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ROPE: Celebrating ROPE 11/09/14

Celebrating ROPE One of the things we say
around Jacob's Well is that it’s a sin for church to be boring. Okay, we all sin once and a while… but it isn’t just
a matter of Sunday morning being entertaining (or not), but that this God stuff is fun.
Sure, not all the time, there is tough stuff in life, but we’re in it because
it makes life better. Today we are going to stop and celebrate by hearing some ROPE stories of people from our own community who have been weaving and knotting. Be inspired and reminded of your own ROPE stories.

ROPE: Weaving & Being Woven 11/02/14

The thing about ROPE is that we don’t each have our own nice, neat and tidy one. We weave and are woven into each other’s rope and all share God in ours. It’s a tangle. So we aren’t a world of seven billion individual ropes, but a complicated tapestry capable of extraordinary strength and beauty. It’s simplicity and completeness is very different from our simplistic and limited way of putting life together. So step back, way back, with us next Sunday and see God’s view of the fabric we weave and are woven into.

ROPE: Growth Matters 10/26/14

Mike Rusert talked about growth as an element of ROPE.Check out more about ROPE here: http://outlook.jacobs-well.net/ROPE

ROPE: God Shows Up 10/19/14

Through stories, experiences, and reflections shared as a community, Mike Rusert led us as we began our exploration of the "God strand" of ROPE.  Click here for more information about ROPE!

ROPE Overview 10/12/14

Greg Meyer & Heidi EspositoWhether you think your life is shambles or you’re doing pretty well, I doubt you hope you’ve reached the top and will never grow anymore. We all want to grow, God hopes we will grow, the world needs us to grow, but it doesn’t always happen. Opportunities come and we miss them, or we seize them only for the moment and let them slip into the past. Jacob’s Well is sort of like a big family of people who can help each other find those special moments, transitions and possibilities that we might miss or dismiss and hang on to them. It’s good for all of us. It’s ROPE. 

September 21: What’s On Your Plate? Choices!

This is an audio recording of the message on Sunday, Sept 21, 2014. Mike Rusert preaching, Erin Ley co-presenting.You make choices about what’s on your plate every day. Those choices significantly impact the health of the chooser and the entire planet. That's real. That's complex. That's overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to spoil your dinner. Choosing what’s on your plate is also an opportunity to discover how food can really work; for you, your household, your community, our planet. So let’s do some learning, and discover ways to support each other in making choices that fill all our plates well.

September 14: What's On Your Plate? Trucks!

The wealthy of the world (yes, that includes us)
have spent decades assembling a food production and distribution system that
gives us whatever we want, whenever we want it, from wherever it comes, at the
price we want. Great…except it is bad for us, hurting our planet and leaving
billions hungry. Let’s avoid the easy answers and finger pointing and start creating
a ‘what’s next’ that reflects being the stewards of the earth God has called us
to be. #WOYP 

September 7: What's On Your Plate? Crops!

“What’s On Your Plate?”The answer is… FOOD! It isn’t just something to put in your mouth, it is what fuels your body, and more. Food is your network of relationships with friends & family, global neighbors, nature and the planet itself. They are all on your plate, like it or not, and in it all is God. What’s on your plate matters so we’re biting off a chunk to give you something to chew on all month. Our kids are doing the same and so is GroupLife. Today we start with where your food starts – crops. Thanks for being Jacob’s Well with us today!