Hey Guys! It's been a good month off to focus on prayer as a community, and we are equally excited to be back to sharing Sunday nights with you. Our first home community back will be this coming Sunday, June 7th,6:30pm at the Cox abode.
We will pick up where we left off in rotation for snacks and childcare. Kyle and Joy are on sweet and savory snack, and Becka is bringing a snack of her choice. Being the first Sunday of the month, remember that we may have some new guests this weekend!
Childcare is being run by Clayton and Calvin. If there are any conflicts for those scheduled, please ask someone to switch with you and let me know when you do. Also let me know if you need any help with that! Thanks!
Hope to see you all this Sunday!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Month of Prayer and Repentance
If you haven't done so already, please listen to Rick's sermon at http://www.imagodeicommunity.com/information/sermons/the-call-to-community/. At this time all ministry activity, outside of the Sunday service, is cancelled for the remainder of May.
We will instead be gathering together in prayer at Evangel on Wednesday nights from 7pm to 9pm. Doors will be open at 6pm if you would like to come early to pray on your own. Parking is available around the Evangel neighborhood. Please car pool if you can. We, as the leaders of our Lents Home Community, will be there for the next 4 Wednesday nights, and are highly encouraging every one of you to come and join our church family at this time. It will be exciting and humbling to see how our God will reshape our Imago Dei family.
To add some clarity for the purpose of this time Rick and the Elders have called our Imago Dei Community into, it is to come together as a whole and bring our hearts before God in a posture of Repentance. Fasting from other ministry activity, including our lents home community, will help remind us of the whole body rather than our specific responsibilities or communities. It will help lead us to rely on God, rather than our normal everyday activities within the church. This is an opportunity, as a united body, to seek God's direction for our community rather than come up with our own course or direction and default to the empire's way of responding.
What this doesn't mean is we can't see eachother this month. We would encourage everyone to continue to talk, eat, pray and live life intentially together, without our formal home community meeting on Sundays. Feel free to use the blog, or ask one of the leaders to use the blog to invite as well, like the Smith's did on Sunday.
****For Parents - There will be an infant and 1&2 year-old rooms available. All rooms will be under parental or friend supervision. Parents can trade off one person praying for an hour and the other being with the kids. We also encourage trusted families who are friends to watch each others kids. There will be leaders and parents in the family areas that will lead out with prayer and conversation as well. For parents staying at home with your children, please be praying from home in solidarity with our church body.
We will instead be gathering together in prayer at Evangel on Wednesday nights from 7pm to 9pm. Doors will be open at 6pm if you would like to come early to pray on your own. Parking is available around the Evangel neighborhood. Please car pool if you can. We, as the leaders of our Lents Home Community, will be there for the next 4 Wednesday nights, and are highly encouraging every one of you to come and join our church family at this time. It will be exciting and humbling to see how our God will reshape our Imago Dei family.
To add some clarity for the purpose of this time Rick and the Elders have called our Imago Dei Community into, it is to come together as a whole and bring our hearts before God in a posture of Repentance. Fasting from other ministry activity, including our lents home community, will help remind us of the whole body rather than our specific responsibilities or communities. It will help lead us to rely on God, rather than our normal everyday activities within the church. This is an opportunity, as a united body, to seek God's direction for our community rather than come up with our own course or direction and default to the empire's way of responding.
What this doesn't mean is we can't see eachother this month. We would encourage everyone to continue to talk, eat, pray and live life intentially together, without our formal home community meeting on Sundays. Feel free to use the blog, or ask one of the leaders to use the blog to invite as well, like the Smith's did on Sunday.
****For Parents - There will be an infant and 1&2 year-old rooms available. All rooms will be under parental or friend supervision. Parents can trade off one person praying for an hour and the other being with the kids. We also encourage trusted families who are friends to watch each others kids. There will be leaders and parents in the family areas that will lead out with prayer and conversation as well. For parents staying at home with your children, please be praying from home in solidarity with our church body.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
in lieu of HC tonight
beth and i are cooking a big spaghetti dinner tonight. (It's gluten free and can be vegan if necessary!) You all are welcome to come over. We'll aim to eat at 6:30. Please let us know if you are planning on coming over. we're checking our email regularly today, or call 503.713.3996.
HC GROUP CANCELLED - MAY 3rd
Hey Guys! Group has been canceled this evening in response to the message Rick gave today. I'll let you know by early week what is up for the rest of the month. There will be a prayer service this wed at Evangel from 7-9pm, doors opening at 6pm. Watch for further details at www.imagodeicommunity.com in the next couple days.
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