Getcha Some ReThreads Tonight!

Hey Red Door, we have a ReThreads sort this afternoon at 4PM the sort will take place at the ReThreads HQ (click here for directions.)  This is in preparation for the Grand Opening on August 14.  The Grand Opening is just around the corner and there is much to do.  If you are interested in helping out on August 14 sign up here.

Red River Gorge Photos

Just some photos from this past weekend at Red River Gorge
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Power Plant is in town…

Hey Red Door, I am really excited to see everything unfolding this week. We are passing out our Hello’s to our neighbors in the Fairfield / Forest Park area this week, and on Friday we are hosting a Day-O-Fun at Heritage Glen for the kids there.  Friday will be a blast we would love to have you with us.  It’s this easy…come to Heritage Glen Apartments from 3-6 on Friday and just hang out and love on some kids.  We will be having some sweet stick on tats, making bracelets and playing games.  If you have any questions feel free to contact me via email or leave a comment under the blog.

Welcoming a New Reality

A changed world will only come about when we are changed humans. God is at work within His world when he is at work within us. He is a HUGE and amazing God - the creator of worlds, and the recreator of us. Wow.

Check out this great post by Mike Bishop at www.whatischurch.com. Best line… “We think it’s about changing the world – He knows it’s about changing us.”
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Tabitha’s Closet

Has anyone been to Goodwill lately? Maybe you’ve noticed their new line of “high quality” donation-wear complete with fresh new “high-quality” prices to match. Seriously, walking into your local Goodwill these days is like walking into a Walmart, except everything isn’t new, the floors are sticky, and the air is thick with the musty-perfume only age can bring. I don’t know if Goodwill is looking to flip it’s image into the next discount retailer or simply adjusting for inflation, but the last time I checked they get their inventory for uuummmmm… FREE! So no matter which way you slice that pie, it doesn’t make sense for them to charge the under-resourced and poor $6 for a t-shirt given to them for FREE! Where’s the goodwill in that?

This is why I love what Kim Martin (a woman in our 610 community) is doing with a group of other women in the area. They have launched a new venture - Tabitha’s Closet - to bring fresh, clean, lightly worn clothing to the poor and homeless in our community for FREE! The real kind of free. The kind where a family who has no money to spend on needed clothing can walk in, find what they need, and walk out without the need to pull out the latest super-saver-frequent-shopper-discount card or even pay at all. How awesome is that?

Here is how we can help…

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The Celtic Way of Evangelism

A while back I read a book about St. Patrick called, The Celtic Way of Evangelism. It was one of those life shifting books that made me stop and think about what evangelism truly was. At the core of the book is the contrast between the Roman model for evangelism and the Celtic model for evangelism. Most of us have naturally inherited the Roman model for evangelism based on logic and reason, but St. Patrick and the Christian community that developed under his leadership opted for a different world of evangelism. In the end, they created a culture shift so large that the entire country of Ireland was “Christianized” within 2-3 generations. St. Patrick alone was responsible for the development of over 1000 pastors and planted over 700 churches at a time when the established church argued over what date Easter should fall on and what the hair-do should be (I’m not kidding!).

Check out these contrasting excerpts from The Celtic Way of Evangelism, by George Hunter:

“Bluntly stated, the Roman model for reaching people is: 1) Present the Christian message; 2) Invite them to decide to believe in Christ and become Christians and 3) If they decide positively, welcome them into the church and its fellowship. The Roman model seems very logical to us because most American evangelicals are scripted by it! We explain the gospel, they accept Christ, we welcome them into the church! Presentation, Decision, Assimilation. What could be more logical than that?

The Celtic model for reaching people works like this: 1) You first establish community with people, or bring them into the fellowship of your community of faith. 2) Within fellowship, you engage in conversation, ministry, prayer, and worship. 3) In time, as they discover that they now believe, you invite them to commit.”

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