The Grove - Cottage Grove

As we begin this new year, we're revisiting Bible characters and imagining what wisdom they would share with their younger selves if given the chance. First up: Mary the mother of Jesus. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

As we put a bow on 2023 and on our upside down Christmas at The Grove, we're wrestling with outer lived human experiences of both death and life. The story of God enfleshed suggests that God is present in both. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

It's an upside down Christmas Eve at The Grove! Fear is a natural response to our lived experiences, and the incarnation suggests that God joins us in our fear and loves us through it. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

It's an upside down Christmas at The Grove! Sorrow is impossible to avoid as humans, but the story of Jesus allows us the possibility of joy in the midst of sorrow. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

It's an upside down Christmas at The Grove! While violence is relentless and present everywhere we look, the incarnation suggests that peace is resilient and can be found in those very same places. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

In a world full of despair, we often ask the question, "How do we come back from this?!" The incarnation offers a hopeful but honest answer: "Maybe we can come back from this." You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

It's an upside down Christmas at The Grove! While we tend to focus on what the incarnation — God becoming enfleshed in Jesus — taught us about God, we're spending this season asking what it means for us to be human. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

In the final week of our short but important series "Good Trouble," we're discussing what it looks like to commit to courageously confront racism. Fortunately Jesus provides us with an example of what it looks like to make a long, hard commitment to being fully human in all its messiness. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

As we continue our short but important series "Good Trouble," we explore the ways relationships help us courageously confront racism. The lived experience of others ought to shape what we think, what we do, and how we pursue reconciliation across the racial divide. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

Today we kick off a short but important series about courageously confronting racism called "Good Trouble." As individual followers of Jesus and a church, the work of antiracism is a fundamental piece of what it means to grow goodness and cultivate the common good. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

Few things are more dreaded discussion topics than money — so, of course, we're talking today about financial stewardship. Rather than being a point of guilt or shame, we want to think about stewardship as faithfully fueling something in response to all that we have received. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

In the last week of our "Crowded Table" series, Jesus does a jumpscare. While witnessing can seem scary or surprising, it can be the most natural thing in the world. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

Nearing the end of our "Crowded Table" series, we're exploring the fact that making room for everyone means making room for a lot of people. Fortunately the goodness of God is limitless and our goodness can be limitless as well. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

Going into the back half our "Crowded Table" series, we're moving from who is at the table to what happens with the people who are there. The best tables are where memories are not only shared but made and adapted. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

In the third week of our "Crowded Table" series, we're pulling up an extra chair for unexpected guests. Often the people who are convinced they don't belong or aren't deserving are the ones we need most to show us the gift of life and faith. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

In the second week of our "Crowded Table" series, we're pulling the table leafs out of the closet to make room for more people. Extending the table for others can be a little uncomfortable but the goal is to serve not be served. And the surprising result? We'll be blessed, too! You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

It's a new season (Fall) and a new series ("Crowded Table")! Over the next six weeks, we're turning out attention to the stories of Jesus gathering around tables with people many would say are unworthy. What does it look like and require to actually create a place of welcome and belonging? You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

In our third week of "Campfires Stories," we turn to a story that Jesus tells about hell ... kind of. What if Jesus was more concerned with preparing us for lives of service now than preparing us for lives of comfort in some other realm after death? You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

Continuing our series "Campfires Stories" in which we're retelling stories that Jesus told as if we're gathered around a campfire, we arrive at the story of The Rich Fool. Greed has a predictable way of negatively impacting both those with not enough AND those who have more than they need. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

Throughout our new series "Campfires Stories," we're retelling stories that Jesus told as if we're gathered around a campfire. Today we start with the Parable of Two Builders — what if the way to survive the disasters that come our way in life is actually a foundation that is flexible rather than rock hard? You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/giv...

As we wrap up our "Splash!" series about the grace of God, we explore our own willingness to extend grace. Can we offer the same unending, undeserved, unbelievable love that we have received to others? You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

On the backend of our "Splash!" series, we’re exploring who gets access to God’s grace. Is God’s love just for the deserving or for people who hold a certain identity? Is is God’s love bigger, better, and more inclusive than we can even comprehend? You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

Our series "Splash!" is all about our experience of grace — the unending, undeserved, unbelievable love of God. Sometimes like Jonah we don't (maybe even can't?) recognize the depth of our need until we're going through the depths of hell. You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

As we continue our series "Splash! Exploring the depths of God's grace at the bottom of the sea," we're following the story of a man named Jonah. When our lives threaten to tear apart, do we turn to the blame game? Or do we use it as an opportunity to lean into God's grace and do something different? You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give

For our new series called "Splash! Exploring the depths of God's grace at the bottom of the sea," we're following the story of a man named Jonah. Unwilling to face the kind of person God was calling him to become, Jonah ran in the opposite direction. How often do we do the same thing? You can also give to support our new ministry in Cottage Grove at www.thegrovecg.church/give