theGATHERING

Trader:FAITH part 1

Faith traded in her anger for a life of forgiveness These past couple of months have been really challenging for me. I was in the Forgiveness 9:15 Connection Class for the last 6 weeks. Many issues were addressed, among them what it truly means to forgive- the question being “Do I want to get well,” and am I [...]

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re:{relate} 4 She’s your sister!

What a great topic to deal with the weekend of Thanksgiving! The two becoming one-flesh; “It was very good!” Sexuality built into the marriage relationship, the oneness, unity, and intimacy was VERY Good. Our parents, Adam and Eve, were naked and not ashamed. And then, cue the music, Genesis 3 happens. The train-wreck, the Mac Truck [...]

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Feasting on Thanks

November 22 * 12:00 * Campus West * 102 Join First Singles and First University for our annual Thanksgiving Feast. We’ll be celebrating God’s goodness together after church on Sunday. Cracker Barrel will be catering, the girls are testing their Martha Stewart skills by decorating tables, and you’re invited to celebrate with us. Come on, five bucks! [...]

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re:{relate} 1 origins

The only way to know where we ARE is to know where we have BEEN and where we are GOING. A wise man once said, “You end up going what you have your eyes on.” In order to understand how to re:{relate} with the opposite sex, we’ve got to know how God created us, why He [...]

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Urgent Church (5) – EXTEND

Our holy-angst continues. As we look at the word, we understand that things are not as they should. We’ve seen that the AD30 church was dangerous, dynamic, and successful on mission because they were taught by the Master-disciple-maker. We look to Jesus to determine the DNA for theGATHERING. We’ve seen that Jesus cultivated relationships to evangelize, but He [...]

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a few good men

The times were dark. There arose a generation that did not know the Lord nor the mighty things that He had done for Israel. In other words, an entire generation lived in the lap of luxoury without really understanding who it was that brought them there or the great things God had accomplished despite all [...]

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Dying to be Free

Freedom. Liberation. Independence. They’re available to you. Yet, we often find ourselves stuck in a cycle of sin. We engage in sin, apathetic to what we know the result will be, and then it eventually leads to bondage. We sit in shame for a few moments, hours, days, or years… and then we cry out for relief–from pain, [...]

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Urgent Church (3) ESTABLISH

A.D. 30 church was dangerous and dynamic. The book of Acts says that the Lord repeatedly added to the number of souls being saved. At one time, over three thousand souls were transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light. Yes, Jesus wants us to be on mission, cultivating relationships with the [...]

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EAT It – Judges 1

The word of God was not merely written to be read. The living book was written to be consumed, digested, and manifested. At THE GATHERING, we’ve been on the journey to discover how to feed ourselves, recognizing that we alone are responsible for our spiritual formation. We alone are responsible for creating the environment for [...]

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Urgent Church (2) EVANGELIZE

We’ve determined that something isn’t right. As we observe the effectiveness of the AD30 Church in comparison with cultural Christianity of today, we’ve got some explaining to do. Why was the AD30 church so successful? You might find this helpful tooTRADER:AmandaUrgent Church (5) – EXTENDconnect 10.18.09

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