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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Serving Single Moms in Need: Car Wash 10/09/10

You're invited to join a small group of community and church leaders for a special car wash fund-raising event to help single moms in Need.

As a Pastor who cares for the needs of my community, I can't say enough how huge this need is in our city and even more so in our apartment community! After living in our apartment community for only a short time, my wife and I have been burdened to see the great numbers of single moms with little support. These strong willed women work long hours often holding two jobs trying to make ends meet; many even go to night school in hopes of a brighter future! We together can give some grace and give our time!

We as a church want to help. We want to give to those in need in our community by serving! This fundraiser is one of many in our local community that will go to help single moms in need. Umom is local organization in our city committed to the moms in our city! All the proceeds from this car wash will go to Umom. All Checks should be made out to Umom!

Details: This Saturday 10/09 at 9am-12pm you are invited to gather with us for a great cause to wash cars for single moms in need! $5 donation minimum. Bring some towels for drying cars and I would wear some flip flops! Bring a car and I will give you the best wash it's ever had!


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Season of Service: Arizona CityFest

We at imago dei believe that loving our neighbor is critically important. We are partnering with hundreds of churches and organizations to serve the city this year. We specifically are praying as to how we as a church will serve our city as a community of Christ followers at Imago dei. We want to see more people love Jesus and love their neighbor. We want to see the gospel both declared and demonstrated. That's why we at Imago Dei are very excited to partner with the many other churches in this season of service.

Simplified Missional Living by Jon Dodson

Eat with Non-Christians
We all eat three meals a day. Why not make a habit of sharing one of those meals with a non-Christian or with a family of non-Christians?

Go to lunch with a co-worker
not by yourself. Invite the neighbors over for family dinner. If it’s too much work to cook a big dinner, just order pizza and put the focus on conversation. When you go out for a meal, invite a non-Christian friend. Or take your family to family-style restaurants where you can sit at the table with strangers and strike up conversations. Have cookouts and invite Christians and non-Christians. Flee the Christian subculture.

Walk, Don’t Drive
If you live in a walkable area, make a practice of getting out and walking around your neighborhood, apartment complex, or campus. Instead of driving to the mailbox or convenience store, walk to get mail or groceries. Be deliberate in your walk. Say hello to people you don’t know. Strike up conversations. Attract attention by walking the dog, carrying along a 6-pack to share, bringing the kids. Make friends. Get out of your house! Last night I spent an hour outside gardening with my family. We had good conversations with about four of our neighbors. Take interest in your neighbors. Ask questions. Engage. Pray as you go. Save some gas, the planet, and some people.

Be a Regular
Instead of hopping all over the city for gas, groceries, haircuts, eating out, and coffee, go to the same places at the same times. Get to know the staff. Smile. Ask questions. Be a regular. I have friends at coffee shops all over the city. My friends at Starbucks donate a ton of leftover pastries to our church 2-3 times a week. We use them for church gatherings and occasionally give them to the homeless. Build relationships. Be a regular.

Hobby with Non-Christians
Pick a hobby that you can share. Get out and do something you enjoy with others. Try city league sports or local rowing and cycling teams. Share your hobby by teaching lessons, such as sewing, piano, knitting, or tennis lessons. Be prayerful. Be intentional. Be winsome. Have fun. Be yourself.

Talk to Your Co-workers.
How hard is that? Take your breaks with intentionality. Go out with your team or task force after work. Show interest in your co-workers. Pick four and pray for them. Form moms’ groups in your neighborhood and don’t make them exclusively non-Christian. Schedule play dates with the neighbors’ kids. Work on mission.

Volunteer with Non-Profits.
Find a non-profit in your part of the city and take a Saturday a month to serve your city. Bring your neighbors, your friends, or your small group. Spend time with your church serving your city. Once a month. You can do it!

Participate in City Events
Instead of playing XBox, watching TV, or surfing the net, participate in city events. Go to fundraisers, festivals, cleanups, summer shows, and concerts. Participate missionally. Strike up conversation. Study the culture. Reflect on what you see and hear. Pray for the city. Love the city. Participate with the city.

Serve Your Neighbors.
Help a neighbor by weeding, mowing, building a cabinet, or fixing a car. Stop by the neighborhood association or apartment office and ask if there is anything you can do to help improve things. Ask your local Police and Fire Stations if there is anything you can do to help them. Get creative. Just serve!

Serve the City: incarnational impulses

Our heart behind the church, is to see city renewal and churches coming together to bless their communities. Imago Dei doesn't want to be known simply for what we say, but what we do as well! We want to incarnate hope for those in need. We understand that our actions often speak louder than our words. We are a church that wants to be known as the people of God caring and connected to their communities. One of the best ways we can initially serve as a church is to invest in the lives of others through Apartment Life.

Many of the leaders at Imago Dei will be what we call "Tent Makers" in our transition to Phoenix. These are Pastors that have another job outside of the church to help cover the costs of living and their ministry. In fact, throughout the New Testament we find many of the disciples and apostles working part time jobs in addition to their full time ministries. Specifically we find that the Apostle Paul was a tent maker himself (Acts 18:3). He made tents to offset the support he received from others while he continued to preach and disciple leaders so that they could continually establish churches throughout Europe and Asia.

Our "Tent Making" will be to serve as a CARES TEAM for our apartment Complex. We will basically serve as a social coordinator for the apartment, connecting with new and old residents, to cultivate community and bring more life to the complex.

There are many ways people and churches can serve the city, In fact one of our partner churches has led the way in city renewal and service with doing what they call a SHARE FEST each year! These are the kinds of works we hope to see happen one day as well.

Imagine if...

Ordinary citizens started to ask "How can I serve for the good of my community?"

everyday people started to see themselves as community leaders in their neighborhoods, apartments, schools and workplaces?

churches started to ask "How can we serve the city?" How can we rally and resource together to collectively bless, transform and renew our communities with acts of service?

What would the reputation of the church be then?

We at imago dei are taking one step forward in this direction by working with Apartment Life, where are you wanting to make a difference?