mosaic church

Apparently this is now a semi-annual blog…but more on that later. More exciting than my apparent lack of commitment to bloggerdom is a gift that Mosaic was just able to give to another fantastic ministry, Outreach Inc.

Outreach (www.outreachindiana.org) works with homeless and at risk teens here in Indianapolis. During the month of December, we decided that we wanted to be a blessing to those who may be less fortunate than ourselves. So we set a goal. more »

And very overdue update on “The Blessssing”. Recap: We realized we had become very distracted and inwardly focused. We challenged and encouraged each other to remember that God has blessed us to be a blessing to others. Each individual was challenged to seek out ways to bless others in their everyday lives. As a church, the challenge was presented for us to give away $5000 in 30 days. more »

Hey, everyone else is jumping on the batman train, so why can’t I? This unexpectedly long break from blogdom has led to a bit of a conundrum for me. Has it been so long that I should just jump back in and write a new blog like nothing is amiss, or do I write a blog to address the lack of a blog? I haven’t really decided yet. Oh wait…

As I promised, I wanted to fill everyone in on a challenge I gave at Mosaic a week ago or so. As part of my realization that I had been moping for far too long and become completely self-involved in a pity party; I realized that I needed to not only trust God, but turn my attention towards blessing others. All through Scripture God’s call is pretty clear, trust Him and bless others. So, I gave a challenge on two levels. more »

Okay, so it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything, sorry about that. As many of you probably already know, it’s been one of those ‘beyond hectic’ times around here. At the end of March our worship leader announced his resignation, and April 13th was his last Sunday leading at Mosaic. I’ve realized over this past week that in the midst of all that craziness, we did something we never intended to do…we circled the wagons.

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No, actually this isn’t a bad joke, though it does seem to have potential. So here’s the low-down. This past Saturday night, we had a group of volunteers come out to the lodge to help us do some early spring cleaning (yes, months early, but it needed it). Among the volunteers is my good friend Amy, currently about 36 weeks pregnant and looking forward to meeting her fourth child (currently known only by the alias ‘Peanut’). She gets on the elevator with her two daughters, pushes the button for the 3rd floor, and more »

Here’s the basic premise of Rethink Christmas. We, for the most part, have fallen into the trap of thinking that Christmas is all about getting and giving stuff. When we look at the Scriptural accounts of the birth of Jesus though, we see some pretty cool things that might often be missed. We looked at 3 together: God gave a relational gift to us, Himself-so we should give relational gifts to each other. more »

This past Sunday was the fourth for Mosaic, that’s right, we’ve made it through four weeks and we’re still here! We finished up the ‘My Sacred Disbelief’ series, which was a look at people in Scripture that struggled with doubts. So far things have been awesome, I feel like Mosaic is a pretty happy and healthy baby (yeah, I said baby…we’re not even a month old yet!). Because of some construction/renovation delays at the lodge we’ve only been able to offer kids stuff for nursery through preschool, but we got some good news today. more »

I’m not gonna lie, Sunday was pretty awesome!  Mosaic is now ‘officially meeting’ every Sunday, and what a great way to start.  We had some great music.  Some of our volunteers provided some uber-delicious snacks and such.  We took a look at the Biblical narrative of Job, and how it kind of seems like God hosed him.  We weren’t sure how many people to expect, but we had to pull out extra chairs.  And then some more chairs, and then some more chairs!  We didn’t “take a count” but more »

Okay, so the truth is there won’t be any monster trucks there. I know it would be cool and all, but the logistics of monster trucks on the 3rd floor… This Sunday is it though, finally and already! Sunday September 9th is Mosaic’s first gathering. We are meeting on the 3rd floor of the Irvington Lodge at 10:30 am. In some ways it seemed like this day would never come, but now I can’t hardly believe that it’s here. We decided to start things off by talking this month about something we’re calling, “My Sacred Disbelief”. more »