Next week our focus will be on the sixth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Kickball." Marcie will lead us in this casual discussion.
We always think we know what's missing from our lives in order to make us happy, don't we? If only I had that car, or that job, or if only I could lose those 15 lbs, then I'd be happy. Really? How often do we want something only to find out that it wasn't that great after all? Sometimes we ask God for things and if he doesn't deliver right away, we start questioning whether God really understands or even cares. Do we really trust God? Do we trust that God is good and sees a bigger picture than we ever could? It's easy to want what's right in front of us, but maybe God knows what's better for us, and sometimes we just can't see it.
Watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on September 2nd:
Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45). Everyone is welcome!!
Next week our focus will be on the fifth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Noise." Marcie will lead us in this casual discussion.
Why is it so much easier for us to live our lives with a lot of things going on all the time than to just be in silence? We're constantly surrounded with "voices" that are influencing us on how to think, feel, and behave. Movies, music, TV, Internet, cell phones, and a never ending barrage of advertising. There's always something going on. Always noise in our lives. But maybe there's a connection between the amount of noise in our lives and our inability to hear God. If God sometimes feels distant to us, maybe it's not because he's not talking to us, but simply because we aren't really listening.
Watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on August 26th:
Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45). Everyone is welcome!!
Do we get so wrapped up in religion that we miss out on what's important to God?
Next week our focus will be on the fourth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Sunday." Tabitha will lead us in this casual discussion.
Why do we go to church or give money away? Because we're supposed to or because we think that God needs it? Do we honestly put on our best clothes for an hour once a week, stand and sit at all the right times, and sing all the appropriate songs for God's sake, or because it'll make us look better to the world around us. We're tired of all the empty rituals and routines. And so is God. God hates it when we call ourselves Christians but ignore all the things he really cares about. He hates it when we go through hollow religious routines out of some feelings of duty or obligation. God doesn't want the meaningless rituals. God wants our hearts.
Watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on August 19th:
Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45). Everyone is welcome!!
Next week our focus will be on Rob Bell's third film in the Nooma series - "Trees." Tabitha will lead us in this casual discussion.
We want to know why we are here. If our lives really matter. How our religion is relevant to this life. Today. We want to understand what significance this minute, hour, week, month, and year has to our lives. To our world. We need a God who cares about this life, in this world, right now. We want to understand why everything we think, everything we say, and everything we do matters. We don't want to just sit back and wait for something to happen or someday to come. We want to know if all the choices we make now will shape our world and lives for eternity. Because we want our lives to have meaning today, and our lives today to have meaning forever.
Watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on August 12th:
Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45). Everyone is welcome!!
Could love be the most misunderstood and misused word in our vocabulary?
Next week our focus will be on Rob Bell's second film in the Nooma series - "Flame." Tabitha will lead us in this casual discussion.
I love these shoes. Really? The same way I love my wife?
What's up with the word "love"? It doesn't have much meaning when we use it so loosely. Maybe we don't really get it. Maybe we don't really understand what real love is. What it involves to really love somebody. What it means to give yourself to someone else. We mistake things like friendship, commitment, or lust for love, but God wired us in a certain way to experience all that love was really meant to be. Not to hold us back or make us miss out on the best that life has to offer. God created love, and wants us to feel it all in the way it's meant to be felt.
Watch the trailer for the film that we'll watch on August 5th:
Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45). Everyone is welcome!!
Thank you SO much to everyone who came out today to the first meeting of our new small group Just Coffee. I was absolutely thrilled at the attendance - we had 14 for fellowship and discussion. Yep, that's right. 14 in the middle of the summer. 14 when this class was just formally dreamed up a week ago. I celebrate our 14! God is good, all the time. :-)
Bermuda Hundred's newest small group has begun! We're calling ourselves "Just Coffee" - a group meeting Sunday mornings for casual discussions of faith and fellowship.
Our first meeting will be tomorrow (July 29th) in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45am). Everyone is welcome! We'll have a chance to discuss what we would like to get out of this small group and how we would like to grow. All suggestions are appreciated!
Tomorrow...
We will be discussing Rob Bell's first film in the Nooma series - "Rain." Tabitha will lead us in this casual discussion. Come with an open mind and an open heart!
Things don't always work out the way we want them to, or the way we think they will. Sometimes we don't even see it coming. We get hit with some form of pain out of nowhere leaving us feeling desperate and helpless. That's the way life is. Still, it makes us wonder how God can just stand by and watch us suffer. Where is God when it really hurts? Maybe God is actually closer to us than we think. Maybe it's when we're in these situations, where everything seems to be falling apart, that God gets an opportunity to remind us of how much he really loves us.
Watch the trailer for the first film that we'll watch tomorrow:
What is NOOMA?
The name NOOMA is an English phonetic spelling of the Greek word pneuma, which is commonly translated to spirit or breath. Pneumatology refers to the study of spiritual beings, particularly the interaction between humans and God.
NOOMA is a new format for spiritual direction. It is short films touching on issues that we care about an that we want to talk about. It's a format that's there for us when we need it, as we need it, how we need it. NOOMA is short films that really speak to us. Concise and to the point, 10- to 14-minute DVDs tackle topics like forgiveness, discipleship, and unconditional love, making biblical truths vivid and relevant for today's generation. They will surprise you, touch you, help you to think in new ways and spark meaningful discussion in our small group.
