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A message from the series “Missio Dei.” An essential part of the Christian faith is the necessary “communal” aspect. Baptism isn’t done alone in a back room, rather is required to be done before the assembly of the church! Choirs aren’t soloists, rather are many voices singing the same truth together. Worship is inherently communal. The mission of God is also communal. God didn’t just invite Abraham into the mission alone… but rather he promised that all his descendants would be part of this invitation and mission. The creation of the church has been part of God’s mission all along. When God breathed life into Adam in Genesis 2, he knew the church would one day be made. When God sent the flood and preserved Noah, he knew the church would exist someday. When Peter denied Jesus in the Garden, God knew the church would exist and share that very story. “God created the world in order to create the church”—Simon Chan. Last week we discussed how God gives us each a personal invitation to engage in the Missio Dei, as individuals. This week, we see how the creation of the church is the communal necessity to life of worship, of following God, and leading others to God.

A message from the series “Missio Dei.” An essential part of the Christian faith is the necessary “communal” aspect. Baptism isn’t done alone in a back room, rather is required to be done before the assembly of the church! Choirs aren’t soloists, rather are many voices singing the same truth together. Worship is inherently communal. The mission of God is also communal. God didn’t just invite Abraham into the mission alone… but rather he promised that all his descendants would be part of this invitation and mission. The creation of the church has been part of God’s mission all along. When God breathed life into Adam in Genesis 2, he knew the church would one day be made. When God sent the flood and preserved Noah, he knew the church would exist someday. When Peter denied Jesus in the Garden, God knew the church would exist and share that very story. “God created the world in order to create the church”—Simon Chan. Last week we discussed how God gives us each a personal invitation to engage in the Missio Dei, as individuals. This week, we see how the creation of the church is the communal necessity to life of worship, of following God, and leading others to God.

A message from the series “Missio Dei.” An essential part of the Christian faith is the necessary “communal” aspect. Baptism isn’t done alone in a back room, rather is required to be done before the assembly of the church! Choirs aren’t soloists, rather are many voices singing the same truth together. Worship is inherently communal. The mission of God is also communal. God didn’t just invite Abraham into the mission alone… but rather he promised that all his descendants would be part of this invitation and mission. The creation of the church has been part of God’s mission all along. When God breathed life into Adam in Genesis 2, he knew the church would one day be made. When God sent the flood and preserved Noah, he knew the church would exist someday. When Peter denied Jesus in the Garden, God knew the church would exist and share that very story. “God created the world in order to create the church”—Simon Chan. Last week we discussed how God gives us each a personal invitation to engage in the Missio Dei, as individuals. This week, we see how the creation of the church is the communal necessity to life of worship, of following God, and leading others to God.

A message from the series “Acts.”

A message from the series “Missio Dei.” God creates humanity out of love and gives us a call to follow God. Not only does he call us to follow him, but he invites us to participate in some of the work he does! We learn something poignant about the nature of God by his invitation for us to be co-creators (populate the earth) and missionaries on his behalf, despite our sin. This means God can and will use imperfect people! We matter to God. To spread the good news to the corners of the earth,as Jesus commands his disciples after he is resurrected, we must first come to know the good news message. Secondly, we must transform our worldview to see ourselves as “on mission” in spreading this message. God could have easily kept his own mission for himself… but that is not the case. The heart of God, as revealed in scripture AND in Jesus, desires to include and call us into mission.

A message from the series “Missio Dei.” God creates humanity out of love and gives us a call to follow God. Not only does he call us to follow him, but he invites us to participate in some of the work he does! We learn something poignant about the nature of God by his invitation for us to be co-creators (populate the earth) and missionaries on his behalf, despite our sin. This means God can and will use imperfect people! We matter to God. To spread the good news to the corners of the earth,as Jesus commands his disciples after he is resurrected, we must first come to know the good news message. Secondly, we must transform our worldview to see ourselves as “on mission” in spreading this message. God could have easily kept his own mission for himself… but that is not the case. The heart of God, as revealed in scripture AND in Jesus, desires to include and call us into mission.

A message from the series “Missio Dei.” God creates humanity out of love and gives us a call to follow God. Not only does he call us to follow him, but he invites us to participate in some of the work he does! We learn something poignant about the nature of God by his invitation for us to be co-creators (populate the earth) and missionaries on his behalf, despite our sin. This means God can and will use imperfect people! We matter to God. To spread the good news to the corners of the earth,as Jesus commands his disciples after he is resurrected, we must first come to know the good news message. Secondly, we must transform our worldview to see ourselves as “on mission” in spreading this message. God could have easily kept his own mission for himself… but that is not the case. The heart of God, as revealed in scripture AND in Jesus, desires to include and call us into mission.

A message from the series “Acts.”

A message from the series “Carry the Light.” Carrying the light forward describes the connection between Isaiah and the Old Testament story in which Jesus is the fulfillment of the greatest promise ever made: a savior. The prophet of old, Isaiah, writes poignant descriptions of the divinely inspired message given to him. In these texts lies the promised hope of the Messiah to come. This Advent season, as we await the birth of Jesus Christ, who changed the world, we will find the threads that are pulled through to the New Testament and embodied in the Christ-child who is born on that special evening, long ago, in the humble means in a manger in Bethlehem.

A message from the series “Carry the Light.” Carrying the light forward describes the connection between Isaiah and the Old Testament story in which Jesus is the fulfillment of the greatest promise ever made: a savior. The prophet of old, Isaiah, writes poignant descriptions of the divinely inspired message given to him. In these texts lie the promised hope of the Messiah who is to come. This Advent season, as we await the birth of Jesus Christ who changed the world, we will find the threads that are pulled through to the New Testament and embodied in the Christ-child who is born on that special evening, long ago, in the humble means in a manger in Bethlehem.