This morning, we enjoyed celebration with a news type of format. All Things To All People did their regular celebration bits, but the news format was entertaining and fun.
For the spiritual direction of the morning, Addison Road led us in songs like “Made to Worship” and encouraged us to worship God in everything we do throughout this day.
Ben Stuart came and preached from 2 Corinthians 13:14. In the morning messages, he is seeking to get to good, practical, helpful things. His purpose this morning was to encourage us to commune, live, and engage with God. He spent some time unpacking the truth that God is one in three persons–teaching on the Trinity. When God calls us to communion, then, His calling us to Himself and He is already community. He spoke of this through the Hebrew language’s use in the Shema of one God. The word is not one in terms of singularity, but one in terms of composite (like one cluster of grapes). One commentator called this bad grammar but good theology. The goal of spirituality is knowing God, uniting with the three in one. When we embrace this, everything we value is eternal. God existed in perfect community before we ever existed. The beauty of spirituality is not that we’re central, but that we are brought into this loving relationship.
From Celebration we headed to our work site and had a good time at Project Safe. We got two coats of paint on 2 of the 3 rooms they asked us to do. Tomorrow we plan to finish the final room and do some work in a garden they have. This was a great experience.