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Missio Dei?

What is the Missio Dei? Why would we ever be known by that name? What does it mean to be on Mission with God? These are all questions that I have been asked or should be asked when we talk about who we are as a community. They are questions that deal with intent and purpose. Why are we here and what is God doing in this world are things that we all should be contemplating and discussing with each other and those outside our community…

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Wasatch Worship Gathering
Save the date for July 14th when we will have our Wasatch Worship Gathering. This will be a time we worship together as a community up Big Cottonwood Canyon. Camping will be available this weekend as well. More details to follow.

Volunteers Needed
Are you interested in serving with Missio Dei? We’ve got a number of areas in which we need folks to help out. More details here.

Jr. High Group
The junior high group (ages 12-14) meets on the first Sunday of every month. It’s an informal gathering where we hang out, eat donuts, and discuss how God is revealing Himself through His Word and in community. We meet in the back of the worship space during the 5 minute break and end in time for students to worship and take communion with their families. If you have any questions email Cat Rogers at catryono@gmail.com.

New to Missio Lunch
If you’re new to Missio, we hold a new to Missio lunch the third Sunday of every month. This will take place in the City Creek (where the kids meet) room just down the hall from where we meet for worship on Sunday mornings. This will be a time to hear about the vision of Missio, answer any questions you may have, and get connected with some folks. Drinks and sandwiches will be provided. If you have any questions, feel free to email lucas@missiodeislc.com.

Conflict Management Class
You are invited to a class on conflict management on June 15th from 9am to 2pm at the Missio Community Space. In This class Tuesday Roby will lead us into understanding why conflict exists, different principles of conflict management, how to be aware of your feelings and motives as well as those of others, and how to seek resolution. This class is meant to help equip people for dealing with normal conflict in life in a healthy and God honoring manner. Seating for this class is limited, so please RSVP to lucas@missiodeislc.com.

Classes & Book Study Leaders
Are you interested in teaching a class or leading a book study here at Missio? We’ll be offering classes soon, and want to hear from you. If you would like to teach please email kyle@missiodeislc.com to set up a time to discuss your ideas. If you would like to lead a book study we want to hear from you as well. We have a list of books complete with study guides/discussion questions. To talk through ideas, email lucas@missiodeislc.com.

Homeless and Red Light Outreach Needs
Sunday mornings we have bins for donations that go towards the work Joel Hunt is a part of at the Fourth Street Clinic. Thank you all so much for your donations, many people have been and are being helped. Our homeless friends needs are now more warm/hot weather focused. Thanks again for your help.

-Bottled water
-Hats
-Gift cards (ex. restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores)
-Chewy snacks

Missio Dei?

What is the Missio Dei? Why would we ever be known by that name? What does it mean to be on Mission with God? These are all questions that I have been asked or should be asked when we talk about who we are as a community. They are questions that deal with intent and purpose. Why are we here and what is God doing in this world are things that we all should be contemplating and discussing with each other and those outside our community. This week I came across a blog from Frank Viola that I think does a great job of summing up what it means to embody and join the Missio Dei. It’s a little long for a blog but the five minutes it takes to read it will be worth your time. Here is a small quote from it…

Thus when those in the world see a group of Christians from different cultures and races loving one another, caring for one another, meeting one another’s needs, living against the current trends of this world that give allegiance to other gods instead of to the world’s true Lord, Jesus Christ, they are watching the life of the future kingdom lived out on earth in the present.

It is this “kingdom community” that turned the Roman Empire on its ear. Here was a people who possessed joy, who loved one another deeply, who made decisions by consensus, who handled their own problems, who married each other, who met one another’s financial needs, and who buried one another.
This community was living in the presence of the future. It showed the world what the future kingdom of God will look like, when Jesus Christ will be running the entire show.

Here is the link the rest of this blog – http://frankviola.org/2012/02/01/themissiodei/?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferee8a8

Volunteer Opportunities

Are you interested in helping to serve at Missio? There are a lot of areas to do so and this is a great way to get connected.

Prayer
Prayer is central to the life of the church. We have people who are available to pray with during communion every Sunday. We’re setting up teams to pray before our worship gathering for our time together that day, our house churches, and our city. Communion prayer is once every two months and pre-service prayer is once a month.

Setup and teardown
Every Sunday it takes a setup team and a teardown team to make our worship gathering happen. Setup folks show up at 8:15 and put everything in place. Donuts and bagels are a huge perk of setting up. The teardown teams start once our service ends, and it takes about 45 minutes to an hour to pack everything up. These are both once a month commitments.

Greeters
If you enjoy meeting and engaging new folks, this is a fantastic way to use your gifts. Hospitality always makes new people feel welcome and we value this as a church. Greeters show up to the Guesthouse Ballroom at 10am on Sundays and are the first people to welcome everyone to our time of worship. This is a once a month commitment.

Missio Kids
We need volunteers for all ages (birth to 5th grade) in Missio Kids. If you love spending time with kids, this is a great way to serve the community. This is a once a month commitment.

If you are interested in serving in any of these roles or have any questions, please email jessica@missiodeislc.com.

Come Pray: Transformation
Acts 2:1-13

This Sunday was Pentecost. This is the day when we celebrate the Holy Spirit and his coming. In Acts 2:1-13 we see the Holy Spirit come to his church as Jesus said he would. Jesus says that it is better that the Holy Spirit is with us because he will help us, convict us, and guide us. God has chosen to work through his Spirit to transform us as individual people and the world. The Holy Spirit is what we need most to be changed. He is key to this resurrected life.

Click here to either stream the audio or to download the podcast on iTunes – Missio Dei Community – SLC

Announcements
Missio Dei Community

Pastor’s Blog
We’ve started a Pastor’s blog which will be updated weekly. This can be found on the website here: missiodeislc.com/category/pastors-blog/

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New to Missio Lunch this Sunday
If you’re new to Missio, we invite you to join us for lunch this Sunday, May 19th, a half hour after the worship service. This will take place in the City Creek room just down the hall (where the kids meet). This will be a time to hear about the vision of Missio, answer any questions you may have, and get connected with some folks. Drinks and sandwiches will be provided.

Conflict Management Class
You are invited to a class on conflict management on June 15th from 9am to 2pm at the Missio Community Space. In This class Tuesday Roby will lead us into understanding why conflict exists, different principles of conflict management, how to be aware of your feelings and motives as well as those of others, and how to seek resolution. This class is meant to help equip people for dealing with normal conflict in life in a healthy and God honoring manner. Seating for this class is limited, so please RSVP to lucas@missiodeislc.com.

Mini-Workshop this Sunday
Wenda Fry (mother of Adrian Fry) is an ordained pastor and perceptive counselour. She will be back in SLC next weekend and would love to offer a “Mini-Workshop” from 1:30 to 5 pm Sunday afternoon if anyone is interested. If you feel hopeless in a relationship, frustrated at your job, or just simply tired of the same old fights with a friend, why not give yourself a break and go to this Mini-Workshop? Here is what Carol Lim said about the April 14th experience:

“I was amazed at how we were vessels for the truth, and how it unfolded right before our eyes. I appreciated how you took us to a new place, to a new perspective, and where you left each of us at the end. I have a great deal of hope.”

Call Wenda at 402-679-7587 or email her at wendafry@gmail.com if you are interested.

Volunteers Needed
We’re in need of volunteers for a number of areas including kids, setup and teardown, calls to worship, bread makers for communion, and prayer teams. Sign ups are in the back at the information table on Sundays, or you can email info@missiodeislc.com for more information.

Classes & Book Study Leaders
Are you interested in teaching a class or leading a book study here at Missio? We’ll be offering classes soon, and want to hear from you. If you would like to teach please email kyle@missiodeislc.com to set up a time to discuss your ideas. If you would like to lead a book study we want to hear from you as well. We have a list of books complete with study guides/discussion questions. To talk through ideas, email lucas@missiodeislc.com.

Homeless and Red Light Outreach Needs
Sunday mornings we have bins for donations that go towards the work Joel Hunt is a part of at the Fourth Street Clinic. Thank you all so much for your donations, many people have been and are being helped. Our homeless friends needs are now more warm/hot weather focused. Thanks again for your help.

-Bottled water
-Hats
-Gift cards (ex. restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores)
-Chewy snacks

Watch this week’s pastors blog as Kyle covers this Sunday being Pentecost and what the Holy Spirit’s role is in transforming his church. Read Acts 2 if you want to be prepared for Sunday. Also as summer approaches, some house church meetins may look different, and July 14th we’ll have our Sunday Worship Gather in the mountain, more details on that to follow.

PB51513 from Missio Dei Community on Vimeo.

Heather Thomas of Imago Dei Community preaches on prayer out of Luke 18:1-14. In this sermon we look at prayers that cry out to God in humility. These can be desperate pleas for help, for mercy, for hope. In these two parables we start by seeing an unjust judge giving a widow mercy. If an unjust judge will do this, how much more will our loving God take care of us? In the second parable, Jesus uses this story to both speak out again self-righteousness and show how much he values a heart that cries out to God in humility. These stories point to prayer being an awareness of the company of God.

Click here to either stream the audio or to download the podcast on iTunes – Missio Dei Community – SLC

Announcements
Missio Dei Community

Pastor’s Blog
We’ve started a Pastor’s blog which will be updated weekly. This can be found on the website here: missiodeislc.com/category/pastors-blog/

From Kyle:

This week’s blog is short and simple. Three things. First I am really excited that this weekend Heather Thomas, a pastor from Imago Dei Community, will be joining us to teach on the Lord’s Prayer. I had the pleasure of serving alongside Heather on Imago Dei’s staff and learned a great deal from her in those years. I love hearing her preach and getting to hear her speak on the Lord’s Prayer is something that I am anticipating greatly for our community…

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Ecclesia and Ethics Conference
Ecclesia and Ethics will be holding an upcoming conference that will be taking place entirely online. The theme of the conference is Moral Formation and the Church, and will feature such speakers as N.T. Wright, Shane Claiborne, Michael Gorman.

It will be taking place Saturday May 18 and Saturday May 25, 8AM to 5PM MST. Rory and Amy will be hosting the event at their place: 646 E 1700 S #10, Salt Lake City, UT. Registration is a suggested minimum donation of $10, which will go toward a ministry that Missio Dei is involved in. The organizers of the conference have allowed for this because they “are seeking to make the conference itself an exercise of Christian ethical praxis, and a communal participation in the work of the Kingdom through the activity of Cruciform love toward the world, for the life of the world, and to the glory of God through the Church.” More information about the conference can be found here. You can also find interviews with the presenters at this link. This conference will be a great way to engage in the theology of the church with some greatly gifted theologians without the high cost and travel.

Please email Rory if you have any questions: rjvmurphy@gmail.com

Volunteers Needed
We’re in need of volunteers for a number of areas including kids, setup and teardown, calls to worship, bread makers for communion, and prayer teams. Sign ups are in the back at the information table on Sundays, or you can email info@missiodeislc.com for more information.

Classes & Book Study Leaders
Are you interested in teaching a class or leading a book study here at Missio? We’ll be offering classes soon, and want to hear from you. If you would like to teach please email kyle@missiodeislc.com to set up a time to discuss your ideas. If you would like to lead a book study we want to hear from you as well. We have a list of books complete with study guides/discussion questions. To talk through ideas, email lucas@missiodeislc.com.

Homeless and Red Light Outreach Needs
Sunday mornings we have bins for donations that go towards the work Joel Hunt is a part of at the Fourth Street Clinic. Thank you all so much for your donations, many people have been and are being helped. Our homeless friends needs are now more warm/hot weather focused. Thanks again for your help.

-Bottled water
-Hats
-Gift cards (ex. restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores)
-Chewy snacks

Pastors Blog May 7th

This week’s blog is short and simple. Three things. First I am really excited that this weekend Heather Thomas, a pastor from Imago Dei Community, will be joining us to teach on the Lord’s Prayer. I had the pleasure of serving alongside Heather on Imago Dei’s staff and learned a great deal from her in those years. I love hearing her preach and getting to hear her speak on the Lord’s Prayer is something that I am anticipating greatly for our community.

Second, this weekend we will also get to hear from our Missio Kid’s Director, Emily Cox, on how we can spend time with the kids in our community this summer. It’s crazy, but each week we have around forty people (students and teachers) in Missio Kids who are studying the bible and getting to know each other.

Finally, each week I see new faces and want to make sure there are outlets for them to find out who we are and what we are about at Missio Dei. So beginning this month (May 19th) I want to set aside one Sunday a month where anyone who is new to Missio can hear the history, vision, and values of our community. Following our Worship Gathering we will gather in the City Creek room for sodas and sandwiches and discussion. If you are or know someone who is new to Missio please plan on joining.

I look forward to this week in our House Churches as well as continuing our discussion on prayer this Sunday. If you get a moment congratulate Shannon on her baptism and urge your HC’s to continue the discussion on evangelism.

Godspeed,

Kyle

Come Pray: Evangelism
Matthew 28:16-20 & John 3:16

As we continue in our Come Pray series, Kyle teaches on evangelism. This topic can be difficult for our culture and our community. We’ve often seen this abused, yet that doesn’t change God’s heart to see those he loves come to know him. If evangelism is sharing good news, this life changing news that calls all of creation into a deep love with God, why don’t we share it more readily? We must first believe that this is good news. In this call there is no condemnation. This call brings us into a life of freedom and this is the best thing for the world.

Click here to either stream the audio or to download the podcast on iTunes – Missio Dei Community – SLC