Open Table Community Church

Open Table Community Church is a community organized by and around the Word of God, to cooperate in the Mission of God of furthering the Kingdom of God. We accomplish this by gathering in worship together around a common teaching and a common table, by living in fidelity to Christ and one another, and by working together to bring reconciliation to the four relationships broken by sin in the Fall.

Open Table Community Church is a community organized by and around the Word of God, to cooperate in the Mission of God of furthering the Kingdom of God. We accomplish this by gathering in worship together around a common teaching and a common table, by living in fidelity to Christ and one another, and by working together to bring reconciliation to the four relationships broken by sin in the Fall.

Open Table Community Church is a community organized by and around the Word of God, to cooperate in the Mission of God of furthering the Kingdom of God. We accomplish this by gathering in worship together around a common teaching and a common table, by living in fidelity to Christ and one another, and by working together to bring reconciliation to the four relationships broken by sin in the Fall.

Open Table Community Church is a community organized by and around the Word of God, to cooperate in the Mission of God of furthering the Kingdom of God. We accomplish this by gathering in worship together around a common teaching and a common table, by living in fidelity to Christ and one another, and by working together to bring reconciliation to the four relationships broken by sin in the Fall.

We kick off our first series of 2024 with a look at what we need to consider before we dive into what God called us to do in 2024, which is to "GO"! Let's get ready to GO.

As we look to the prolific hymn writer, Fanny Crosby, suffering begins to look differently for the Christian. She lived a life full of joy and thankfulness, though she continually was met with tragedy after tragedy. God used her experiences to write a story of beauty. Jesus will do the same with our ashes when we lay down our victimhood.

Our next installment on our Saints series we examine the life and legacy of Asaph, one of the writers of the Psalms. He was a man who looked for God in spite of the circumstances around him and found the beauty and glory of the Creator. Our perspective changes when we move from what is around us to the character of God.

During our Saints series for 2023, we take a look at those who have journeyed ahead of us to gain wisdom in our walk with Jesus. William Batchelder Bradbury is a picture of how God uses our humility to exceed our plans and surrender to his greater plan.

Our third week exploring what it means to be a citizen in the Kingdom of God, Brett Shelton guides us through Job, giving us tools to navigate suffering. By embracing the reality of our emotions, lamenting to God, and fearfully placing our trust in Him, our faith will deepen.

The second week of our series studying deeper insights to what it means to live in God's Kingdom, Josiah Heintzelman, prophetically reminds us what happens when we look to idols instead of Jesus. The idols of self, politics, and money slowly erect themselves in our hearts when we look to them to "save" this world from its brokenness. Our trust must remain in the true King.

Our guest speaker, April Mangrum, illustrates the principal of kingdom identity through the life of Saul. Too often, we view ourselves and our abilities either below or above our Maker's and end up in pride. Our identity must be found in Christ or we will end up forfeiting the mandate on our lives.

From the beginning, we were designed for work. The Gospel message is not just a ticket out of hell, but a call to redeem the work that He has planned for us ahead of time. Our inherent identity in Christ is born out of our knowledge of Him, transformed from the inside out, and propelled to do good works.

Our identity isn't displayed in outward appearances but the depths of who we are is found in the heart. We know, however, that the heart is deceitful above all things. Graciously, Jesus came so that our hard, lying hearts would be replaced by one that only He could change. Our behaviour is then transformed by what bubbles out of us.

Whatever you put in your head, is what you're going to get out. Transformation starts in our minds and it's important to consider the bulk of what we feast on in our minds. Freedom starts with what we know about Jesus. Our identity revolves around what's in our head.

We begin our identity series discussing the importance of telling our story. When we leave our dreams in God's hands, he weaves a testimony of His glory and power. It is that testimony and the blood of the Lamb that will overcome the enemy. So dream big and watch God create a masterpiece.

We recap our journey through Romans and the work that Christ has DONE on our behalf. The knowledge of the gospel is what does a work in us and changes our hearts. Jesus has completed the work of our righteousness and it is our job to believe.

Learning how to lay down our arguments for the good of another in Christ is where we find ourselves in Romans this week. Jesus' sacrificial love in which he laid down his liberties for us is the model for our evangelism. The people God has placed in our lives will be changed by the Holy Spirit and not by our lists of holiness.

In a world fraught with arguments and cancel culture, our visit in Romans this morning challenges us to mind our own business while trusting the Holy Spirit to continue His work in others. Being in relationship with others will inevitably bump us up against those we don't agree with or with whom we wish would have a behavior transformation, but we must recognize that we too are in need of behavior modification. It's why Jesus came to lay down his life. So our response naturally becomes one of a life laid down for Him and for others.

Today is the heart of the indicative shift in Romans. Paul outlines that it is only when we are truly transformed and embrace the love of Christ that we will then be able to love others. It is Christ's work that enables our transformation.

We enter an idicative imperitive shift this week, which basically means we have established truth and now comes the response. The truth of God's grace that has been conveyed now requires a life change. The difference between the behavioral list Paul presents and what religion would require of us is that outward displayed evidence of true conversion is only accomplished through a complete heart change that only the Holy Spirit can complete.