Table to Table is our model for discipleship to bring forth transformative growth within our congregation & community.
Why Table to Table?
The answer is simple. The 'table' is so many things to so many different people. The table is a place of laughter, care, love, comfort, peace, enjoyment - the list goes on!
If you look to the Gospels, Jesus' ministry was a table ministry. His first miracle on Earth? Turning water into wine at a dinner party. How about when Jesus dined with sinners and tax collectors? The final supper? When Jesus dined with His disciples one last time before He would get His death sentence. The table isn't mentioned this many times in the Gospels by accident.
Table of Community
The Table of Community stresses the importance of gathering to observe the Lords goodness in the corporate setting.
Sunday mornings, Worship nights, church-wide prayer gatherings, and any time where we collectively gather to lift the name of our savior, for the purpose of understanding that he is Jireh, and provider of our lives, are spaces where we live into the vision of this table.
Sunday mornings & corporate gatherings are great spaces for inviting people into the fold and for opportunities to fellowship with one another. The Table of Community is not the space where deep formation takes place, but rather we collectively come to receive, remember, and respond to the goodness of God working in our lives.
Table of Connection
The Table of Connection is our way of taking the collective whole of our church and challenging individuals to connect with other congregants in spaces that are centered upon common interest. Each Table of Connection will be unique to the interests of the heart and mind of the members that pull up a chair. Some examples of this type of table would be golf leagues, sewing groups, softball teams, men’s nights, women’s groups and more!
At the end of the day, we want our church members to do life together and those who have common interest to bond over those passions. Why do we call this a table you ask? Because we want to encourage commonality around an activity that eventually leads to communion around the table. We encourage those who join teams, leagues, groups, and more to partake in the activity that they enjoy, and follow that with a chance to break bread with one another. Some of the most fruitful experiences of fellowship for us happens after we join together with groups of people who share a common goal, now we challenge these people to find a table and share life together after as well!
Table of Commission
The Table of Commission is a space created for the purpose of deep community that we hope every member of our church eventually partakes in. The table of commission is a small group where we encourage 4-8 individuals to commit to do life with each other over 6-month and 12-month periods. We hope that we create lifelong connections and would love to have deeply devoted groups, but we have the first commitments to ensure that there are options to connect elsewhere if needed.
The Table of Commission is the space where we hope that deep relationships are built upon a strong foundation in Christ and his word, truth, and accountability. We want people to be fully known and to have people that they can be 100% authentic with and we know that pulling up a chair to this table will create the opportunity to do just that.
Coffee Table
We want disciples, members, and the church body as a whole to have genuine friendships and relationships that connect 1-on-1. We also believe that mentorship is one of the healthiest practices in our life and that we are never too old to be mentored and never too young to be a mentor. We want to challenge all people to sit with a friend, mentor, neighbor, pastor, co-worker, or even your spouse and spend time monthly in the graces of someone’s company.
Share your testimony with someone who hasn’t heard it, take a hurting neighbor out for coffee, go on a much-needed date with your spouse, or just catch up with an old friend and watch how the Lord smiles upon our commitment to give our full attention and affection to someone.
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