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Job

Ancient Cliff Notes

Job
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Mission:Detroit

the mission at home.

Mission:Detroit
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God is Love

God is Love.

God is Love
no series
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if these were silent

If we won't proclaim the gospel, then the stones will. 

if these were silent
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Everyone's Burden

“if anyone chooses to remain ignorant, then let him stay ignorant.”

Everyone's Burden

core values

ten:character

ten:character

Character means that We live publicly like we do in private. We write the Word of God on our hearts, practice generosity, and prioritize integrity.

eight: connection

eight: connection

connection is living a life of constant community with God. 

He is our supplier, who is as close to us as the air that we breathe.

six: collaboration

six: collaboration

collaboration is all of us working together to create something better than any of us could create on our own.

five: contribution

five: contribution

Contribution understands that everybody has a role, and there is room for us here. We know that the gifts we are given matter to the body of Christ, and we so seek to discover where we each fit. 

We honor the contributions of others, knowing that God perfectly crafted each one of us, and only together are we truly the church.

three: compassion

three: compassion

Compassion sees the world through the eyes of others, and it is stirred to action by what it sees. It can not sit by while injustice is done around it. 

 

one: courage

one: courage

Courage goes to the places that nobody else wants to go, and works to create places that everybody wants to be.  Courage loves the one who nobody else wants to love… 

introduction: cultivate

introduction: cultivate

if you have no gauge on what is important, then you have no way to measure whether or not you are on the right track. That is what Core Values do… they keep us disciplined… they keep us on mission… they give us something the bounce whatever it is we are doing, off of, and see… IS THIS FURTHERING THE MISSION?