Worship Gathering August 3rd

We hope you'll join us this coming Sunday evening at 6p.m. as we talk about Jesus Christ and our faith in an open discussion. We'll have childcare provided and food for everyone. If you'd like to bring something, go ahead. We love sharing whatever gifts we have to offer one another. If you have any questions, drop us a line. See you then.

No Meeting This Sunday Night

We will not be meeting as usual this Sunday night. We will resume meetings on Sunday, August 3rd and discussion the question "Why did Jesus have to die?"

Hope to see you then.

Big Questions

For the next few months we're going to be tackling some of the big questions in life. If you've ever had some of the following questions, then this might be for you:

Christianity: Boring, Untrue, Irrelevant
Who is Jesus?
Why Did Jesus Die?
How Can I Be Sure of My Faith?
Why and How Do I Pray?
Why and How Should I Read the Bible?
How Does God Guide Us?
Who Is the Holy Spirit?
What Does the Holy Spirit Do?
How Can I Be Filled with the Spirit?
How Can I Resist Evil?
Why and How Should We Tell Others?
Does God Heal Today?
What About the Church?

If you'd like to explore some of these issues, or you're simply looking to make some new friends and meet people who care, then stop by. We meet at 2874 Kenwood Blvd.

Food and childcare is provided.

Old Orchard Garage Sales

Tomorrow is the annual Old Orchard garage sale. It will be our first one since we've only lived here 3 months. I guess it's going to be somewhat chaotic from what I hear.

We're hoping to meet a lot of people at the sale. We're planning on music, flyers, and just hanging out talking to people. We really like getting to know new people and mixing it up with our neighbors, so it should be a lot of fun. We're also hoping that God's going to do some cool things through this event.

If you happen to stop by this website as a result of the garage sale, we hope you might come and join us for one of the Sunday evening gatherings here at our home where we share good conversation and good food. We meet Sundays @ 6 p.m. at 2874 Kenwood Blvd.

Hope to see you then. Enjoy the garage sales!

Hungering and Thirsting

Last night we listened and reflected on the blessing, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they will be filled." One comment in my study of the passage stood out. The writer noted that hunger is a sign of health. Lack of hunger a sign of sickness. In a certain sense the writer is saying we can gauge our health by how hungry we are for God's righteousness.
In reading and listening to these blessings, I've begun to notice how much they have to do with our dispositions. Poor in spirit, mourning, meekness--each of these is bourne out of a heart disposition which recognizes our finiteness. If that is so, then to hunger and thirst is a natural result; when we are empty of ourselves, only then can we truly begin to experience a hunger and thirst to fill.
What do you think?

Blessed are the Meek

Tonight we listened to Jesus' words "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." Our hunch is that, just like the rest of the beatitudes, meekness must be understood as arising from the heart and will. The beatitudes are less prescriptive and more descriptive--this is how things are in the kingdom. These are the kinds of people, the state of the heart, of those who belong to God's kingdom. Meekness, then, describes more a state of being than of doing.

Next week we'll attempt to explore what it means to hunger and thirst for righteousness. Maybe we'll see you there. Peace.

A Prayer for Today

O Lord our God, give us grace to desire you with a whole heart,
that so desiring you we may seek you and find you;
and so finding you, may love you;

and loving you, may hate those sins from which you have redeemed us,

for Jesus Christ’s sake.
Amen.

--St. Anselm 1033-1109