Mark Vroegop

Indianapolis

Lead Pastor at College Park Church Sermon Podcast

Jesus Lover, Married Up, Father 4x, Lead Pastor @collegeparkindy, Wannabe Triathlete, Coffee Roaster, Author of four bks: https://t.co/OUojt1rYGs

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Humility and Teachability: An Unexpected Gift of Parenting

1 month ago | yourchurch.com | Bob Martin |Mark Vroegop |Chris Martin

When I was a child, I assumed that by the time I reached adulthood I would know most of what I needed to know to work, to parent, and to otherwise succeed in adult stuff. While my parents certainly weren’t perfect, they didn’t give me any glaring examples of inadequacy. They seemed to know how to do their jobs, provide dinner and clothes for us, and guide us in our walk with the Lord. They were a constant source of stability and wisdom and seemed to have answers to my questions.
3 Ways to Help Lonely Teenagers

1 month ago | yourchurch.com | Bob Martin |Mark Vroegop |Greg Palys |Chris Martin

When I sit across from a student, whether we are out for coffee, lunch, or in the counseling room, I often will hear the words “I just feel alone.”Many middle school and high school students are feeling deep loneliness. They don’t feel like they are known or seen. They crave community but aren’t sure how to get it. Why is it that our teens are more lonely than ever?
5 Reasons to Be a Part of a Local Church

2 months ago | yourchurch.com | Mark Vroegop |Greg Palys |Chris Martin

You probably saw over a hundred people on your drive to work (or the grocery store) this morning—people in their cars, people on the sidewalk, people handing you a morning latte through the drive-through window. And every one of those people should be in a local church. Why? Here are 5 reasons. People need a right relationship with God. And God is “not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).
Foundations of Stewardship: We Must Act

2 months ago | yourchurch.com | Greg Palys |Mark Vroegop |Kayla Pugh |Chris Martin

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them.
5 Ways Your Family Can Support Missions

2 months ago | yourchurch.com | Mark Vroegop |Kayla Pugh |Ryan Berg |Chris Martin

Does your family talk about the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20)? The Bible tells us to “go” and “make disciples” of “all nations.” Surely we should be doing this wherever we are planted: discipling our kids, loving our neighbors, investing in our church. These are marching orders for every Christian and every church. Yet notice something: can we “make disciples” of “all nations” if we don’t “go”?
A Call to Gen Z and Millennial Parents

Dec 10, 2024 | yourchurch.com | Ryan Berg |Mark Vroegop |Karen Pourcho |Chris Martin

A recent study found that almost a quarter of millennials and Gen Z report that they don’t want children. When asked why, reasons included financial freedom, hobbies, lifestyle choices, climate change, or that they just didn’t want to. I am a first-time mom and fall in the middle of Gen Z. When my husband and I announced we were expecting, many of our friends were shocked. We received comments such as “You are so young.
The Relief of the Gospel (Part 2)

Dec 3, 2024 | yourchurch.com | Mark Vroegop |Karen Pourcho |Kayla Pugh |Chris Martin

Read The Relief of the Gospel (Part 1) here. When I was in college, I spent every summer working as a counselor at a summer camp in Wisconsin. Some of the best and most transformative moments of my life happened at that camp. However, one of the harshest realities of my life happened there too.
What Is REACH? · College Park Church

Sep 17, 2024 | yourchurch.com | Paul Spilker |Greg Palys |Mark Vroegop |Chris Martin

Simply put, REACH is our annual church spotlight on the nations. We look at God’s plan for the nations and our role in that plan, in particular how we might help relieve global gospel poverty. For two Sundays every fall, we hear messages from the Bible about God’s global heart, usually with a guest speaker from one of our missions partnerships. We also hear from our visiting missionaries during morning services, in adult Sunday classes, and in small groups throughout the week.
My Journey to Belonging

Aug 20, 2024 | yourchurch.com | Mark Vroegop |Greg Palys |Chris Martin

Looking back on my childhood, I remember having to move often due to my dad’s job. We moved from Venezuela to Mexico when I was five years old, and ten years later I moved again, to Canada. Moving from country to country, I became good at taking time to get to know people, starting new friendships, and joining a new community. Yet, I felt like I had to always play the part and get people to like me. I had to fit in.
Walk as You Believe

Aug 6, 2024 | yourchurch.com | Greg Palys |Mark Vroegop |Kayla Pugh |Chris Martin

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.