Back with another message from our growing community here in Laurel that we’re calling a Koinonia. Koinonia is used a few times in the New Testament and it means “community,” but more than that it’s not just a random group of people thrown together but a group that supports and cares for one another and that gathers with purpose. And, really, that’s all we’re trying to do. So if you’re around Laurel and Jones County come join us. And if not, we could use all the prayers you’ve got as we figure out what it means to be a weird little group of people with a weird name doing church in some weird ways without a building or a bank account, just a few chairs, our voices, and the communion elements someone volunteers to bring each week.

On Sunday we talked about part of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus reframes a host of rules for the folks listening to him and following him and invites them to adapt these rules in ways that bring the Kingdom to life. Let me know what you think!

Matthew 5:33-48

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Koinonia. It's a weird word for a weird little group of people, and it's the name we settled on for our little growing fellowship here. For now, I'll be sharing messages from Sunday nights here on God Knows Where until I can figure out some different pattern to life. Thanks for allowing me to whiff last week...

Enjoy today's episode based on Philippians 4:1-9

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Y’all. Life is coming at me pretty fast these days. I’ve got more work stacking up in front of me that I feel capable of completing AND there are lots of new ideas and new projects ahead AND a youth soccer team to coach, so I hope you can find some patience with me as we pause the Gathered & Scattered series for a bit.

Don’t worry. New episodes are still coming your way, like today's, but they will be more like retellings of messages from our budding gathering here in Laurel. Just trying to make sure there’s still time through it all to keep things fresh here. Thanks for understanding.

On that note, today’s episode is my message from Sunday night at our gathering. We’re still figuring out a name for ourselves (if you’ve got one, let us know! Or better yet, come join us!) as we look at what it means to be like children…the little ones Jesus said would help bring his expansive and inclusive kingdom to life. On Sunday, we looked at curiosity and how Jesus reminds us to hold on to it and allow it to shape our lives and our prayers. Let me know what you think!

Matthew 7:7-12

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Back on the Gathered and Scattered track here as we walk through the opening and closing moments in each gospel when Jesus gathers with his people and scatters them out into the world. We’re in the beginning of Mark’s gospel today as Jesus enters the pulpit for the presumably the first time and gets heckled out of the gate. Let me know what you think.

Mark 1:21-28

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Well, our little fledgling fellowship came to life on Sunday night and it was everything it needed to be for those of us in the room. We’ll be there in the Blackbird Creative Studio every Sunday night at 5:00pm if you’d like to join.

It was a whirlwind of a weekend and a birthday at our house and since we launched Sunday night, I thought it best to share with you some of what I shared with our group on Sunday night, just to get an idea of what we’re up to over there.

We’ll get back to Gathering and Scattering soon, but for now enjoy “Children v. Adults,” reflection on Luke 18:15-17 where Jesus scolds his disciples for shooing the children away from him.

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From the beginning of Matthews and the Beatitudes to the end of Matthew and the Great Commission. Today, we’re taking a look at how Jesus scattered his followers for the very last time and trying to figure out what that means for us and the ways we leave from the places and spaces in which we gather and scatter out into the world to be followers of Jesus as well. Let me know what you think.

Matthew 28:16-20 Replay the BE Series here...

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Is it blessed or blessed? I never know how to say it...Let's figure it out today.

For three weeks we’ve primed the pump on Jesus gathering folks by looking at what he did before he ever gathered anyone on his own, why he wanted to gather with other folks, and the kinds of spaces he created for folks to gather. Now it’s time to actually look at Jesus convening a gathering and then scattering those folks into the world.

For the next few weeks, we’re going to look at half a dozen or so examples of Jesus gathering and scattering folks. And we’ll do it by looking at the first and last gatherings he has with folks in each gospel. First up: Matthew.

Matthew 5:1-12

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Here we are with another episode of Gathered and Scattered, our look at how Jesus brought people together and sent them out into the world in hopes of answering this question that’s been gnawing at me for years:

What’s the point of church?

Despite my admission that I’m a terrible evangelist in last week’s episode, I do want to invite to join my family and a few others as we begin to gather in person and give some shape to a community that we hope will echo more closely the one we see Jesus building with his disciples. We’ll begin meeting on Sunday, September 13 at 5:00pm at the Blackbird Creative Studio in downtown Laurel at Union Hall. The more the merrier. Drop me a message if you have any questions!

Boy in the Temple: Luke 2:41-52
Nazareth: Luke 4:18-21
Cleansing: Matthew 21:12–13, Mark 11:15–17, Luke 19:45–46, and John 2:13–16
Feeding 5,000: Matthew 14:13–21, Mark 6:31–44, Luke 9:12–17, John 6:1–14
Zacchaeus: Luke 19:1-10
Roof Healing: Luke 5:17-39

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