Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bswise_/49551058501 When we want to make a change in our lives we mistakenly believe that we need to take big immediate action in order to get there. But change is usually the result not of sudden and dramatic action, but of small steps. A principle of sustaining change in our lives or in the world is starting small. I have been reflecting on this principle ah...  Read More

CoreGroup Guide | Clean Slate - Week TwoWritten by Sherrill Wall and Jenny HuffmanWelcomeThis is the second week in our series Clean Slate, which offers an opportunity for change.  Last week in the series opener, Pastor Matt suggested that less is better – that change in our lives requires subtraction first. We need to pare down to what is essential and focus on what is most important. Hopefully y...  Read More

As we head into a new year I reviewed my resolutions from last year. One of them was to write a devotional book. I did it! The other I utterly failed to do. Honestly, I never even started it! This highlights something that is true for most of us. It is easy to want to change; it is harder to actually sustain change in our lives. But, God wants us to change not only at the beginning of a new year…e...  Read More

CoreGroup Guide | Clean Slate - Week OneWelcomeWelcome to a new year of CoreGroup discussions! Our first sermon series of the year is called Clean Slate: New Habits for a New Year. This series offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the past year – goals met, mistakes made, lessons learned, and places of gratitude. This is also an opportunity to look ahead at the year to come. What hopes and dr...  Read More

Thank you to all of you who joined The Gathering on Christmas Eve. I loved seeing so many of you in worship. It was a powerful day and night of remembering that God is active and present in so many small things in our lives, not just at Christmas, but all year. I hope that it resonated with you and that you will join us for worship this Sunday and in the New Year. We will have all regular worship ...  Read More

Scripture"16 They went quickly and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.17 When they saw this, they reported what they had been told about this child. 18 Everyone who heard it was amazed at what the shepherds told them. 19 Mary committed these things to memory and considered them carefully. 20 The shepherds returned home, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and se...  Read More