Damascus Road Community Church Damascus Road Community Church

Inviting others into genuine relationship and conversations can be intimidating. As we become vulnerable and open ourselves up to share our stories we can be tempted to become someone we are not. In a world where we are constantly told who we should be and what we should look like, God desires for you to be uniquely yourself! Join us this week as we discover how we can embrace who God made us to be as we endeavor to share our lives, stories, and faith with others.

“It’s so good to see you, we really need to get together sometime!”

“Sounds great – want to grab a coffee?”

“I’d love to do breakfast, or if your mornings are too busy maybe we could do lunch.”

“I’m in, but hey, we really do need to get the families together for dinner sometime…”

Doesn’t it seem like all our best social interactions happen over a meal? Have you ever noticed that the backdrop to many of the famous scenes in the bible is around the table or over a meal? If you could hear or smell the stories in the bible, many of them would sound like the clanging of dishes or the smell of roasted meat.

Join us this week as we explore the role of the table and the meal in our journey to open our porches, develop relationships, discover stories, and do life together.

What’s on your porch? Maybe there are flower pots, rocking chairs, and a welcome mat. Maybe there is an Amazon package or two. Or there could be a catchy “Welcome to my Porch” sign. Our porches are as different and unique as the people who occupy them. This week, as we continue our “Life on the Porch" series, we will be looking at how we each have unique and significant ways in which we can share who Jesus is. We will discover how the Holy Spirit can work through our individuality to connect God’s Story, Our Story, and the Story of Others. This allows God to create a New Story of New life in Christ.

Easter. True story...
Jesus died for our sins one dark Friday, and they buried him.
On Sunday, He was raised to life–resurrected from the dead!
The grave cave was empty–and hundreds of people saw Jesus alive again!
What’s more–He’s comin’ back for us–and we’ll live with Him forever!

IF this is a fake story–a fabrication, a legend–then we live and we die.

…But IF this is a True Story, then death is defeated,
and we’ve got the PERFECT ending to our story–through HIS story!
No more death, no more pain, no more tears–just joy!
Life forever with God through Christ!

Can you believe that we are just a little over a week away from Easter! Palm Sunday marks the last week of Jesus’ ministry while on earth. It’s during this week we see more clearly than ever that Christian faith involves trusting that at the center of the universe is a Being whose heart beats with an infinite love for His world, for you and me. 
 
The purpose of human existence is to receive this love that Jesus not only talked about but also consistently practiced in tangible, practical acts. His ultimate demonstration of this love culminated in his death on a Roman cross. 
 
This kind of love should not only impact our here-after, but also our here-now. In our humanity, it’s easy to forget. The ancient Corinthians did too. What’s God’s solution? Come find out as we talk about one of the most significant events during Holy Week and the apostle Paul’s counsel to an ancient people in 1 Corinthians 11:17- 34. 

All You Need Is Love!
 
The Beatles might have taken a look at 1 Corinthians 13 before they wrote the famous song “All You Need is Love.”
Unfortunately, many in Corinthian culture ascribed to the Tina Turner school of thought, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”
 
Enough song references! 1 Corinthians 13 is known as the “Love Chapter” of the Bible, quoted most often at weddings. After addressing the challenges the Corinthian church is facing from external cultural influences and internal differences, The Apostle Paul gets to the heart of the matter, literally! The encouragement to the Corinthian church is to live out their faith and relationships in a love defined not by culture but by Christ.
 
Join us as we dive into 1 Corinthians 13 and see how we can elevate our love walk and allow the Love of Christ to redeem relationships and draw us closer into community.