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Keiko Kereh- Reformed Church of Highland Park 

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Keiko Kereh- Reformed Church of Highland Park 

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Woman- in the well. Listening to those who are just as broken as you. Leading in love to a community and God's grace

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Mustard Seed

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Patrick Beckford: For RCHP - Feeding of 5000, with a few loaves and fishes, we can do so many things

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Patrick Beckford: For RCHP - Feeding of 5000, with a few loaves and fishes, we can do so many things

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Pastor Karen from Westminster--Revelation 7:1-4.

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Pastor Karen from Westminster--Revelation 7:1-4.

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Lena Green - First Corinthian Baptist Church 

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Lena Green - First Corinthian Baptist Church 

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Matthew 28:19-20
Points of our mission are to Live, Love and Serve. We are following the teachings of Jesus and actively engaging the community. Moving beyond our words to engage in the action of discipleship globally.

One church that comes to mind is Transformation Church which is in another state.

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2. Book of Daniel, in the sense of keeping our identity/faith in a world that wants us to become and take on the culture of the majority.
3. New Mercy Community Church (NJ). Love their co-pastor model and wish for us to be like that one day; Grace Community Chapel (NJ). Multi-plant church

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Widow's mite: I'm not a spiritual giant. Only have a little to give. I'm not very impressive in that regard.

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Widow's mite: I'm not a spiritual giant. Only have a little to give. I'm not very impressive in that regard.

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Erin DeBoer-Moran - Humble Walk Lutheran

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Erin DeBoer-Moran - Humble Walk Lutheran

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Matthew 23:11-12
The greatest among you will be your servant. All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.

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Sylva
Good Samaritan
Mosaic DC-- Diverse (different)
Edina Covenant (small, friendly, not diverse)

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2. A lot, but I think of Matthew 10 - going in groups to new places, trying new things in the name of Jesus, shaking the dust off our feet when it doesn't work
3. We have some similarities with other inclusive creative churches (and faith communities) in our area like University UCC, Lighthouse, Gilead, Masjid Al Rabia, Mishkan in who we reach out to and try to cultivate healing with.

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Urban Village Church-Chicago
Acts 2 when everyone heard the apostles in their own language.

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1: St Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church.
2: I'd go with Ephesians 5:2--Walk in love as Christ loved us and gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God.
Not only is this a common offertory sentence in the Episcopal Church, (it's the sentence we use most often when celebrating Eucharist), it speaks to who we're called to be: that we're called to offer ourselves as Christ offered himself, that we're called to love as Christ loved, sacrifice as Christ sacrificed, break and be poured out as a Eucharistic and sacramental people.
3: Grace St Paul's. Resurrection NYC.

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Bethel Presbyterian Reformed Church, Brooklyn

Mark 4:30–32

Mustard Seed - started off as a small community church and gradually expanding to include more members from the community.

United Ghanaian Community Church - PA

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"We all are one in mission; we all are one in call, our varied gifts united by Christ, the Lord of all.  A single great commission compels us from above to plan and work together that all may know Christ’s love.  We all are called for service, to witness in God’s name.  Our ministries are different; our purpose is the same: to touch the lives of others with God’s surprising grace, so every folk and nation may feel God’s warm embrace.”  We All Are One in Mission, LBW 576

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1. Saint Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, Tucson, AZ
2. A bible story that represents Saint P’s might be early Acts, where the apostles and early Christian’s were forming and in tight community and working on holding both material and metaphysical things in common
3. Grace St. Paul Episcopal - more diverse, also less orthodox in belief. 2:42 non-denom church in Brighton, MI - very little liturgy, removed from historical presentation of church, very modern music and worship style

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Bible story - To me, a story that represents our church are the Israelites inheriting the promised land. Like them, most of our parish members travelled here (far away from a place we call home) for better opportunities for us as well as our future generations. We believe the mighty hand of God is leading us through various challenges until this day.

2. Our church is an Eastern reformed church, neither a protestant church nor completely an Eastern church. Ours is a mission oriented church. We have few other churches from India in the area, Seattle Orthodox Church and Jacobite church. All of these are democratic churches

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Alisha Thomas, First Presbyterian Church of Sylva, NC

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Alisha Thomas, First Presbyterian Church of Sylva, NC

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1. Full Gospel United Pentecostal Church of Baton Rouge
2. Our church reminds me of how Jesus showed love to everyone, and how he made everyone feel welcomed. Because that is how our church makes every visitor and member feel.

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Full Gospel United Pentecostal Church (FGUPC)

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Lynda Parlett, First Presbyterian Church of Sylva, NC

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Lynda Parlett, First Presbyterian Church of Sylva, NC

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I Corinthians 13:4-8

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1. Ekow Ortsin
Bethel Presbyterian Reformed Church
2.. Ezekiel 37  - because of the nature of the origin and its journey - group of women who had no training in evangelism, or church formation came together and decided to start a fellowship/church because their commute was becoming too tedious. soon others joined to meet in one couple's home - almost 30 years later, we have a very vibrant congregation that stands tall among Ghanaian congregations even of different denominations as well as in the Presbytery of NY and the RCA.

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Pastor Desiree Elder -- First Corinthian Baptist Church

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Pastor Desiree Elder -- First Corinthian Baptist Church

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Romans 8:19 -- Our motto is Creation is Waiting. We believe that we are co-creators in this life with God and in that way there is work we are called to do. We are called by called to live the lives we were created to live and in that way, we are active participants in our journey in relationship with God.

It has been very hard to find churches that are similar. We have very progressive theology especially for a predominately Black Baptist church.

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Blake Daniel, First Presbyterian Church of Sylva, NC

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Blake Daniel, First Presbyterian Church of Sylva, NC

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John 15:5 - We desire to know Jesus, trusting that we are known by Jesus. This relationship of abiding or remaining in/with Jesus gives us a "center" in the midst of our differences, some of which are deep, and opens us up to one another and the world around us.
I see differences between us and, say, Lifeway Community Church and St. John's Episcopal Church, both nearby