30 Days to Live (1)
Week 1: Living in the Moment James 4:13-17 After spending time in prayer for Haiti, we dove into the first week of this powerful series.
Help for Haiti
As we’ve watched the images and heard the stories from Haiti, our hearts have been broken. We mourn the devastation and the loss. But we also know that we are called to act. We join our voices with our brothers and sisters in Haiti who are crying out to God for mercy and provision. And […]
30 Days to Live
What if you learned you had just 30 days to live? How would your life be different? Is it possible to make the most of every day, right now? January 17: Living in the Moment January 24: Focusing On What Matters January 31: Leaving a Godly Legacy February 7: Fighting for Peace SMALL GROUPS will […]
she::gathers
All women are invited to the next she::gathers — an evening out to meet other women, share life, and build relationships. We’re meeting at the Sparrow coffee/tea house — 1035 Wealthy St. Wednesday, January 13, 8PM.
Meal Night: January 22nd
One of our strongest desires and values at the Branch is to see people connected in meaningful, life-giving relationships. Meal nights are one of the ways that we live out this value. As we gather for a meal, names are learned, stories are shared and relationships are deepened….
Christmas Eve
Dirty straw. Cold air. Foul smells. It wasn’t much of a beginning. But somehow, in the most humble of ways, the EPIC story of redemption was finding its climax. Love had broken in. The world would never be the same. Join us at 5PM as we…
Mission
Mission is at the heart of the Branch. Every month we’re reaching out to serve and love. We hope you’ll join us. This month we’re focusing our energies on….
Podcast Info – Old and New
After moving to a new content management system and a new domain host, I just don’t have the energy to figure out how to keep the same podcast feed… so that means if you are currently subscribed to branch messagecast you will cease to receive new audio in iTunes. If you want to subscribe to the Branch podcasts in the future you’ll need to use the links below:
Welcome
CURRENT SERIES: Chances are good you’ve heard the Christmas story. You know it involves a manger, some angels and sheep, and of course, the drummer boy.
But while the iconic characters may be familiar, it’s easy for the deeper themes and promises of Christmas to get lost in the chaos of the season.
And so this Advent — instead of adding more glitz, glamour and noise — we’re choosing simplicity and consistency. We want to carve out the space needed for our hearts to be able to hear again the depth and beauty of that first Christmas.
Towards that endeavor, we are committing ourselves to read the Bible every day of Advent — following the lectionary. Our hope is that this ancient and widely used way of reading the Bible (millions of Christians every week use the lectionary) will keep us rooted in the preparation, hope, joy, and love of Christmas.
For a link to a lectionary, click here.
We hope you’ll join us this Advent.
Want to get to know us better? Click around … you’ll see what we’re all about.
We Heart GR
Campau and Lyon loved it first, we love it now.
Sunday Morning
Start your week here. We gather at 11AM.
