Creation is an overflow of God’s beauty and love. Genesis 1 is the story of beauty--God brings order out of chaos, shalom as a facet of beauty, and human community as the culmination of that beauty. In Revelation 21 and 22, God's Holy City comes down out of heaven from God and the leaves of the tree of life for the healing of the nations, bringing the expected, not accidental, destiny of humanity. This is instructive for the way the church is called to pursue beautiful community today.

Guest speaker Eve Tushnet shares from her wealth of wisdom and experience about the friendship that God invites us all into with one another. She walks through four key examples of the meaning of friendship in the Bible in: 1 Samuel 18:1-4; Ruth 1:15-18; John 15:9-15; Matthew 12:46-50

Explore the significance of being disiciples (apprentices) of the Master Jesus. Apprenticeship differs from education, which is a transfer of knowledge from the teacher to a student. Apprenticeship describes how we are called to take on the character of our Master. We are to follow, become and do as Jesus is. The call to be Jesus' disciples is not a solo project. It is best done in the context of shared practices and shared imaginations. We see that in the way Jesus invited his disciples to follow and observe how he proclaimed the Kingdom of God.

Luke 18:9-30 & Matthew 7:21-23 & Luke 6:40-45

Leviticus 19:34; Luke 22:14-30; 1 John 1:3

We explore the meaning of Vocation in Genesis 12:1-3; Ephesians 4:1-13; 1 Peter 4:10 and what is means to be called. These scriptures reveal that we are called by God to God and called by God for God.