seven | first love lost
Most of us can remember a time when we were REALLY in love. And most of us can remember what it feels like to fall OUT of love, too. While this might be common in many relationships, it is never a good thing when we lose that love we first had with a person we’ve committed ourselves to … and that holds true for churches too.
#Seven #FirstLoveLost #Ephesus
Message Series Description:
For some people, the idea of church can be a comforting one. They have rich memories of time with family & friends, of encountering something Divine, of participating in the sacred.
For others, this same idea of church brings with it a history of shame or pain. They remember the abuse they felt by those claiming the name of Jesus or religion, the manipulation they experienced at the hands of those in leadership, the sting of judgmental looks & words.
For still others, church is a fully foreign idea, something that exists, but which has had no intersection with their lives.
Wherever you land on this spectrum (or somewhere else completely!), we’ll be looking at a series of ancient letters written to real churches in a real epoch of time in our Seven message series. We’ll discover that the same benefits & issues that have surrounded this idea of church have been present for nearly 2000 years. We’ll look at warts & scars, and we’ll see beauty & healing.
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