nine.twelve

Launch Day is set for September 12.

As we prepare to launch we are going to begin our nine.twelve team meetings on April 11 over at the Underground. The nine.twelve team is the core team that will be forming to launch Red Door. If you have been following along and are interested in joining in with the nine.twelve team all you need to do is show up at 5pm at the Underground on April 11. We look forward to seeing everyone there. Oh, and we are providing dinner as well, so come hungry!

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BIG GOD. BIG NEWS.

Wow. The past few months have been a blur and the past two weeks… where did they go? So much has happened and I am excited to share with you what has been going on. But first a little back story…

When we were in Pittsburgh looking to move back to Ohio and plant a church, we were in need of a place to meet and begin gathering people together once a month just to begin the conversation. We knew it would be awhile before we could fully move back to Ohio, but we wanted and sensed God already moving in the lives of our friends and family. But how do you rent a building in Cincinnati when you live in Pittsburgh and have zero dollars? In a way only God works we ended up in the living room of a pastor IN PITTSBURGH whose best friend runs one of the buildings we thought it would be awesome to rent IN OHIO. He calls him up from the living room that night and secures the building for us rent free for six months! Coincidence? Nope. There are no coincidences. Only a BIG God with BIG plans.

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interns wanted

We are searching for 4 hardworking and creative interns who will help us spend our lives bringing heaven to earth. So if you know someone, or are someone, who wants to bust their rear to expand the Kingdom to kids, students, social action, or through mad graphic design skills then fill out our snazzy Intern Application below and we will review it and get back with you as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Jesus and Money

What does Jesus have to say about money? This is a collection of most of the teachings Jesus had on money. Several of these stories are repeated in various forms throughout the Gospels and the repeats are not included here. Take time to ponder these and think through what this means to us today.

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What is tithing?

For The Glory… Money (pt.1)
The word tithe literally means “a tenth”. It is rooted in the OT idea of giving a tenth of what you own. A closer look into Scriptures and we discover the OT concept of the tithe is not as simple as giving 10%. There were actually 3 tithes recorded in the OT, each slightly different from the other. The total amount given came to 20% or possibly, at times, up to 30% each year. Below is the breakdown of each tithe:
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waiting…

“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
1 Cor. 10.31

I often feel the need to do great things for God to be glorified in me. But the simple truth is that we can and do glorify God in the small stuff, the eating and drinking stuff, the 99% of our time stuff. Big things do come for some of us, but most of us will live normal-crazy lives with normal-crazy schedules in a normal-crazy family. So if we spend our lives waiting until something big comes for our lives to count for God’s glory, then we just may spend the rest of our lives waiting…

Everyday there are dishes, and laundry, and kids, and appointments, and 1st shifts, and 2nd shifts, and 3rd shifts, and brushing teeth, and going to the park, and eating dinner, and taking the kids, and cleaning the bathrooms, and painting the walls, and shopping, and paying bills, and talking to friends, and folding the towels, and making lists, and on and on and on. This is life, and this is where glory is won or lost. God is not waiting for us to get this stuff done so we can get on with glorifying Him. He is waiting for us to glorify Him in doing this stuff.

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A Wake-Up Call

Check this out over at YouTube. Susan Boyle sings, “I Dreamed a Dream”
I love the judges remarks! Especially the comments from the girl judge. Isn’t it always better when it’s unexpected? Maybe that is part of why God chooses the foolish of this world to serve as his wake-up call. He chooses the beaten and the torn, the broken and the desperate to become his light that shines his glory and fame. He chooses us - the foolish - to confound and astound the wise and the powerful.

May we be the fools… 1 Corinthians 1.27

Christ is Risen!

What joy, this promise of redemption; what love, this sacrifice given;
What hope, all things made new; what now, but new life for me and you.

Today is the day when all life is promised restoration. The day where all lost hope is given new life. The moment when the forces of evil were put on notice… Your time is running out. May we now be the people of resurrection, the people through whom this new life flows, the people who stare down the powers of evil, the people who live lives declaring that even though there is evil around us there is hope, there is love, there is faith, there is redemption.

Amen.

Resurrection.

The next topic for 610 is Resurrection
I have included a few Scripture texts worth reading (among many others) before we meet on March 7. I have included a few other reading and audio resources along with some questions to think through. If you have anything you would like to add or questions re: resurrection to discuss then throw it in the comments section. Peace to you all.
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