Organic Faith

New News

Over the course of the Fall Organic Faith has been turning its focus to developing a life of worship together. The Late Service has been gathering every Sunday night for a unique expression of worship together. We are continuing to develop the artwork, the music, and the gathering itself and are always looking for new ideas, or creative people who are excited about crafting a creative and communal worship gathering.

Long ago the leadership team discussed our hope for Organic Faith as a whole. We developed a vision statement that read like this: “We are a worshiping community. We are honest about our limitations. We are made new in Christ.” Tied up into that long conversation about our vision was an image of Organic Faith as a stool with three legs. One leg that we as Organic Faith would stand on would be worship (hence the development of the Late Service). The other two legs to complete our stool are Community and Mission. Our hope is to have all three legs of the stool interplay with each other, and in a way, this has already begun in a way as we have a missional focus in our communal worship gatherings.

The Late Service will continue to develop and grow but the Organic Faith Leadership team has determined that it is time to develop the second “leg of our stool” so to speak. In the months ahead we will seek to develop a new gathering for Organic Faith, a gathering that can develop the community portion of our stool. What do you think?  What would you want your church community to do to strengthen the trust and relationships within the community?

Feel free to email in your ideas or better yet, join us on November 20th from 10am-2pm for our monthly Think Tank Retreat!

Announcing: The Late Service

 

On September 19^th Organic Faith will begin a new aspect of their existence as a Christian community,  9/19/10 marks the date of the first ever Late Service at Parkside Lutheran Church. 

 

This contemporary take on the Monastic Compline service will truly be an expression of community.  The music was not only chosen by members of Organic Faith, but much of it was written by members of the community.  Additionally, the entire service has been prayerful designed to provide the people of Buffalo with an opportunity to gather together in an authentic community and to hear of God’s promises.  

 

The Late Service (or TLS) hopes to be a space of peace and reflection; an escape on a Sunday night from the hustle and bustle of life in the city.  

 

Join us on Sunday, September 19^th for TLS, an alternative worship service of the Organic Faith Community. 

Organic Faith Spring Retreat

Organic Faith Friends!

I want to announce to one and all the Organic Faith Spring Retreat at LCLC from Friday night March 26th until March 28th (ending around noon).  

Retreats are a great way for a community to spend time together, to grow together and to delve into bigger, deeper conversations than what we might talk about at one of our weekly gatherings.  They also are a heck of a lot of fun. 

So, mark your calendars and start inviting your friends (retreats are a great place to invite new people in!) for the Organic Faith Spring Retreat at LCLC. 

Stay tuned for more information about the retreat schedule and theme!

Advent Week 2

Thanks to everyone who came out last night for the first every Organic Faith Advent Worship service.  There were more than a few kinks, but thanks to everyone who was there, who was patient, and I promise that we will figure this all out as the weeks go by.  Also, a special thanks to Josh Kratochvil for preaching last night and sharing with us the Good News of not only Advent and John the Baptist but “It’s a Wonderful Life” as well. 

We will be back at Parkside Lutheran Church this Sunday at 5pm for worship.  This is a time for you to slow down, to be still, to pray with others and the community, and to hear of God’s promises again.  Andy Fitch will be preaching this weekend and he promises to use pyrotechnics, knifes, and clowns… okay not really. 

If you want to be a part of the planning these weekly worship gatherings, the leading of the worship gatherings, the music for the worship gatherings, or if you think you might even want to preach sometime, just let me know and I get you linked in with the write people to make any of that happen.