not raised. But two small words in the original language meaning, "but as it is", change absolutely everything.

]]> Summer Street Church Buzzsprout-19008627 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0400 1843 Jesus, Easter, resurrection, 1 Corinthians 15, But As It Is, firstfruits, hope, Summer Street Church, Nantucket 1 1 full false