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Artwork from the Roman catacombs mid-third century.

Cornerstone Cafe

A Fusion of Music, Faith & Community

Featuring: Glenn & Lisa Ginn
 

Sunday March 22, 2008

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Morehead Folk Arts Center


Community Service Spotlight: Blessing Hands

An opportunity to give will be provided. 

Donations will benefit Blessing Hands.

Mission

To be a place and people of acceptance and healing where spiritual thirsts are quenched.


























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What is "Missional"

In an article titled, "The 'Missional Church': A Model for Canadian Churches?" David Horrox writes, "The church should stop mimicking the surrounding culture and become an alternative community, with a different set of beliefs, values and behaviors. Ministers would no longer engage in marketing; churches would no longer place primary emphasis on programs to serve members. The traditional ways of evaluating 'successful churches' – bigger buildings, more people, bigger budgets, larger ministerial staff, new and more programs to serve members – would be rejected. New yardsticks would be the norm: To what extent is our church a 'sent' community in which each believer is reaching out to his community? To what extent is our church impacting the community with a Christian message that challenges the values of our secular society?"

Dan Kimball in "The Emerging Church" (Zondervan, 2003) describes the missional church "as a body of people sent on a mission who gather in community for worship, encouragement, and teaching from the Word that supplements what they are feeding themselves throughout the week."




Vision

 

The Well is a place where people from all walks of life are welcomed and accepted for who they are, and with the help of God will grow and change into the people he wants us to be.  A place to meet Jesus so that we might…

 

  1. Love & know God as Jesus did.
  2. Love & serve people as Jesus did.

 

 

We Acknowledge And Value That…

 

  • What is most important is our relationship to God, and our relationship to each other.

 

  • We are imperfect, and will on any given day, disappoint one another.  Having said that, we are committed to “get over it” and continue loving one another with God’s help.

 

  • God is at work in everyone’s life.

 

  • All Jesus’ followers are servants (i.e. ministers).

 

  • We do not equate spirituality with how many meetings one attends.  Rather, maturity is based upon the fruit of God’s Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control) as seen in one’s life.

 

  • There is no need for the church to artificially create ministry.  The service of reconciling people to God can be lived out through jobs, family, community service organizations and even participation in other churches. 

 

Thinking Missionally

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Philippians 3:12-14  I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back. (The Message)

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