The Engedi Collective

Host, Rebecca Fanning, interviews the founders of The Engedi Collective (John Kovacs, David Mueller, and Elizabeth Agre) to find out what this Collective exactly is, what the heart is behind it, and who it's for! 

Pastor John shares some important updates regarding some significant, exciting, but also bitter sweet, changes to The Light Church. 

Summary of Next Steps for The Light

Last Sunday - After several weeks of discussion amongst leadership, as well as prayer discerning and consideration, Sunday April 12th (Easter) will be our last public service.

Church Move - We have informed St. Michaels that we intend to conclude our lease at the end of April. This will give us time to organize our current inventory and make arrangements for a move. Our tentative date for a community wide moving party will be Saturday April 18th. 

Home Groups - Similarly to Sunday services, Home Groups will conclude in April. The exact date of last meetings will be determined by each group and their leaders - but all meetings are currently suspended in light of COVID-19. 

Sunday Service Visits - As we conclude our Sunday gatherings, we want to prioritize helping current members get connected with a new local church. In order to make this transition smoother, we are organizing group visits to several area churches for Sunday services as well as providing a larger list of recommended local churches.  

Light Leadership Network - While we are ceasing to continue in our current format, we believe that God is providing an opportunity for The Light to continue to make an impact through the development of a leadership network for past and present members. This opportunity has been in the works for almost a year and more details will be provided in the coming weeks about what this will look like and how you can be involved. 

Romans 13 is an often controversial, mis-appropriated, and even mis-applied chapter of the New Testament. So as we examine it, let's consider a couple of questions: Where is our allegiance meant to be according to scripture? What context is being outlined in this chapter? And how does that context still apply (or not apply) today?

Join us as Pastor John dives into these questions as they relate to our participation in the current context of government; biblically loving our neighbors well in the process; and ultimately pledging our allegiance to Jesus as King above all else.

Join us for our fourth contextual reading in this series on righteousness as defined by Paul, this time from Romans 12 - 15. 

Here at The Light Church, we make space in our service every Sunday for people to share any testimonies from their own lives, processes, and journeys as they feel led. Join us this week for an extended time of sharing as several members from The Light speak about what God is doing in and through their lives today!

We return to our series on Romans, picking up at the top of Chapter 12.

Here, we find the recognizable verse 2: "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."  

It's clear that God has a will - and that we can know what that is! But what if conformity doesn't just mean looking like the world - but trying to be anyone other than who God created you to be? What would it look like if each one of us was walking right in the middle of what God has for us this year? Using the gifts He has given us more fully? How powerful would that be? What would come of that which hasn't been able to exist already? Join us as we dive into these questions together in 2020 in light of Paul's words...

Join us as we hear from each member of The Light Leadership Team as they share the word God has put on their heart for the church in 2020. 

Family - David Mueller
Simple - Calvin Fanning
Holy - Cynthia Miller
Discernment - Rebecca Fanning
Connection - Maria Kovacs
Purpose - John Kovacs

Here at The Light in 2020 we are seeking to be a family that lives simply and holy by fostering connection, discernment, and purpose!

Join us as Pastor John unpacks 2 Timothy 5-12, Paul's reminder to Timothy of: Our existing foundation of faith; Our agency in tending the flame of the Spirit within us; And the role that same Spirit plays in our ability to even perceive and steward the Spirit in the midst of suffering and brokenness.

Join us as start 2020 with a call to stop, slow down, and practice discernment for God's heart and desires for us in the New Year!

This time of year we hear a lot about "the Word becoming flesh" and "the Light coming into the darkness" - which implies that it, the Word, the Light, Jesus - is SEEN. It doesn't mean that it's showy - but it does show up! So what does Love seen look like? How do we experience it more fully? How do we receive it for ourselves in such a way that we are affected by it? That it is life-changing? Join us as explore the simple truth that God loves us this season...