Our Beginning

What we want to be:

Good news
Fun
Celebration
Depth
Teaching
Praise
Support
Simple
Flexible
Basic
Serious
Passionate
Spirit Filled
Real
Relevant
Humble
Selfless
Biblical
Truthful
Unafraid
Bold
Seeking
Accepting
Always asking for more faith
Focused on the needs
Consistent in time and place
Varied in experience
Interested in bringing in outsiders
Interested in serving the community
Additional social events

What we want to get away from:

Too much stuff and pursuit of more in the world
Church and church people have hurt and burned tons of people in the US
Focus on programs, structure, organization, buildings
Purely social Christianity
Superficiality
Oblivious Christianity – misses the need
Episodic Seeking – seldom gains ground
Sense of defeat at the hands of the world and helplessness at what we see around us
Rigidity in “the way things are done”
Occasional discipleship – does not grow
Fancy words and jargon
Running away from the hard questions
Separating our religion from our daily lives
Any sense of personal perfection or “having arrived”
Placing doctrine or organizational success over love and ministry
Judging or generalizing those who are different than us

Each gathering will have:
Time for prayer, individually and as a group
Time to praise God and worship Him, with freedom to do this any way you choose
Time to recognize those around you
Scripturally consistent teaching
Time to make decisions and commitments
Some kind of communion, or at least recognition of Christ’s sacrifice for us