Connekkt Pics from Higher Ground Summer Camp!
This summer from July 4-10, many of our preteens, teens and leaders spent the week in Townsend, TN for the annual Higher Ground Summer Camp. Here are just a few photos from the week!
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Just Mercy – Part Four – Brokenness
3/29/2020 – Just Mercy - Part Four - Brokenness Psalm 38. In most of David's psalms, he is all-too-quick to call out the sin, hurt and evil around him, and far too slow to identify it in himself. Hmm. Sound familiar? But in Psalm 38, David seems to turn a corner and...
Just Mercy – Part Three – Irreparably Lost Time
3/22/2020 – Just Mercy - Part Three - Irreparably Lost Time Psalm 89. In so much of life, it seems too long before justice and restoration arrives. It can make things seem hopeless. The remedy for this hopelessness is to remember Christ's Kingdom is already arriving...
Just Mercy – Part Two – Identification
3/8/2020 – Just Mercy - Part Two - Identification Psalm 23. In David's most quoted song/Psalm, he boasts about the table God prepares for him in the presence of his enemies. God still prepares tables for us, but could it be that God wants us to sit with our enemies?...
Just Mercy – Part One – Repentance
3/1/2020 – Just Mercy - Part One - Repentance Psalm 51. Using Psalms and stories from Bryan Stevenson's book Just Mercy, we are exploring the human heart in our lent series. This week is a look at repentance.
Colossians – Part Four – Onesimus Is One Of You
2/23/2020 – Colossians - Part Four - Onesimus Is One Of You Colossians 4:1-9. The final chapter of Paul's letter to the church at Colossae begins with a strong encouragement to slave owners to treat their slaves "fairly and justly." But this was not Paul’s only word...
Colossians – Part Three – Heaven. It’s not the End of the World.
2/16/2020 – Colossians - Part Three - Heaven. It's not the End of the World Colossians 3:1-17. Heaven is important, but it's not the end of the world. And not only that ... it starts now.
Colossians – Part Two – Be Careful not to get Synagogue’d
2/2/2020 – Colossians - Part Two - Be Careful not to get Synagogue'd Colossians 2:1-15. The believers in Colossae are facing pressures from the religious establishment to follow Jewish observances, rituals and laws. Paul warns them (tongue-in-cheek) not to get...
Colossians – Part One – Maturity
2/2/2020 – Colossians - Part One - Maturity Colossians 1:1-20. The church in Colossae was a young church living in a very divided culture. In other words, they were a lot like us. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the main theme of the letter is...
The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) – Part Four – Community
1/26/2020 – The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) - Part Four - Community Matthew 28:16-20; John 13:34-35. For many (most?) of us who call Ekklesia home, we share a common experience of faith deconstruction and the corresponding search for a better faith. As it turns out,...
The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) – Part Three – Money / Generosity
1/19/2020 – The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) - Part Three - Money / Generosity Matthew 28:16-20; Matthew 6:19-24. The world and the gospel are at odds with how we should handle our resources. The world encourages a "bad eye" but Jesus calls us to a "good eye." What...