Our Church
Reflecting on Who We Are Together
Our summer series looks at Paul’s first letter to the Church in Corinth, with their specific gifts and struggles to help us better understand what guiding truths and principles help us to discern our path forward, in the face of our specific gifts and challenges, as one part of Christ’s Church in Point Place.
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Holy Fools - 1 Corinthians 1:1-31
Who are we? Holy Fools! We’re people who have been called into a new way of seeing everything, moving from human foolishness into God’s Foolishness…the Cross. This changes how we think about church, how we evaluate ministry, and what we expect in community.
Who are we? Holy Fools! We’re people who have been called into a new way of seeing everything, moving from human foolishness into God’s Foolishness…the Cross. This changes how we think about church, how we evaluate ministry, and what we expect in community.
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Icons, not Idols (1 Corinthians 3, 4, 14)
Do churches NEED a pastor? This may sound like a really strange questions. But it helps us to explore who we are moving forward and how to gather as a community who shares spiritual responsibility.
Do churches NEED a pastor? This may sound like a really strange questions. But it helps us to explore who we are moving forward and how to gather as a community who shares spiritual responsibility.
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What God Is Doing (1 Corinthians 3)
What is God doing? How is the church a part of that? How do the images Paul offers us in 1 Corinthians 3 help us to understand what WE are doing and what GOD is doing when we gather?
What is God doing? How is the church a part of that? How do the images Paul offers us in 1 Corinthians 3 help us to understand what WE are doing and what GOD is doing when we gather?
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An Accountable Community (1 Corinthians 4-8)
We may fear that changing church structure or reducing the role of the pastor might lead to chaos. But the New Testament holds the early communities accountable. To what? The apostle takes us in different directions than we may think.
We may fear that changing church structure or reducing the role of the pastor might lead to chaos. But the New Testament holds the early communities accountable. To what? The apostle takes us in different directions than we may think.
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Our Gatherings
Our worship themes are not just sermons. They are integrated into the whole gathering experience: prayers, songs, table conversations, and more.
We understand that Breakfast Church is more of a “have to be there” kind of thing. So feel free to skip around on the video as you watch and listen.
FAQs
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Breakfast Church is just what it sounds like. It’s “church” around the breakfast table. There is more conversation, connection with others, and…well…eating and drinking, but everything is still centered around the Gospel of Jesus.
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“Eucharist” literally means “Thanksgiving” and has come to refer to eating bread and drinking wine in response to Jesus’ Last Supper, where Jesus “Gave thanks” before breaking and giving the bread. We want this to be the image of our whole beings: people who gratefully receive and generously give God’s blessings to others.
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We meet in Point Place — Toledo. You can find us on the corner of 116th/117th St. and 297th St. If you know the Point Place Library, we’re right across the street from them. If not, we’re just a block west of Summit St. or take 116th from Ottawa River Rd.
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We’re a small community that is a part of the United Church of Christ. We’re over 100 years old as a church, but we’re adaptable and flexible. We hope you’ll find us to be welcoming, simple—we don’t try to put on a perfect show, and really focused on Jesus and loving one another…just like he said.