First, I want to thank all of the ladies who helped make Rian's last day with Gathering Place so special. Times like these are exactly what makes Gathering Place a wonderful example of a Christian community.
However, even though she will be physically gone...Rian will not be gone from our hearts!! Please take a moment to look at Rian's blog and to use it to keep in touch with her: Rian's Blog (there is also a link on the side of this blog). Please continue to send her well-wishes and encouragement! :)
Thanks again to all of the ladies who brought wonderful food and fellowship last night! See you all next Wednesday!!
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A diverse group of women in our 20s and 30s coming together to find wholeness and maturity in Christ.
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Merry Christmas!
ABOUT GATHERING PLACE.
We meet every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in northern Columbus near the intersection of I-71 and Morse Rd. Contact Millie or Celeste for directions.
GATHERING PLACE CORE VERSES.
1. DIVERSITY
Isaiah 41:8-10:
"But you, O Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you descendants of Abraham my friend,
2. WHOLENESS
3. MATURITY
Ephesians 4:11-16:
It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
Isaiah 41:8-10:
"But you, O Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you descendants of Abraham my friend,
I took you from the ends of the earth,
from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, 'You are my servant';
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, 'You are my servant';
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
2. WHOLENESS
John 5:1-15:
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" "Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me." Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat." But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' " So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?" The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
3. MATURITY
Ephesians 4:11-16:
Yes, thank you all for being there to send Rian off, it really made the evening special : ) Keep her in your prayers, especially during the transition time. She leaves in just a couple days!
ReplyDeleteWe love you Rian!!!