Core Group Discussion GuideSeries: Who is Jesus?Week one: Jesus is The WordContributing writers for the series: Dan Hutti, Rebekah Backowski, Kelley WebberOpening prayerJesus, you have been in this world since the very beginning, and you created us. Thank you for bringing us here at this moment. Thank you for this time together and for your presence. Please be with us in this conversation and open...  Read More

Earlier this week, The Gathering hosted our first BEYOND Conference. Nearly 250 pastors and leaders from 19 states and 5 denominations gathered at our McCausland site to connect, learn, collaborate, and envision a better future for the church. While the leaders are diverse, we hold in common a desire for the church to be passionate about Jesus and inclusive. A church that takes the Bible seriously...  Read More

Day 10Friday, March 3John 5:1-18After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate in the north city wall is a pool with the Aramaic name Bethsaida. It had five covered porches, 3 and a crowd of people who were sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed sat there.[a] 5 A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw h...  Read More

Day 9Thursday, March 2John 4:43-53After two days Jesus left for Galilee.(44 Jesus himself had testified that prophets have no honor in their own country.) 45 When he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem during the festival, for they also had been at the festival.46 He returned to Cana in Galilee where he had turned the water into...  Read More

Day 8Wednesday, March 1John 4:1-42Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was making more disciples and baptizing more than John (2 although Jesus’ disciples were baptizing, not Jesus himself). 3 Therefore, he left Judea and went back to Galilee.4Jesus had to go through Samaria. 5 He came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, which was near the land Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jac...  Read More

Day 7Tuesday, February 28John 3:22-3622 After this Jesus and his disciples went into Judea, where he spent some time with them and was baptizing. 23 John was baptizing at Aenon near Salem because there was a lot of water there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.(24 John hadn’t yet been thrown into prison.)25 A debate started between John’s disciples and a certain Jew about cleansing...  Read More