Abound
Week 6 – Nehemiah 8:1-12
This week is the final step in kicking off our Abound Initiative. We've spent almost two years preparing, the past four months meeting with leaders like you, and the past six weeks going through the Abound series as a church. Now Commitment Sunday marks the end of the...
Week 5 – Nehemiah 5:1-13
If you and I were inventing a religion and writing the backstory, what we would make up would never look like what we read in the Bible. We would flaunt superhuman heroes who always win in the end, but the Bible instead features broken leaders, seemingly mundane...
Week 4 – Nehemiah 4:7-23
Last week we were introduced to a few dastardly characters, Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem, who were threatening the work of rebuilding Jerusalem. This week we'll see their threats boil over into in a plan to ambush Nehemiah and the resettlers. As we read this together...
Week 3 – Nehemiah 2:11-20
It took about 55 days to travel the 1,100 miles from Susa, the capital of the Persian Empire, to Jerusalem, assuming your horses were all walking fine and you didn't hit any bad weather. For perspective, if you started that journey this week you would get there the...
Week 2 – Nehemiah 2:1-8
Every good story has some big problem or tension, but when you reread a story it can be hard to truly feel that tension because you know the ending. It's hard for me to feel like Harry is ever really in jeopardy when I reread a Harry Potter book because I know he...
Week 1 – Nehemiah 1:1-11
It's finally here! You've heard about it in the Vision Gatherings over the summer, through your one-on-one meetings, and at our two Vision Nights, but this week finally kicks off Abound, a two-year initiative that, Lord willing, will be the most pivotal two years in...