SUNDAY GATHERINGS
We meet weekly starting at 10:00 am to worship God, read and discuss the Bible, pray for each other, and hang out.
Starting at 9:30am we’ve got coffee, treats, and time to connect.
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Weekly Practices
Weekly Practice 4/13/26
Scripture
1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 MSG
God didn’t set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ. He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we’re awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we’re alive with him! So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep on doing it.
Practice
Friends
Every Monday, our practice starts with this disclaimer: Make every effort to do or reflect upon this week’s practice with others. But what happens when the disclaimer becomes the practice?
This week, spend time with friends. Or connect with someone new. Get a beverage, climb a mountain, play MTG, share earbuds and listen to a CCM classic, whatever. Just do something you both enjoy and check in. Ask each other, “How’s your soul.” Listen. Share. Be real. Encourage and pray for each other.
Weekly Practice 4/6/26
Make every effort to do or reflect upon this week’s practice with others.
Scripture
Ephesians 2:1-10 NLT
Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else.
But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus.
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Practice
Resurrection Now
It’s easy to let Easter Sunday pass by like any other holiday and settle back into our daily routines. But the point of Easter isn’t to commemorate; it’s to celebrate the new reality that Christ’s resurrection has begun. We live in the “Resurrection Now”.
This week, pray for God to give you the eyes to see, ears to hear, heart to feel, and mind to grasp this reality. Let him redefine how you see your daily life in light of it. May we, in the words of Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Let him easter in us.”
Couple o’ tunes
These might show up on some future Sunday, so be ready!
Be The One, Trent (gives Massive Attack vibes)
On Fire (Ingrid Andress Version), Switchfoot & Ingrid Andress
Weekly Practice 3/30/26
Make every effort to do or reflect upon this week’s practice with others.
A prayer for Holy Week
Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Scripture
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
See, my servant will prosper;
he will be highly exalted.
But many were amazed when they saw him.
His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human,
and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.
And he will startle many nations.
Kings will stand speechless in his presence.
For they will see what they had not been told;
they will understand what they had not heard about.
Who has believed our message?
To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?
My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
He was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not care.
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.
He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man’s grave.
But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.
When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish,
he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience,
my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous,
for he will bear all their sins.
I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier,
because he exposed himself to death.
He was counted among the rebels.
He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.
Practice
“O Come and Mourn”
It’s appropriate to lament during Holy Week. As the old hymn says:
O come and mourn with me awhile
O come ye to the Savior's side
O come, together let us mourn
Jesus, our Love, is crucified
This week, turn your attention to Jesus, to the week before his death, to his crucifixion. Think about his sacrifice. Consider his suffering, he who was “despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.” Let yourself sit with what Jesus went through on your behalf. If you feel the Holy Spirit prompt you to respond in any way, do so.
A sonnet a day
I’ll share a poem each day this week from Malcolm Guite. Here’s today’s:
Jesus comes near and he beholds the city
And looks on us with tears in his eyes,
And wells of mercy, streams of love and pity
Flow from the fountain whence all things arise.
He loved us into life and longs to gather
And meet with his beloved face to face
How often has he called, a careful mother,
And wept for our refusals of his grace,
Wept for a world that, weary with its weeping,
Benumbed and stumbling, turns the other way,
Fatigued compassion is already sleeping
Whilst her worst nightmares stalk the light of day.
But we might waken yet, and face those fears,
If we could see ourselves through Jesus’ tears.
Weekly Practice 3/23/26
Make every effort to do or reflect upon this week’s practice with others.
Prayer For the Fifth Week of Lent
Almighty God, you alone can bring into order the unruly wills and affections of sinners: Grant your people grace to love what you command and desire what you promise; that, among the swift and varied changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Scripture
Psalm 23 NIV
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
Practice
Visio & Lectio Divina
Lent can be heavy and tiresome. It’s a season to face what is true of ourselves and the world, and to recount the cost of following Jesus. But this is not penance. We lean in, even when it’s uncomfortable, to meet God. Our only hope of doing this is with him. He navigates us into his loving presence, the only place where we can be calmed, refreshed, and healed back into his image.
This week, try visio divina with the image below (Psalm 23 - Beyond the Valley, by artist Makoto Fujimura):
Take a minute or longer to gaze at the entire image. Pay attention to what details draw your attention.
Contemplate these details, and listen for God to speak to you. Are any emotions or thoughts stirred up? Do you sense a connection with your own life? Do you sense an invitation? Try to just listen.
Now that you’ve let God speak to you, respond. Talk about what you’ve noticed, felt, and thought with him. Be honest. Ask questions if you need to.
End by offering what God has shown you back to him in prayer. Take a minute to rest in his love.
And/or, practice lectio divina with Psalm 23. Read it slowly, more than once, paying attention to whichever words or phrases stand out to you. Pay attention to your feelings and thoughts. Then talking about all of it with God.
Stuff to listen to, too
Four Layers of Sin: Spiritual Cartography E1 (Spotify or Apple).
Solitude 03: Encountering Our Self with Bethany Allen (Spotify or Apple).
Louder Than the Mob, The O.C. Supertones
House of God Forever, Jon Foreman
Surely Goodness and Mercy, The Burn Service