John 6:28-40They asked, “What must we do in order to accomplish what God requires?”Jesus replied, “This is what God requires, that you believe in him whom God sent.”They asked, “What miraculous sign will you do, that we can see and believe you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”Jesus told them, “I assure you, ...  Read More

Sunday, April 3THE PRACTICE OF GIVING by Seth BottsReflectionWhy are talks of money so hard? Why do they make me so uncomfortable? In a world where accumulation of resources carries so much social value, it is hard to trade those resources for something intangible. For me, in order to open my heart to giving, I had to first let go of the transactional expectation that I have associated with money ...  Read More

This notion of God becoming human, otherwise known as incarnation, has some major implications on your life. It’s a bold claim, I know, but hear me out. The knowledge of Jesus’ human life conveys 3 distinct truths about who you are. These truths may not be new to you, but they are often misrepresented. Here are 3 truths we hope you’ll remember. God becoming a human in Jesus as “the Christ” reveals...  Read More

John 3:1-17There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a Jewish leader. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could do these miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.”Jesus answered, “I assure you, unless someone is born anew, it’s not possible to see God’s kingdom.”Nicodemus asked, “How is it possible for an adult ...  Read More

OpenerJohn Wesley founded Methodism and led a spiritual renewal movement in his world that swept across continents. He believed that a person’s growing spiritual life depends on weekly small growth groups (like ours in the Gathering). Wesley had his group hold accountability checks with each other weekly about their spiritual practices in the past week.  As we think this week about serving, let’s ...  Read More

A decade ago, The Gathering was growing rapidly, so we decided to take a leap of faith and try something new. We started a second location in downtown Clayton. We hired a person from within our church to lead it (Matt Fulmer), and about 50 or so people committed to leave the McCausland site to start what would become the Clayton site. This weekend, The Gathering’s Clayton site will celebrate their...  Read More