Community

It’s been a regular practice of The Parish Church to regularly (somewhat annually) revisit our Core Values to remind us of who God is, what he has done/is doing, who we are in light of that, and what we’re called to do. For Week 2, we worked through the Story of God and looked at how true, biblical community is from God, through God, and for God. We explored Genesis, John, and 1 John and explored the BIG IDEA that, “God intends his image-bearing people to live and thrive as disciples of Jesus in the context of a community (the church), growing in the gospel and on mission together.“ Check it out.

Like thousands of churches worldwide, this global pandemic has forced us to be creative in our response — both in terms of how we gather and how we serve our community. Though we believe the normative pattern established in Scripture for community anticipates embodied presence of the Gathered Church, there are certain times where that’s not as safe. We find ourselves in such a time and are thankful to be able to leverage the digital landscape to remain faithful to plugging into community. This week’s Gathering came by way of smaller House Gatherings (following local, state, and federal guidelines) via Zoom. We’d love for you to join us next week!