COMMUNITY.
"Community matters. That's about like saying oxygen matters. As our lungs require air, so our souls require what only community provides. Without it, we die. It's that simple. Without a community where we know, explore, discover, and touch one another, we experience isolation and despair that drive us in wrong directions, that corrupt our efforts to live meaningfully and to love well.
The future of the church depends on whether it develops true community. We can get by for a while on size, skilled communication, and programs to meet every need, but unless we sense that we belong to each other, with masks off, the vibrant church of today will become the powerless church of tomorrow. Stale, irrelevant, a place of pretense where sufferers suffer alone, where pressure generates conformity rather than the Spirit creating life-that's where the church is headed unless it focuses on community."
GETTING CONNECTED AT
THE MISSION COMMUNITY
As a “neighborhood church for neighborhood people” we want to help connect people together with others that live nearby. Building community and getting connected must start at home. It’s the casual spontaneous encounters that help build authentic community. We encourage you to get connected with your neighbors and share life together.
We have new groups forming at regular intervals. Send us an email or stop by our Getting Connected station at the Sunday morning gathering.
