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[This post is from the Dwell community think-tank, The Daily Missioner.]
Sometimes I forget just how beautiful/amazing/remarkable the space is that God set aside for us. take it all in.
Exodus 23:20:
See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
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New!
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By now most of you guys know that Dwell is moving into a new space starting this Sunday, July 4th. The space is on 266 South Champlain St. and our first gathering will be with our sister church, Mosaic.
Something you might not know is why the blog has been a bit dormant of late. It's definitely because of general busyness, but it's also because we are gearing up for a new approach to blogging at Dwell, a community approach.
Pretty soon, several folks at Dwell will be posting to this Tumblr blog: The Daily Missioner. And posts from that blog will be fed directly to the Dwell site.
And I think that there is something significant about these things, taken together. That something is simply that we are in a time of newness, a season wherein God is highlighting that this Dwell community is a part of the BIG NEW THING that God is doing in the world in general, a new thing called new creation.
Understanding new creation is easiest when you trace it back from it's fulfillment. At the conclusion of the Story, John the Revelator says this:
Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death' or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!"
That final city, that final earth, that final dwelling place for God and his people, is already being created now, only to be finished then. New space, new blog, new Dwell - all of these small things are signs of the big thing, that we are God's people, newly created by the resurrected and ascended King in the power of his Spirit. We are his new people, and he dwells in the world through us, filling every thing in every way.
Indeed, making everything new, in Burlington and beyond.
Resurrection Story: Ryan and Rachel
In May members of the Dwell Community have been sharing their stories - real-life stories of struggle, life, redemption, love, and resurrection. This is one such story.
SUMMER
Ryan: My first impression of Rachel was reading her testimony. I identified with her struggles and sense of God’s rescuing love. I have heard hundreds of testimonies before, but hers impacted me deeply, even romantically. She was attractive to me, yet we had never met and all I knew about her was that Jesus was now the center of her identity. Our parents had been friends for years and had even suggested that we meet each other, but I brushed it off as another arranged meeting that would be disappointing. I had been praying for a life partner for years and realized that whenever the special woman arrived, God would have to arrange it and make it abundantly clear. Already, Rachel had my attention. When we met on her baptism day, I was even more impressed. She had a maturity that caught me by surprise and an openness that permitted our relationship to be molded.
Rachel: Last summer I spent long periods of time reading devotionals and talking with God. I had just returned to faith and was learning a lot about my identity in Christ. I was also writing my testimony for Dwell Church’s website since I was getting baptized at the end of August. I felt God was opening my eyes to His purpose for marriage and a spouse. I thought a lot about the characteristics I wanted in a husband, and I asked God to bring someone into my life who exhibited these traits.
One night I listened to a message by Allistair Begg on the Book of Ruth. Mr. Begg talked about marriage and how parents generally give good advice on whom their children should date. My parents had mentioned their friends’ son, Ryan Guilfoy, on more than one occasion. But Ryan was 33 yeas old… so I always ignored the idea. (I had decided never to date anyone more than 10 years older than I.) After listening to Mr. Begg’s message, I was reminded of my parents’ comments about Ryan. I remember talking to God and letting Him know they were clearly off the mark with their suggestion. Suddenly I got the impression that Ryan could be just the man I had been praying for. Although the reason wasn’t terribly clear at the time, God placed Ryan’s name on my heart. From then on I prayed for him… and his future wife.
FALL
Ryan: We spoke only briefly at the baptism celebration, but there was a spark of interest for both of us. Our families got together a couple of times in the week following Rachel’s baptism and it was enough to launch our friendship. Just before she left for school, I suggested Rachel send updates so that I could be praying for her. Starting the next day, we began writing letters to each other through email. It was wonderful! We learned so much about one another over that first month. Rachel visited again in October and we confessed our attraction to one another. We began dating! The letter writing continued with a couple of weekend visits in between. At Thanksgiving our families were together for the entire week. One of my favorite aspects of this gift from God is the friendship between our families.
Rachel: I returned to Vermont excitedly awaiting my baptism. I knew Ryan and his parents would be there, but I tried not to think too much about it. I was just excited to express my love and faith towards God at this ceremony. However, while at the ceremony, Ryan was still on my mind. I felt like God was calling him to my attention. We spoke briefly after the baptism and I felt a connection to Ryan I had never experienced before. I got to know Ryan a little more during the week following the baptism. There was definitely a connection between us, but I really wanted to let God orchestrate our relationship if it was His will. Ryan gave me his email address so we could stay in contact while I was at school. I had asked God to put someone in my life to help me stay accountable while I was at school and Ryan was my answered prayer! I emailed him as soon as I arrived in Providence. The first month Ry and I learned a lot about each other and our relationship deepened. I really got to know him and his heart through our correspondence. God showed me that this man He had placed on my heart over the summer was going become my husband. Although I didn’t know how and when this was going to pass, I clung to the promise God had given me.
WINTER
Ryan: Christmas came and with it the undeniable confidence that our relationship was provided and intended by our loving God. Although we had been talking “long-term” since the beginning of our relationship, we finally spoke our love for one another in January. Once I told Rachel that I loved her, it was clear that I should ask her to be my wife. The question was: When and how?
Thank God for a father’s perspective! My dad listened to my thoughts and feelings and encouraged me to move ahead without hesitation. First I wanted to ask Rachel’s father, Brian, for her hand in marriage. And I wanted to do it face to face. Her parents had moved to Texas by then and I was determined to visit them without Rachel knowing. Everything seemed to line up for a quick trip and God protected and honored my travel, including the weather patterns, which seemed to affect all planes except for my flights. Rachel’s parents were thrilled with the engagement plans. (Of course, Rachel still had to say yes!)
After my trip to Texas, I became focused on a suitable ring for my love. I had a beautiful ring that used to belong to my grandmother and I wanted Rachel to have it, but I became caught up with the idea of creating something of my own. I worked with a jeweler to design a new setting. However, on the day before the proposal, I learned that the new ring would not be available. Discouraged, I asked the Lord why He allowed this disruption. He reminded me of the original ring and, more importantly, that He had been the one guiding and providing for our relationship. Unknowingly, I had started to take over with the ring. God lovingly removed the distraction and provided a better solution -- and a restored perspective. On Saturday, February 6th, Rachel and I met early in the morning, just north of Boston and drove to ocean to watch the sunrise. There on Singing Beach I asked the love of my life to marry me.
Rachel: When I returned to Vermont after Christmas, Ryan told me he loved me and I Iet him know that I felt the same. We talked about our future together and getting married. But first, Ryan said he wanted to ask for my father’s permission in person. I knew my dad wasn’t returning to Vermont until my graduation in May, so I looked expectantly towards that time. (However, I prayed that we would be engaged before then!)
In the meantime, Ryan and I decided to meet every Saturday in Concord, NH, which was about half way between Rhode Island and Vermont. Thankfully, I was returning to Burlington for an internship during my final trimester, so Ryan and I would be able to spend a lot more time together.
One week Ryan suggested that we meet in Boston. Ry used to live there and wanted to show me around. (We were also getting a little tired of Concord!). I gladly took him up on his offer. We decided to meet in Woburn and drive into the city together. On the way into town, Ryan announced we were not going to watch the sunrise in Boston but on the beach. The morning was cloudy and cold and I doubted that we would be able to see the sunrise, but I could tell Ryan was very excited about going to the beach. As we were walking toward the water, Ryan handed me a digital recorder and asked me to play it. Over the past months, Ryan and I had had lots of fun recording messages for each other while we were apart. Excited to hear what he had recorded, I pressed “play.”
I heard his voice reading from the Book of Psalms about the sunrise and the ocean. Then he said, “Rachel the sun rises and sets with you.” There was a pause on the recording and then he spoke again. He told me about his trip to Texas and asking my dad if he could marry me. He told me that my dad had said “yes.” The tape recording stopped. I was stunned! I turned to see Ryan drop to one knee. He looked at me and asked, “Rachel will you marry me?” The answer was obvious: YES! Then he placed his grandmother’s ring on my finger…
TODAY
We are so excited for the adventure God has in store and so thankful for all He has done and is continuing to do. Our lives and relationship are His accomplishment and we are in awe!
Are You Numb?
How often do we become 'numb' to life? How often do the routine and the mundane dull our senses to God's 'in-everything' reality? How often do we miss the incredible blessing in 'the basics' - that breath, and food, and fun, and life are all gifts from our Creator? How often do we buy into the idea that we just need to wade through the squalor of this life, bide our time, and gut it out until eternity? How often do we miss the beauty and purpose of the 'now' for grand memories of the past or grand hopes for the future? The answer (for me) is far too often.
About 15 minutes ago I finished reading a fantastic book by @PastorChrisSeay called "The Gospel According to Lost". If you know me then you undoubtedly know I'm a Lost fanatic and I've been touting this book for the past couple of months. In the final chapter Mr. Seay tells a story. His friend Kyle, pastor of a church in Waco, TX, was preparing to lead his community in the celebration of the baptism of some young folks at his church. Then tragedy struck and Kyle was electrocuted and killed during the baptismal service. He did not get to preach his message that morning, but his sermon was found tucked away in his Bible. This is what the conclusion had to say:
Live. And Live Well.
Breathe. Breathe in and breathe deeply. Be present. Do not be past. Do not be future. Be now.
On a crystal clear, breezy seventy-degree day, roll down the windows and feel the wind against your skin. Feel the warmth of the sun.
If you run, then allow those first few breaths on a cool autumn day to freeze your lungs and do not just be alarmed, be alive.
Get knee-deep in a novel and lose track of time.
If you bike, pedal hard...and if you crash, then crash well.
Feel the satisfaction of a job well done - a paper well written, a project thoroughly completed, a play well performed.
If you must wipe the snot from your three-year old's nose, don't be disgusted if the Kleenex didn't catch it all...because soon he'll be wiping his own.
If you've recently experienced loss, then grieve. And grieve well.
At the table with friends and family, laugh. If you're eating and laughing at the same time, then you might as well laugh until you puke. And if you eat, then smell. The aromas are not impediments to your day. Steak on the grill, coffee beans freshly ground, cookies in the oven. And taste. Taste every ounce of life. Because it is most definitely a gift.
So let's live, and live well.
Tweeting Good Friday
Most of you dwellers know this, but I am fond of Twitter.
Really fond of it.
[Subliminal message: Get an account now.]
I much prefer it over Facebook, which is fast becoming Mombook and is a cluttered mess of irrlelevant information much of the time; Twitter, on the other hand, is lightning-fast, highly relevant and taggable, and generally super informative. It's proclamation aggregation instead of (oft-inane) conversation.
Don't worry, not writing off Facebook, just yet - just stating the preference. To put it simply, I have never been yelled at on Twitter - on Facebook, happens kinda frequently.
I'm writing this on Holy Saturday as I work on the sermon for tomorrow. This whole week has been an awesome time of reflection and contemplation; in fact, I've felt strongly that this week has been an important one for the future of our community (of communities) - and there's been all of the intensity, and even difficulty, associated with something important.
To put it simply, Holy Week is huge, and it has been both a beautiful and serious time for me thus far.
Last night, though, was the first taste of the fruit of this week's labors: the Good Friday gathering. I cannot express how profoundly impacted I was by that hour, by Trevor's poetic account of the Passion, by Josh's ongoing musical genius, by Grant's unbelievable contemplation mix, by all of our wonderful readers, and, all told, by this fresh experience of the death of our King.
By the way, you can grab the audio from last night on the Sermon page, or just subscribe to the feed.
So, Twitter. I found myself tweeting (and sometimes 'booking) Good Friday thoughts all week; and others were doing the same thing. So here are some Good Friday tweets to meditate on this Holy Saturday as we await celebration tomorrow:
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And one from Facebook (cuz it exceeded 140 characters):
And finally...
Resurrection Week
One of my families' favorite traditions is to extend holidays, birthdays, and other special occasions into week-long celebrations. As a kid this was amazing - my birthday meant not just one day of fun, it meant a week long time to be with family and pretty much do whatever you wanted - like I said, amazing. As we get closer to Resurrection Sunday I propose that we do the very same thing with the celebration of our King. Every single day this week we should all join together as a community in focusing our thoughts and lives on the incredible fact that Our Savior, who died for us, is not dead but alive and calling us all into lives of restorative resurrection mission, community, and justice in Burlington.
Here's a little piece from Palm Sunday that I expanded on a bit. I hope it sends you into this week with a hope that enables you to face anything this life has to offer.
"When we look at life and ultimately death – the fact that all of this is going to come to an end for every single person on this earth – our outlook on life starts to change. The reality of death is the primary cause for just about every 45 year-old you see driving a red Miata (and really? A Miata? Wow). Holy self-help books, batman.
Here's a quote from Rick Mckinley of Imago Dei that really resonated with me,
We all, at some point, come to face the reality that life has NO MEANING if resurrection isn't true.
And Jesus came and was raised from the dead to once and for all show us the true purpose of life. Jesus is the point of our lives (whether you believe or not) – and his kingly position does not mean that He's to be a supplement or an add-on (He's not the protein shake you drink between meals – He's the meal). His resurrection changes everything – it means that my outlook on life no longer has to keep ignoring the ending (because that's what we do, we ignore it). We can embrace the fact that in the end, death will not win because Jesus has conquered it for us.
Our God is the God of the living, and His love is stronger than the power of death. This invitation to believe is an invitation to finally live for the purpose you were meant for – The king invites with expectancy, ready to lead you and desirous that you believe and follow. When we put the whole weight of our trust in the resurrection (and we stop holding some of it back for if we get the raise, or if we get the A on the paper, of if we get the girl) we are free from being constantly swayed by our circumstances. We can rest in His finished and completed work, and finally begin to live."
I leave you with, quite possibly, the best "resurrection" scene from any movie.. ever.
And BE WARNED, it starts a bit violent and completely ruins the movie if you've never seen it!
Skeleton Bones
So there's this song called 'Skeleton Bones' and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it pretty much all week. While the music and the melodies are amazing, that's not why I can't stop thinking about it. The final line of the chorus is the real reason. It simply says, "Crown Him, Stand Him up". Those 5 words have been getting my attention because when it comes down to it, our lives have one single purpose.. To crown our Savior, and STAND HIM UP.
But more on that in a minute..
Before I had totally put my faith and trust in Jesus I was always searching, searching for the thing that would make me happy, that would fill the void and "fix my brokenness" (though I wouldn't have put it that way). Like Jack from 'Lost' says, "I'm broken and I was stupid enough to think this place (the island) could fix me". This is how we all are isn't it? We think the summer-time or the new video game or the car or the girl or the boy or the degree or the career or the house or the money are going to once and for all make us happy, satisfied, and fix us. Even if we don't go around saying that or admitting it, when we're honest with ourselves it's how we live... and all of those things are incapable of making it happen.
This is why Jesus had to come. He came to breathe His resurrection life into our skeleton bones; He came drenched in love, for no other reason than to see us truly alive and reconciled with Him... and His love is stronger than the power of death. In His death and, most importantly resurrection, He has purchased new life for us, true life that surpasses anything this world can offer. Even our unworthiness, though it seems insurmountable at times, pales in comparison to the strength of His resurrection love. It is no match.
Because of who He is and what He's done, because He died and was raised for us, our lives have one purpose - Crown Him, Stand Him Up. Adore Him, love Him, and worship the God-Man who was raised to conquer death for you. His love is specific, it's tangible, it's real, and it was fully realized in His resurrection. When the weight of your trust has been fixed on the resurrecting power of what Jesus has done for you, you can finally embrace the mission and purpose and meaning your life was meant for, even in the here and now, in the daily routine. We aren't here to simply bide our time until we get to heaven - our actions in this life hold much greater worth than we often realize. To 'crown Him' and to 'stand him up' is to join in with creation, the 'everything that breathes', giving our lives to the one who has given us life. Check out this quote from NT Wright:
The point of the resurrection is that the present bodily life is not valueless just because it will die...What you do with your body in the present matters because God has a great future in store for it...What you do in the present—by painting, preaching, singing, sewing, praying, teaching, building hospitals, digging wells, campaigning for justice, writing poems, caring for the needy, loving your neighbor as yourself—will last into God's future. These activities are not simply ways of making the present life a little less beastly, a little more bearable, until the day when we leave it behind altogether (as the hymn so mistakenly puts it...). They are part of what we may call building for God's kingdom.
Jesus came drenched in love for us. He came to see us go from broken, searching and lost, to found. To see us go from dead and depressed and un-fulfilled to ALIVE, at peace, and one with your creator. Our job is so simple (and yet, so difficult thanks to our pride). All we must do is once and for all put down our walls, open up the gates to our heart, and let Him in. His invitation is always there, His hand out-stretched always.
But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people." - Romans 10:21
Even when all we have done with our lives is lived contrary to the way we know we are supposed to and to the way God intended, His hand is still held out, drenched in love, ready and waiting to bring life to our skeleton bones.
Race for the Crown
I love the Olympics. I love gymnastics in the Summer and figure skating in the Winter. Kind of cliché for a girl to say, I know, but it is true! This year was no exception, as my husband and I would sit down for dinner, we would watch them slide around the ice in glitter and sometimes to bad music. But this year, my attitude was a bit cynical. I never really noticed how many times these talented people would fall. We noticed that after the first fall, they would have trouble nailing the consecutive jumps. And I found myself being disappointed and uncomfortable. Are we demanding too much perfection? Do we demand reality be perfect, and when it fails to be so, can't move on? But the beauty was that those athletes did move on. Failed jump after failed jump they continued. One girl broke my heart as I watched her fall three times, but continue with a smile and determined energy. She finished with a smile but after the music ended her head fell into her hands and she mourned.
Paul says in 1 Corinthians that we as Christians are to run a race. His analogy was perfect, because in his time, that culture had the exact same Olympic games were it ended with an endurance race. The one champion would walk away wearing a crown of pine. The Christian walks away from life with an imperishable crown. Paul says "I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air." How many gold medalist do we watch beat the air when they finish? We are asked by Paul to live our lives with the same focus and determination as these athletes we watch, only our goal is not selfish, but selfless. It is training and it is a daily. But we are not alone, if we look to our right and to our left, we should be surrounding ourselves with others who are running the same race. Support and encouragement come from our Christian community. We can all relate to the doubts that fill our head, fatigue from work and victories in the name of our Lord. We are all to be looking to the same finish line. When we fall down or feel like a failure, God still loves us. It is inevitable that we will fall, but it is the getting back up that counts.
1 Corinthians 10:12-13 "Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he falls. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."
Another favorite moment of the Olympics is the winners ceremony, where the gold medalist sings their national anthem and their flag is raised highest. What song will be playing when we meet our Lord face to face? My guess is Amazing Grace.
When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.
"More-than" Justification
I had an excellent conversation with friends this morning over bacon.
I mean, the conversation wasn't about bacon, it was over bacon, like a conversation over coffee.
It was about justification.
Anyway.
We read Romans 3, talked, and then flipped over to Romans 4. And this was striking:
But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
The striking thing was that while Romans 3 - along with the vast majority of evangelical thought - associated justification with the cross, here Paul connects it directly to the resurrection.
Which is mysterious.
Of course, it's really only mysterious if you have a limiting view of justification. You may have heard, but in recent years there has been quite a hubub in evangelical theology regarding the nature and scope of justification. Just what is it, and to what does it pertain?
Better, how far does it go?
I am no pro, but it strikes me as odd that this is such a problem. Now, I know that there are issues regarding the way that some of the newer theology treats the doctrine of imputation - whether the righteousness of Christ, that is, his obedience in life to the law of God, his moral perfection, is credited to our account at the moment of faith, rendering us righteous before the Judge's bench. NT Wright, for one, has presented a different view on this finer point (with which I don't entirely agree).
But if we take a traditional view of imputation (and I think we have to, in light of 1 Corinthians 5:21) and also try to apply the discoveries coming at us in the newer scholarship, what do we get?
I think we get a more-than justification.
It's not that it's more than justification, ya know, as if justification is not enough. It's that justification is more than we thought it was, and not less. That's the kind of justification that this justification is - the more-than kind.
Let's be honest. More often than not, when Paul talks theology in Romans, he also talks about the relationship between Jewish folks, Gentile folks, and the new folks called the church. If we talk justification and don't talk about that, we are not talking about justification the way Paul did.
Why are justification and the bringing together of Jewish community and Gentile community into a new community so directly connected? It's because justification is as relational as it is judicial.
Which brings us back to the mystery.
When Paul adds, with brilliant nonchalance, that Jesus was "raised for our justification," he means that justification would not be effective without the resurrection. He means that justification is not merely about the vicarious satisfaction of judgment through the blood of atonement; it is about the vindication of the Son.
Because in the resurrection, the Son is vindicated as the Son, and raised to his proper relational position before the Father.
(See, God's a Father, not just a Judge.)
At Dwell, we've been studying the Story of the Lost Son. After spending his trust fund on the equivalent of a Vegas binge, the son realizes that he is no longer good enough to be called the father's son. Yet upon his return, something amazing happens:
But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.
I think this is the more-than picture we need to really get the doctrine of justification by faith. Justification is not merely right-standing before the Judge and a pardon from punishment; it is rather a resurrection and reinstatement unto full sonship in the family of God. This is what happened to Jesus, the firstfruits, when he was raised from the dead - sin could not separate him from the Father, the relationship had to be restored. His righteousness cleared him, and the Father vindicated him by raising him up to his right hand.
Likewise, by faith in Jesus and not by works, we are raised to full sonship in the Father's house, even though we don't deserve it - we are never good enough, but Jesus was, and we are in him.
Incredible!
And the more amazing thing is this: Justification means right relationship with the Father as sons and a restored place at the family table - that is, in the new community, the church. Justification means that through Jesus we are all raised to life in the kingdom of God, Jewish folks and Gentile folks alike, male and female, slave and free, because there is no distinction.
Justification means that the walls of religion, gender, ethnicity, and social status have been destroyed! All can be brought back to perfect relationship with the Father and unmatched community with one another!
And as we are reconciled to the Father and into his community, we are also sent to be about the business of reconciling others...and the world. Justification is the fact that we have been made right through Jesus, in a community of those who have been made right through Jesus, who are about the Father's work of right-making in the world through Jesus.
And that's more-than.
[Zach is the Leader for Teaching at Dwell. You can check out Zach's personal blogging at http://thenuance.tumblr.com.]
Dwell/ing BTV
We are not meant to be self-sufficient - life in community is a better life than one of isolation. - @PastorChrisSeay
As Zach has said in the past, Dwell's origins were found in homes - homes filled with people who genuinely loved Jesus and loved each other. We have continually seen that God does not want us to "go it alone"; just as He is a community (the 3-in-1), so are we to simply 'be' community - engaging each other relationally, preferring each other over ourselves and our own needs, carrying each other's burdens, and simply doing life together as He directs our steps.
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. - Acts 2:42-47
As the Dwell community has grown, our desire for this close-knit feeling of community has only intensified. We currently have 3 intentional hangouts each week called Dwell/ings; this particular Dwelling happens every Tuesday night at 7:30pm in Burlington. We talk together, eat together, laugh together, encourage each other, pray with and for each other, and open up our Bible's together in hopes that God will meet us where we are and lead us forward as one, unified community - and that is exactly what He does.
I no longer want to see people choosing to go it alone, choosing a worldly, cavalier “freedom” that masquerades as liberty but actually isolates them from the full provision of God’s grace. - @jimhoagvt
I feel so blessed to have been 'grafted in' to this amazing gospel community and cannot wait to see how God shapes us and uses us for His Kingdom in the future. If you ever want to become a part of what God is doing at Dwell here in Burlington please contact us and we will make sure it happens.