All summer long we will be centering our Sunday sermons around the many times when Jesus shared a meal with others. In light of this, we also want to spend as much time as possible enjoying meals with our church family - and we want to encourage you to do the same!
But not just in the casual sense that may already be part of your lifestyle. We want to be intentional by planning meals in community, creating space to host the Lord, to host our brothers and sisters, and to host those on the margins.  

If you're interested in hosting a table, consider this an invitation.

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From our Draw Near Conference

Three things to carry into this summer

Come to the table

Receive His grace daily. Remember His sacrifice every time you eat. The table begins with worship.

Prepare the table

Practice radical hospitality as a spiritual discipline. Listen deeply. Make people feel truly seen.

Extend the table

Look beyond your circle. Invite the lonely, the new arrival, the stranger. God's table has no edges.

COME TO THE TABLE

Receive the gift first.

The early church met in homes, and their gathering was centred around a shared meal. They ate bread and drank wine in remembrance of Jesus — who taught His disciples to do so at His last supper.

Part of living this summer "at the table" means daily thanking Jesus for His sacrifice. It means receiving His gift of grace, and allowing it to give us new life.

Whether you are eating alone or eating with others — pause and spend a moment worshipping Jesus before you eat. You are invited to come to the table.

PREPARE THE TABLE

Radical hospitality starts here.

We want to be a people known for showing radical hospitality. Hospitality is about so much more than preparing food and setting a beautiful table. It is about creating an atmosphere in which people feel welcome, seen, heard and valued.

Listening is perhaps the highest form of true hospitality — allowing space for others to share their lives with you, and embracing them just as they are.

Try to approach summer meals with others as a spiritual discipline. Look them in the eye, listen to their stories, and make room for them in your heart.

EXTEND THE TABLE

Make room for the stranger.

There is so much beauty in the image of a family dinner table — but it implies that the invitation is limited in scope. Throughout Scripture we see that God's desire is for the whole world to come and eat at His table together.

"When you host a dinner, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind — and not only your closest friends and relatives."
— Luke 14:12–14

Who can you invite to eat with you that may not otherwise receive an invitation from anyone? Look beyond the borders of your own race, ethnicity, language, culture, and generation. The stranger is waiting for a seat.

THE ABUNDANCE

Three things to carry into this summer

The gift only works when it keeps moving. One table becomes two. Two becomes ten. Ten becomes a city that knows how to welcome a stranger. Our hope is to see 100 tables pop up this summer.

100

tables to set.

600+

strangers needing welcoming.

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