We are starting a new series. The God Questions series explores the basis of our faith. This series is based on the idea that honest questions deserve truth and thoughtful consideration. In the process of this study, we hope to build the case that biblical faith is not a blind leap in the dark, but that there are indeed some sound reasons, discernable evidences, and intellectual integrity upon which to place one’s personal trust in the God of the Bible.
We are designed by God for relationships – with Him, and with one another. Life is just too hard to get through effectively on our own. It can get lonely! We need God. And we need others to get us, to hear us, to value us, to share life with us in authentic ways.
The essence of needing God and others is defined by two words – Communion and Community. We are all wired for Communion with God – a “God-shaped hole” that only God can fill, and wired for shared life – Community – a place to belong – warts and all with no strings attached. The Vine is a rag-tag collection of imperfect people seeking to live out Communion and Community the way God intended.
But God also calls us to one more element that forms us and completes us. That element is Mission – being sent to share the rich life of Communion and Community with our world – serving and loving others into a relationship with Jesus Christ. Mission is about bringing reconciliation, peace, restoration and healing to our world just like our founder – Jesus.
The one thing Jesus talked about more than any other topic when he was on this planet is the Kingdom of God – the inward and outward expression of a life lived with the values, practices and ethic that God desires for all of humanity. We’re trying to figure out how to live this Kingdom life in the 21st Century – a life of Communion, Community and Mission.
If you’d like to walk this path with us, and learn with us, and grow with us, then please connect to The Vine. You would be more than a blessing to join with us. Explore this website – send an email – ask questions. We’d welcome the opportunity to share life together.
lots of work to be done on content, links, graphics, menu and buttons . . . while we get this site built, please click the “Connect” button (first button on right) to see our current events or click the link to go to our blog . . .http://connect-to-the-vine.blogspot.com/
