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2009–2010 Staff
Welcome!
We're excited to walk with you this year as we all continue to explore what it means to love God and the world.
The mission of our office is to provide opportunities for connecting with small community groups and worshiping together - this is how we learn who we are and how we fit into the great story of redemption that God is writing.
New this year: gather, group, grace, gospel
Our four regular campus worship services have new names this year. Each of these worship opportunities helps us learn the Christian story together. Please join us!
Announcing the 2009 Revelation Film Commission!
The Center for Worship is sponsoring a film-making competition with a $700 prize for the best short film based on the book of Revelation. For complete instructions, download guidelines and study notes (PDF). Deadline: December 11, 2009.
What we're all about: The Kingdom and the Gospel
"The Kingdom of God" is both our message and our way of life.
The scriptural vision of God’s kingdom is the foundation of our hope. As God’s people, we’re waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promise to redeem the world and bring the kingdom to this place. Throughout the Scriptures, we are reminded to watch for the coming Day of the Lord — a day when evil itself will be judged, and life will be vindicated and established forever.
But even as we wait for the coming redemption of the world, we share the incredible good news (gospel) that God’s kingdom has come to this place, seen best in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He is the firstborn of God’s new creation. The same Holy Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead now lives and moves in us, healing our hearts and relationships, and making it possible for us to live for the blessing of the world.
As the Church today, our mission is to make God’s kingdom visible on earth, living a gospel of radical love, justice, and community for all people. This is the embodied gospel — profoundly good news for our lives, families, communities, and world.