This year (fall & spring) we are going to explore practices for growing in church community (e.g., hospitality, listening, generosity and stewardship) and engaging our city and culture with the gospel (e.g., evangelism, justice, service). We often see these two topics as separate ends of the spectrum of the Christian life: community as what I do with other Christians, culture as what I do outside of church. But Scripture shows that they are more like two sides of the same coin. We are called to holiness and hospitality, deep church community and deep culture engagement, to be in the world, but not of it. The Scripture passage which will serve as our guiding framework is 1 Peter 2:9-12: “9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.”
We will meet every other Thursday in 105 Frazier from 6 - 8pm: (note: there is a change in the bi-weekly routine on 11/19): We will meet on 9/3, 9/17, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 12/20). Feel free to come in and out as needed, there’s no need to commit to every session of the cohort. We will have dinner from 6-6:45, a talk on a topic from 6:45-7:15 and a discussion from 7:15-8. You will need to rsvp ahead of time so we know how much food to order (you only need to rsvp once, not for each session).
We will meet every other Thursday in 105 Frazier from 6 - 8pm. This fall, we will meet on 9/3, 9/17, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 12/20. In the spring, we will meet 1/7, 1/21, 2/4, 2/18,3/4, 3/18, 4/1, 4/15, 4/29). Feel free to come in and out as needed, there’s no need to commit to every session of the cohort.
We will have dinner from 6-6:45, a talk on a topic from 6:45-7:15 and a discussion from 7:15-8. You will need to rsvp ahead of time so we know how much food to order (you only need to rsvp once, not for each session).