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January 16_Life & Teachings: 3rd Way

For our second week of the series, we're talking about the third way; non-violence and peace making. It's the way of Jesus and of his kingdom.

 

***This week we made the hard decision to be back online for a few weeks due to the surge of covid cases.

January 9_Life & Teachings: Love God/Love People

At Awaken, we say we're about the well and not the fence. We prefer to gather around the well instead of building a fence to decide who's in and who's out. Which begs the question - what's in the well? What do we center ourselves around?

Starting this week, we'll name those things that we center our community around. 

January 2_Reflection of 2021

As a community, we reflect on 2021 and share some of the ways we saw God working in our lives through the year. 

December 24_Christmas Eve

We invite you to consider the arrival of Emmanuel. God with us. 

December 19_Advent: Prince of Peace

This Sunday, we had the treat of hearing from Pastor Jenna. She shared what it might look like to have the author of Peace with us here and now in this time. 

December 12_Advent: Everlasting Father

The word “father” can be complicated. It can be discomforting. It can bring up bad memories. It can also be reassuring and warm. However you come to that today, there’s a place for you.

 

We had an original sketch written by Tiffany Cornwell, Directed by Joy Donley, starring Tiffany Cornwell and Mike Donley during the gatherings.

December 5_Advent: Almighty God

This second week of Advent, the week of Joy, we continue on in Isaiah 9 on the names of the Lord - Almighty God. The Lord's might is different than the typical might; the way of the Lord doesn't fight fire with fire, violence with violence. So what does the Lord's might look like?

November 28_Advent: Wonderful Counselor

For the first Sunday of advent, we continue our tradition of the Advent art series with Vanessa Lucius brining her painting and Brienna Rossiter, a poem.

This season, we'll be going through Isaiah 9:6 where it's prophesied the coming of Jesus and the names that he will be known as; Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

November 21_Faith & Doubt: John the Baptist

In addition to Jenna's prayer and reflection practice, we have Micah's teaching he would have taught on Sunday should he have been able to make it. He closes out the Faith & Doubt series with John the Baptist who asks "are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?" 

 

Meditation music by: Signa (feat. John Mark Nelson)

November 21_Faith & Doubt: Prayer & Reflection Exercise

We have a bit of a change of pace this week. Micah wasn’t able to make it Sunday morning so we did a prayer and reflection practice during the gathering. You can follow along with the prayer and reflection questions to participate.

Micah’s sermon will be posted separately.