In Jonah 1, Israel's God calls his prophet to go to Israel's most hated enemy, but Jonah runs in the opposite direction. All through chapter 1, Jonah descends, first to Joppa, then into a ship, then to the hold of the ship, and finally into the depths of the sea.

Christ Community has adopted a new mission statement: Gather. Grow. Go. Pastor Brandon leads us through the Scripture and shows us how from the very beginning, God's pattern has been to Gather a people to himself, Grow them into His likeness, and send them out to Go and accomplish his purposes.

On October 21, former pastor Bruce VanDusseldorp joined us to update Christ Community on the ministry of Christaid International.