The Sharehood: Neighborhood Ideas Part I

I stumbled on something called The Sharehood today that I wanted to share here.  The vision of the Sharehood is that they would “enable sustainable communities by encouraging you to share resources and get o know people in your local area” (see here).

This may be a bit like the fax machine (i.e. it won’t work until you have a certain critical mass) but they have some great ideas.  Among them are some great ideas for connecting with neighbors including: picnics/barbeques, swaps, movie nights, sports days, super garage sales, progressive dinners, kids parties, Christmas parties and street parties (see here for the original list with explanations)

Check out more ideas for connecting with and caring for your neighborhood (see also Sharehood’s idea of the community library, which I think is awesome!)

GCM Collective: Gospel Community Mission

Let me encourage as many of you as are interested to head over to gcmcollective.com to connect with some great people serving on mission all over the world!

You’ve already heard me talk about and quote lots of the people you’ll find over at the GCM Collective: Jeff Vanderstelt, Tim Chester, Jonathan Dodson and Steve Timmis.  There’s also a thriving community section to the site that has been up for some time.

The Last Word: Definitely check out the Resources section of the site.  There you’ll find downloadable articles and trainings like “Engaging in Story”, “Gospel Fluency”,  a “Contextualization Assessment Starter”, as well as Soma’s great Soma School training audio.

Check it out!

Summer Camp Reflections–From Kari H.

Thanks for writing your thoughts from the summer Kari.  It was really encouraging for us to read about your time here this summer. For everyone else, I hope you enjoy reading another perspective on the events of the summer.  The post that follows is really exactly the same as the note Kari wrote here on Facebook (so don’t feel bad if you don’t understand the inside jokes ) We are so excited for where God has been and is continuing to take us! Enjoy!

“Oh Holland, How I Miss You”

By Karinna Hagelganz

I can’t believe how long it’s taken me to actually finish this… but here is it. My thoughts and stories from the second half of our mission trip to Europe, located in my favorite country.

Mission and the People of God

Just listened to a fantastic message from Tim Chester on the people of God and the mission of God.  Great whole Bible run through over the people of God and God’s mission.  ”At the heart of the mission of God is the creation of a people of God”  Its an hour, but get some popcorn (Who hasn’t wanted popcorn in church?) and check it out!