Join our Missional Community Life Series

There is a lot of Buzz going around about the Missional Church today. Do you know what the word means? At Imago Dei “Missional” is not just catchy phrase rather a theological understanding of God’s redemptive plan for humanity.

This truth informs our people on how we ought to live as Christ followers in our city!Join us and invite a friend over the course of this series! We will meet on four different Sunday afternoons.




 

Schedule: (We meet every two weeks)

Discussion 1………………………………………………………………..…Sunday, April 3^rd 3-5pm

Unit 1. Missional context
Unit 2. Missional community

Discussion 2…………………………………………………………………Sunday, April 17^th 3-5pm

Unit 3. Missional engagement
Unit 4. Missional intentionality

Discussion 3………………………………………………………………......Sunday, May 1^st 3-5pm

Unit 5. Missional rhythms
Unit 6. Missional hospitality

Discussion 4…………………………………………………………..………..Sunday, May 15^th 3-5pm

Unit 7. Missional stewardship of time
Unit 8. Missional stewardship of money
Unit 9. Missional grace

Missional Community Project………………………………………………Sunday, May 29th 3-5pm (Details will be shared in our Missional Community Series)

Contact us to sign up or just show up and pick up the info at the meeting.

Look forward to growing together
Pastor Ryan

Meeting location: Sterling Park Apartment Club House: 2902 W. Sweetwater Ave Phoenix, AZ 85029

Gospel Change Series Continues March 20th

The Gospel Change series is "An innovative resource that offers affordable, high-quality training for mission and ministry in the 21st century. I warmly recommend it." Tim Keller

You are invited to join our Missional Community for 4 Meetings! 

Curriculum

Life change is something that we all need in the Christian life! In fact, change should be an on going process in our faith journey. The problem is that too many Christians turn to the wrong sources for this change! They look to themselves or popular self-help resources and messages for their temporary fixes, rather than to Christ and the grace of God for the change that we all long for and desperately need to grow!     

Our Missional Community wants to invite any and all men and women who are seeking to grow in a life changing relationship with Jesus. On 4 Sunday afternoons in our home, we will go through a series of discussions on Gospel Change. Our goal is that we would live more like Jesus, recognizing the source of change is simply the grace of God, applied by the word and Holy Spirit. We will explore the challenge of this change, and discover that it is often our own rebellious heart! In this series you should learn to identify your own idols, gain greater grasp of God’s grace and learn to grow more into a life of holiness. 

I am confident that the gospel of grace is the source of our life change, and that we all will be blessed as we pursue to apply these truths in the context of community.  Hope to see you there.

Pastor Ryan

www.imagophoenix.org 

Meeting Schedule & Details:
Meeting #1: Sunday 3-5pm: February 13th 
• Unit 1: The dynamics of gospel change: 
• Unit 2: Gospel change and repentance: 

Meeting#2: Sunday 3-5pm: February 20th 
• Unit 3: Gospel change and faith
• Unit 4: Head and heart in Christian experience 

Meeting #3: Sunday 3-5pm: March 6th 
• Unit 5: The means of grace: the Bible, prayer, and community 
• Unit 6: Holiness: its nature 

Meeting #4: Sunday 3-5pm March 20th 
• Unit 7: Holiness: relationships 
• Unit 8: Holiness: conversations 
• Unit 9: Holiness: thankfulness 

Note: Each meeting will be at the Rice’s home. The cost of the workbook is covered by imago dei. If you would like to make a donation of $10 you can.  Childcare will be available, otherwise we ask you find your own babysitter. Your friends are welcome to our meetings, as long as you inform them on the content.  We simply ask that you commit to attend and participate each of the 4 meetings having read the material and ready to discuss the exercises in each unit. We are looking forward to our time together!

Missional Community: Sunday Jan 23rd

 

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds  and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

Ephesians 4:11-12

Dear Family and Friends, 

One of our Partner Churches, Scottsdale Bible Church has created a Discovery Workshop to help their congregation identify their spiritual gifts. In order to better grow as a family, and missional community we want to ensure that each member of the family is using his or her gifts for the building up of the church.  Here are the steps below

1.    Go online to http://scottsdalebible.com/serves/assessment

2.    Create an account and fill out your FREE profile and password

3.    Click “Experiences”

4.    Take 20 minute test and click “Submit”

5.    Wait for your response

6.    Print off results and come back to share

If you have any questions you can email the webmaster, please let them know you are with Imago Dei Community Church. I hope that you take advantage of this FREE resource and see you at the next missional community. 

You are invited to join us at Ryan and Leslie's apartment home for a study and discussion on "Discovering your Spiritual Gifts" Please email Ryan for questions and read below for details.

For the Gospel,

 

Lead Pastor: Ryan Rice

www.imagophoenix.org


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Details
Time 3-5pm
Day: Sunday Jan 23rd. (meet every two weeks)
Location: North Phoenix
Child care provided! 

Diversity = Gospel Apologetic

As a Pastor in phoenix, I am amazed to see our city so diverse. There are hundreds of young professionals from India working with American Express, living right here in my own community, there are said to be 100-200K Eastern Europeans in the North Valley.  What is God doing? Why are so many people from around the world here?

I believe God is at work, bringing the nations to our cities. The people of the world have taken refuge in our city, so why have so few found refuge in our churches? 

I look up to leaders of vision such as Martin Luther King Jr. who saw beyond the skin tones, and eye colors of men. A man who saw a day coming when our cities and churches would no be longer segregated. He believed in our constitution that every man was born with sovereign rights, for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 

At Imago Dei, we  are pursuing cross cultural competence, because the peoples of the earth are loved by God and created in His image (Gen 1:26). In fact, they live in our community! 
I believe one of the greatest apologetics (defenses) for the gospel, is diversity in the church.It was this way from the beginning, when the church was first born, ( Acts 2). Ethnic groups found common ground, people of different races shared life with one another in the church and community of believers. My prayer is, that our white Pastoral Leadership Team would help lead our people in the days to come to develop a congregation that is cross culturally competent.

Here are a few suggestions for growing in cross cultural competence.

1) Take Intentional Steps – What intentional steps do you think church leadership should take to move towards embracing the nations among them?

2) Empower Diverse Leadership – How have you gone about empowering diverse leadership and what has been the outcome?
3) Develop Cross-Cultural Relationships – What and how should ministry leaders develop cross-cultural relationships?
4) Pursue Cross-Cultural Competence – How would you ensure that all those leading and serving within your organization are cross-culturally competent?

The great commandments (Mt 22:36-40) and commission (Mt 28:19) ought to call us out, to love people who are not like us! People of every tribe and nation. To love like God loved.  I am convinced that the church can only gain a stronger gospel witness when it reflects and reaches the community in which she resides.

Resources: If you would like to grow more in your understanding of cross cultural ministry, I encourage you to look to the expert Mark DeyMaz and his church planting, coaching network mosaix.

Additional Resources about People Migrations as a Movement of God, and Globalization, see Dr. Pococks work, on The Changing Face of World Missions.

Confronting Idols: Notes from a Conference

Tim Keller is likely the best writer and speaker on the subject of idolatry for our day. Keller is a pastor of Redeemer Church in NYC, and has heavily influenced myself (Ryan, Lead Pastor of imago dei) and many other pastors within the Acts29 network. Keller offers help in understanding our addiction to idols and the substitutes that we all chose instead of Christ. Below are some notes from a conference that he spoke at. The original article can be found at the resurgence website. 

Confront Idols

You can't preach the gospel effectively if you don't challenge idols. Paul always challenged people's idols in his preaching. In Acts 17, Paul went to the Agora, the marketplace, which is where the idols of that culture were formed. In our culture, the marketplace is not shops and busy streets, because that's no longer where culture is formed. For us, challenging idols in the marketplace means going to Hollywood, Harvard, and the New York Times—the places where ideas and beliefs are shaped. Every culture, gender, class, city, field of work, etc., has its own idols. Idolatry is anything I look at and say, "If I have that, my life has value." Anything that is so central to your life that you feel you can't live without it is an idol. Idolatry is making a good thing an ultimate thing. Because Paul saw idols everywhere, he was a really effective preacher. Like Paul, we need to discern, expose, and destroy idols in order to preach the gospel.

3 Kinds of Idols You Have to Expose to Preach the Gospel:

1. Personal Idols
2. Religious Idols
3. Cultural Idols

 

#1 Personal Idols

• Money can be an idol, especially in the business world. Everyone recognizes this as the idol of Wall Street. (All over New York City, child sacrifice is going on. If you want to succeed, you have to sacrifice your family. If you're going to get the money and power, you must sacrifice your children. Jobs are set up that way.) How do you do your job without bowing down to it—how do you demythologize money? Only by living in the gospel.
• Romance is another idol. This is when you look to your lover or spouse for worth. Only they can make you feel valuable. You cannot lose this person. People who have a good marriage must constantly fight this idol, constantly looking to Jesus and finding their satisfaction in Jesus more than their spouse.
• Self-expression is an idol of the artistic community.
• Children can be idolized when you find your significance and meaning in your children. You know you're worth something if your children turn out well.

Unless you understand personal idols, your counseling, pastoring, and mentoring is going to be superficial. You won't really be able to help people. As Luther said, there's a reason the first of the Ten Commandments is about idolatry. You never break commandments 2-10 without first breaking number 1. You cannot understand moral failings or psychological problems without understanding idolatry. 

#2 Religious Idols

Those who worship religious idols think they are devoted to God, but they're not.

• Truth can be made an idol. Are you resting in the rightness of your doctrine rather than the work of Jesus? If so, the Bible calls you a fool. In Proverbs, "the scoffer" is a person like this. The scoffer is always sure he is right, and always disrespectful, disdainful, and mocking toward his opponents. The internet breeds scoffers, because if you're a scoffer you get more traffic to your blog.
• Gifts can be an idol. You can mistake spiritual gifts for spiritual fruit. Especially if you are successful in ministry, you can begin believing in justification by ministry: "I know I'm in God's will because my ministry is going well." Many of us in the Reformed world make an idol out of being a great preacher: "If I could just be a great preacher, then my life would have significance."
• Morality is a religious idol. It's typical for Christians to feel that God loves them and will bless them because of their moral record.

#3 Cultural Idols

Evangelicals love to talk about cultural idols. We look back at the idols of the Enlightenment: the elevation of human reason, the belief that reason/science will solve all the world's problems. Today we see the idol of individualism. We attack Western individualism, but in many traditional cultures family is an idol—so you have honor killings, women treated as property, etc. In individualistic cultures like our own, the individual is an idol. No one can tell anyone else they're wrong, no one can impose their beliefs about God on anyone else. Any ideology can be an idol: free-market economics, communism, socialism, democracy, liberalism, etc.

Confronting Idols Is Dangerous

When idols are opposed, it's dangerous. Idols are violent. Through idols, the powers and principalities control us. If you oppose them, you take your life in your hands. Paul risked his life to oppose them; he rested in Jesus, who had already given his life to defeat the principalities and powers. Jesus defeated the idols both objectively and subjectively through the cross:

• Objectively: Punishment for our adultery and reconciliation with God were fulfilled in Jesus.
• Subjectively: We remember that none of our idols can die for our sins. Our idols will always crumble under the weight of our expectations. Only by living in the power of the cross, exulting in the cross, and proclaiming the cross can we be fearless and free from the power of idols.  
• You must learn how to take the gospel to the idols. 

Don't forget you can watch the live stream of all ten Gospel Coalition plenary addresses at Christianity.com. The audio and video will be available free from The Gospel Coalition.

Top 12 Books from 2010

At Imago Dei we firmly believe that the leaders are the readers. Below is a list of Pastor Ryan's top 12 books for 2010.

Books on Leadership, theology, parenting and marriage, culture and fiction can all be found in the list. You can find most of these on amazon for under $15.  You can also visit Acts29 recommended reads to see many other books that leaders in the network are reading.

1. All of Grace by C.H. Spurgeon 
2. Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis 
3. Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent
4. What is Reformed Theology by R.C. Sproul
5. Sacred Marriage by Garry Thomas
6. Raising Kids for True Greatness by Tim Kimmel  
7. Ethnic Blends by Mark DeyMaz and Harry Li
8. Acxiom: Powerful Leadership proverbs by Bill Hybels 
9. Vintage Church by Mark Driscoll
10. Sticky Teams by Larry Osborne
11. Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller
12. Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer

3 Ways to Live: Gospel Message

This is a way that we have found helpful to explain the gospel.

We as a community of believers must differentiate the gospel from religion just as Jesus did.

Jesus did not come for the dead religious but the sinners, whom he would redeem and send out on mission.

Many other churches with our acts29 network have benefited from Tim Keller's work.

Celebrating Believer's Baptism

The community of Imago Dei will be gathering for a special service to celebrate new believer's baptism. This is a time to celebrate the salvation of God's people.

We will meet at 6pm at Kineo Church an Acts29 church plant, who is meeting at Living Water Fellowship. There will be plenty of room so you can invite your friends to hear the gospel and witness testimonies of those being baptized.


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1.            The Meaning of Baptism

• The word from the Greek word, “Baptizo,” meaning “to dip,” and/or “to immerse”

• Water baptism - for a believer to identify with the death and resurrection of Christ and publicly declare that they are His disciple.

2.            The Message of Baptism

The very moment we trust Christ as Savior, we are identified with Him, and that identification is related specifically to three events in our Lord’s experience:  We are identified with Him in . . .

• WE ARE IDENTIFIED WITH JESUS IN HIS DEATH (Romans 6:3, 5)

   When you stand in the water, it symbolizes that the old, “sinful man”  has died, having been crucified with Christ (II Corinthians 5:17).

• WE ARE IDENTIFIED WITH JESUS IN HIS BURIAL  (Romans 6:4)

  

When you are led under the water, it symbolizes that the “old man” has been laid to rest, having been buried with Christ (Romans 6:4). “The old self is gone”

• WE ARE IDENTIFIED W/ JESUS IN HIS RESURRECTION  (Romans 6:4-5, 8)

  

When you are raised up out of the water, it symbolizes that the “new man” is now alive in you, and that you now live for and with Christ  (Galatians 2:20).

3.            The Method of Baptism

We believe that immersion visually captures the message of baptism.

•             It accurately depicts the meaning of "baptizo."

•             It follows the practice of both Jewish baptism and John's baptism.

•             It pictures the symbolism of death, resurrection, and cleansing.

•             It was the method of the early church.

4.            The Motive for Baptism

•To confess our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord (Acts 18:8). 

It is a public acknowledgment and declaration that you personally believe and have trusted in God for your life and salvation.  Thus, the only requirement for baptism is that you have knowingly and of your own free will surrendered your heart and life to Jesus Christ.  That is, through prayer, you have invited Him to “save” you from your sins, to take full control of your life, and to one day receive you into His kingdom, into eternal life.

•To comply with the commandment of Jesus.  (Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38) 

In Jesus’ last instructions to His disciples, He commanded them to go into all the world, and make disciples of all men, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.  In this way, true believers would be unmistakably identified, both with Christ and with the family of God, by their obeying this command.

Since baptism is a personal and public expression of one’s own faith, we believe that the decision to be baptized must be made by each individual in accordance with their faith. (Parents should teach their children soon after their child has professed Jesus as Lord).

Family Worship: advent.incarnation.celebration

Each December my wife and I bring out an old advent calender and rehearse the story of Christ's coming by reviewing particular prophetic passages pointing to Christ's birth. We start on the first evening of December.

The kids gather anxiously after dinner on the couch to hear the scriptures and see the pictures that tell the true meaning of Christmas! After the second night, Leslie makes review questions each evening. She writes them on a piece of paper and cuts them into strips and quizzes the kids on the details of each nights' lesson.

It becomes a fun family Christmas celebration and learning opportunity to teach about Christ's coming, His advent and incarnation. It's the best time to worship as a family in our home. We read scriptures, answer the kids questions and sing old Christmas hymns. 

The word "Advent" in Latin means "Coming". In many Christian churches throughout the world this is a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of Christ's 1st coming. Churches throughout history celebrate the incarnation, that is... Jesus, the son of God taking on human flesh and becoming man (Phil 2: 6b- 11).

He in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,7 but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

To aid in the instruction for these christian truths of the incarnation I have continually found the Westminster Confession of Faith extremely helpful:

Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man? 

A. Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul,(Phil 2:7) (Heb 2:14,17) being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the virgin Mary, and born of her,(Lk 1:27,31,35) yet  without sin. (2 Cor 5:21, Heb 4:15, 7:26, 1 Jn 3:5).

Christmas is about Christ. His birth and His coming. Let us celebrate the incarnation of our Lord. Let us  prepare our hearts and rejoice that a savior has been born, Christ the Lord.

Resources:
Desiring God, John Piper Blog: Advent and Incarnation
Westminster Confession 
Bible Gateway

What is the Missional Church?

Operation CARES 4 KIDS: Service Project

Every Christmas hundreds of families in our community struggle to have the financial means to provide gifts for their children.


At Imago Dei we want to make a difference in our community and in the lives of children. This December we are partnering with Sahuaro Elementary to help add a little hope to the Holiday season.

You can play a vital role in our community this Christmas by participating in OPERATION CARES 4 KIDS!


Our goal is to provide the kids at Sahuaro Elementary School with shoeboxes full of gifts for kids ages 5-9 years old. Here is what to do…

#1 GET SHOE BOX Use an empty shoebox (standard size, please) or a small plastic container. Please wrap the box (lid separately).

#2 LABEL BOY OR GIRL Gifts will be for kids ages 5-9. Determine whether your gift will be for a boy or a girl, and mark the box with a “B” for boy or “G” for girl.

#3 FILL WITH GIFTS: Fill the box with a variety of gifts that kids would enjoy. Here are some ideas…

•TOYS small cars, balls, dolls, stuffed animals, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, jump ropes, small Etch A Sketch®, toys that light up or make noise (with extra batteries), Slinky®, etc.

•SCHOOL SUPPLIES pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, writing pads or paper, solar calculators, coloring and picture books, etc.

•HYGIENE ITEMS toothbrush, toothpaste, mild bar soap (in a plastic bag), comb, washcloth.

•OTHER Hard candy and lollipops (please double bag all candy), mints, gum, T-shirts, socks, ball caps; sunglasses, hair clips, toy jewelry, watches, flashlights (with extra batteries)

•A PERSONAL NOTE In a separate envelope, you may enclose a note to the child and a photo of yourself or your family. (If you include your name and address, the child may write back.)

Do Not Include: Used or damaged items; war-related items such as toy guns, knives or military figures; chocolate or food; liquids or lotions; medications or vitamins; breakable items such as snow globes or glass containers or aerosol cans.

#4 TURN IN GIFTS: Please have gifts to our contact person (Leslie) by Sunday December 14th so they can be turned into the school by the 15th.

For Questions: Contact School: Sahuaro Elementary School Social Worker, Laurel Fiore, (MSW, LCSW) At laurel.fiore@wesdschools.org . To reach the church project coordinator contact Leslie Rice at leslieraerice@gmail.com .

For the gospel and the glory of God in our city,
Pastor Ryan Rice
Imago Dei Community Church

Missional Community: Leaders Lunch on 11/28

Part of our training involves attending other churches in our community. Being part of the Acts29 Network here in Phoenix has been real a blessing. With about 10 church plants in the city our team has been able to visit most of these church plants and gain a greater insight into what church planting looks like. This also has been a great opportunity to network as well.

We don't want to be strangers to the larger body of Christ in our city therefore we often visit churches outside of our networks. We are learners. We want to learn from the leaders that have gone before us.

This Sunday we are going to be meeting at a local church to discuss the challenges and thrills of being part of a church plant from Pastor Sandy Mason. I want to invite all emerging leaders that aspire to be part of a new church plant. Imago Dei is a growing group of leaders on mission to establish a gospel centered, missionally focused church in the North Valley. If you would like to come, please bring/pack your own lunch. Lunch will start at 12:30.

My fam and a few others will be there for the service at 10:45 and then hang around for a lunch with Pastor Sandy. There will not be child care available but there will be other children present and the moms can take turns with the kids on the playground.


This Sunday Details:

This Sunday we are going to visit Desert View Bible Church. A church plant of Scottsdale Bible Church.

Time 10:45- Service Starts, Leaders Lunch - 12:30 (following worship service)
Location: North Phoenix
Website: www.desertviewbible.org

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the Story: Gospel

Please take a few minutes to read and look through this compelling and colorful online book about the gospel. We use this tool along with others for our leaders at imago dei. Most people don't understand the gospel nor it's centrality in the scripture. This tool helps us understand what the gospel is all about and how to share it with others.


Web page
www.spreadtruth.com

The Gospel- Mark Driscoll

Missional Community: 11/14/10

Hey guys, we are going to be gathering this Sunday. We have a few new families that just arrived from MT to help start the church!(You are gonna love em) As usual we will have a time of sharing and connecting with each and some good outdoor fun. Read the Blog about missional community for more info on this Sunday's discussion.

In addition I would like to invite any and all to join us for a good hike, after our sharing time. There are great trails that are conducive for all ages and skill level. In fact, Leslie and I hiked the full trail the other day with our 5-yr. old twins! It took about 2 hours, so be sure to bring your hiking shoes, sun screen and some water. We will have some light snacks. This park also has a great play ground for kids as well. Hope to see you there.

Direction from the 101 & I-17 you will want to take

I-17 NORTH
Left on Happy Valley
Right on 51st Ave
Right on Deems Hill Parkway
Deem Hills Park will be on your right.

Time and Day:
3-5pm
Sunday, November 14th

P.S.
If you got my text message with a different location, that's not the correct address. For questions please email me or call me.

See you there,

Ryan

Darrin Patrick | Re:Lit Book | Church Planter Intro

Men, join us November 8th for a night with Darrin Patrick: Redeeming Masculinity

Food & Football @ Paseo Highlands Park

Every few weeks imago dei friends and families are starting to gather to connect, have fun, build relationships and learn more about the vision of this emerging church in the north valley.

The weather should be great and this park rocks! (I just visited it). Bring the kids, bring the football and come on out this Sunday from 12-3ish. Leslie and I are providing some lunch. Check below for details.

This a relational time, not a small group, or a set Bible Study (for now). Leslie and I are new to the city and are in a season of cultivating lots of new relationships.

These gatherings are a time to foster friendships. It's a time to connect, have fun and learn more about this community that is coming together.

It's a time to have fun. Leslie and I, Ryan (the founding church planters) want to build relationships with all of you. Before we ever start a church, we want to demonstrate the church's love. We want to be the church and teach others to do the same, long before we ever start asking people to come to church. The church is not a building, but a people on mission.

Details:
Location: North Valley Paseo Park (Behind the Community Center)
Time: 12-3ish
Lunch will be provided: Sandwiches or something...
Items to Bring: Soccer Ball, Food etc. Contact Leslie via facebook or phone. The facebook link is on the side. You may get a call directly from Leslie about what to bring.


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Coffee House Concert

Come join some the friends and families that are part of Imago Dei for evening of coffee and live music. Our friends, Samantha and Brad Byrd will be taking the stage around 8pm. This is a great event to relax and connect with friends. Hope to see you there.



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Farmers' Market in Norterra Cancelled Today :(

Imago Dei has been invited to be part of our local Farmers Market. Due to bad weather we wont be there today. But look for us on the First and Third Wednesday's of the month. I (Pastor Ryan) plan on being there, giving out water bottles meeting a greeting our community.

Come and enjoy wonderful live music by Ree Boado and browse a bounty of colorful booths full of fresh produce, tamales, Alaskan salmon, beef jerky, salsas, gifts and much more.

The Norterra Farmers' Market takes place on the first and third Wednesdays of every month through May. The market is located between Paradise Bakery and P.F. Changs. See you there!

Details
1st & 3rd Wednesdays through May
3:30-7:30pm
Website: http://www.norterrashopping.com/calendar.asp


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Visiting Church Plant in North Phoenix

Imago Dei is not yet a church. We are a community of people on mission. (Candidates with Acts29) Our goal is to reach out to those in need and recruit other missionary minded leaders. (40 adults primarily stud dudes).

Part of our training involves attending other churches in our community. Being part of the Acts29 Network here in Phoenix has been real a blessing. With about 10 church plants in the city our team has been able to visit most of these church plants and gain a greater insight into what church planting looks like. This also has been a great opportunity to network as well.

We don't want to be strangers to the larger body of Christ in our city therefore we often visit churches outside of our networks. We are learners. We want to learn from the leaders that have gone before us. This Sunday we are visiting a prayer partner and friend at Hope Church. Pastor Paul is the Lead Pastor and will be preaching tomorrow. Usually after the service, we go out to eat and share what we learned and discovered. Each Sunday is an adventure. We invite you to join us any time. Keep posted on the blog to see where we will be next. See you soon.

Church Location: North Phoenix (Norterra High school)
Name: Hope Church
Service Time: 10:30 AM
Picture: The pic is not the church we are visiting


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