Loam
Tim and Jay Jeffries are planting a new congregation at Northern called Loam. It is a congregation that is built around a misisonal team of creating a community garden.
Tim writes on his blog about the name Loam and says Loam is a rich fertile soil that is good for growing things in. Seems like a pretty appropriate name for us to me.
Tim has a flurry of posts today on his blog and one caught my eye:
More than something else to fit in your calendar
One of the shifts I’ve noticed which is significant for people starting or joining mission-shaped churches is the shift from church being something that fits into your life to your life being something that fits because of mission….
….Well the vision of the Kingdom of God is a big one, one that requires big dreams and big sacrifices to achieve those dreams, so somehow people have to regain the ability to dream, to sacrifice, to hope and trust that as they lay their lives down in service and mission for God, they will be fulfilling His purposes.
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