The world ought to make sense. Right?!
Some things just seem to matter. To everyone. Things like beauty. Or community. Or justice.
We long for these things. We crave them. We have this intuition that they’re important and good and right. Yet all too often they seem to lay beyond our reach.
What do we make of this? Is it all a cruel joke? Mere fantasy? Or are these things actually signs — signs pointing to a greater meaning in the world?
Join us for this 8-week teaching series, “Looking For A Sign,” beginning Sunday, August 20th. We’ll unpack these themes, through the lens of the Christian scriptures, and look at how each points us to the reality that Jesus is making all things new. We’ll also discuss how these themes connect directly to the vision and DNA of Nova Church. Each week we will consider a practice or habit that allows us to consent to God’s renewing work in us and around us. Together, may we join in with the Spirit’s work among us.
Sunday, August 20, 2023
“Signs of Christ’s Renewal”
Scripture: Mark 16:9-20
Speaker: Chuck Fowler
Sunday, August 27, 2023
“Church as Sign”
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16 and Isaiah 49:5-6 Speaker: Katie Fowler
Sunday, September 3, 2023
“Community”
Scripture: Ephesians 2:14-22
Speaker: Katie Fowler
Sunday, September 10, 2023
“Justice”
Scripture: Micah 6:8
Speaker: Talya Bultema
Sunday, September 17, 2023
“Beauty”
Scripture: Isaiah 61:1, 3-4 Speaker: Chuck Fowler
Sunday, September 24, 2023
“Wholeness”
Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-3
Speaker: Katie Fowler
Sunday, October 1, 2023
“Worship”
Scripture: Acts 17:22-31
Speaker: Chuck Fowler
Sunday, October 8, 2023
“World Made New”
Scripture: Revelation 21:5
Speaker: Katie Fowler
“Signposts name a reality and point us in a direction. Likewise, these … signposts name realities that all human cultures value as well as pointing beyond themselves to the meaning of life, to the meaning of the world. They indicate, in fact, how we ought to ‘make sense’ of the world — how we ought to understand the way the world is and the challenge of being human within it. The fact that we care about them and are puzzled by them is itself telling us something about the deep ‘sense’ of the world.”
— N.T. Wright, New Testament scholar and Anglican bishop