Beginnings

We had a great evening Friday night!  Some of you may not know but Summer and I have been talking with a lot of people since March about starting a new Christian community in South Austin that will evolve into Graceland.  It’s been exciting hearing from people who don’t presently have a place of worship but have faith or desire Christian faith and a community to worship with.

So we decided to gather these people together and start the conversation.  Friday night was our first time to gather six adults to simply be friends.  We ate hamburgers, talked about life, play games, and ended the night asking everyone to join us in a Life Group (our small group).  The cool part, due to schedules, we will officially start our group on June 27^th – my birthday.  I couldn’t think of a better gift then to see the birth of a community, fellowship, and church on my 31st birthday.

Here is what I imagine we become.  A people who desire to retell the story of Christ through our lives. Who seek to adjust our lives around the life, mission, and teachings of Jesus Christ in the hopes that our experience will bring into clear focus this real and living Person to anyone watching. Not a place to go, but a people to belong to–a people who have been called to live out the Good News of God’s Kingdom in every niche of culture. Ultimately, create a unique sort of church where none existed before.

We’ve decide to start a church (i.e. Graceland) and approach it simple – by living out the gospel in our marketplace community and begin to draw a group of people from our local coffee shop, music venues, and markets to discuss what Jesus meant by the kingdom of God. As time passes this group will grow and become much more. This will not be where we go to church. It will be our life, our friends, and the people we are on mission with.

If you’re reading this and live in Austin or feel God leading you to Austin we hope you join us!