Sundays with the Gathering - Palm Beach Gardens

21 Days of Prayer - Sunday, March 19, 2023 Lent ( Journey w/ Jesus to the cross) - self-reflection, realignment heart, with Jesus Heart - Jesus came to restore everything that was lost, heal the broken world, have his love reign in the world-  BIG IDEA - he did this by being with us — relationship.  If healed relationships, especially with God, is such a big deal - that means that part of being on...

The Message from The Gathering Place, March 12, 2023 thegatheringplacefl.org We need to develop creative ways to practice the presence of God, seeking to become aware of God ‘in the common business of life.’ Being present is being grounded in the here and now. — SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES US TO TAKE OFF OUR MASKS AND JUST BE REAL WITH GOD. GOD WILL SHOW UP—> Share wailing wall experience. We can be...

How do we find delight in the Sabbath? The Message from The Gathering Place, March 5, 2023 thegatheringplacefl.org The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.                 • Sabbath is a gift for us.                 • Sabbath is to take time to dwell.                 • Sabbath is an invitation to be seen by God                 • Sabbath...

What is rest and why is it important? The Message from The Gathering Place, Feb 26, 2023 thegatheringplacefl.org (Genesis 2:2,3 NIV). By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. (Genesis 2:2,3 NIV) Sabbat...

What are we hiding in the depths of our souls? What would it look like to live free? The Message from The Gathering Place, Feb 5, 2023 thegatheringplacefl.org Reference Scripture Genesis 1: 20-23 20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” 21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms i...

What is time? And how do we live a free and present life? The Message from The Gathering Place, Jan 29, 2023 thegatheringplacefl.org Pastors Notes on Time:  The Greek language captures two approaches to time: kairos and chronos. Kairos time - is the deep truest sense of time. (John Pauling in Living By Kairos Time in a Chronos World) "Kairos is the deepest and truest form of time. Understandi...

What does it mean to live a life of care? What are we supposed to care for? The Message from The Gathering Place, Jan 22, 2023 thegatheringplacefl.org Careless vs. Care - Pastor's Notes:   Genesis 1:9-13  And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.  God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” A...

What are Boundaries? Why do we need them? How do we create space from the chaos of our lives? The Message from The Gathering Place, Jan 15, 2023 thegatheringplacefl.org

The Message from The Gathering Place, Jan 8, 2023 thegatheringplacefl.org "Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity." - James Clear

WESLEY'S COVENANT SERVICE   Commit yourselves to Christ as his servants. Give yourselves to him, that you may belong to him. Christ has many services to be done. Some are more easy and honorable, others are more difficult and disgraceful. Some are suitable to our inclinations and interests, others are contrary to both. In some we may please Christ and please ourselves. But then there are othe...

The Message from The Gathering Place Dec 18, 2022 thegatheringplacefl.org Matthew 1:18-25 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[ a ]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[ b ] did not want to expose her to public disg...

The Message from The Gathering Place Dec 11, 2022 thegatheringplacefl.org Isaiah 35: 1-10 NIV  The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of...

The Message from The Gathering Place Dec 4, 2022 thegatheringplacefl.org Advent Week 2 Peace — Advent - calls us. Isaiah 11:1-10 (NIV) Peace absent of hostility — much more… “Shalom” – maintenance of a prosperous social system to “promote the general welfare” –shalom also translated as “welfare”—for the Israelites reading passages of promise/hope in Isaiah and Jeremiah (under invasion, exile, extr...

The Message from Nov. 27 at The Gathering Place, Palm Beach Gardens Managing Your Triggers Toolkit thegatheringplacefl.org The scriptures referenced: Isaiah 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: 2 In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established     as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills,     and all nations wil...

The Message from Nov. 20 at The Gathering Place, Palm Beach Gardens Managing Your Triggers Toolkit thegatheringplacefl.org Genesis 33:12-20 12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.” 13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals...

The Message from Nov. 13 at The Gathering Place, Palm Beach Gardens Managing Your Triggers Toolkit thegatheringplacefl.org Scripture Reference, 1 Samuel 17 28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wic...

Notes from Nov. 6, at The Gathering Place, Palm Beach Gardens https://mediatorsbeyondborders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/managing-your-triggers-toolkit.pdf "Today’s message will be focusing on our core wounds that are underneath our triggers.  Scripturally I will be speaking about getting the log out of our eyes and then encouraging people to look deep inside themselves by using Psalm 139...

Notes from oct. 23 at The Gathering Place, Palm Beach Gardens Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the a...

Guest Speaker: Dr. John Dyben, Chief Clinical Officer at Hanley Center. Find out more about the Hanley Center here: https://www.hanleycenter.org/ Find out more about The Gathering Place at https://thegatheringplacefl.org/ Notes from this message: Matthew 22: 34-40 · The message is the triune nature of love (Agape) · God – Others – Self · We often think of love as giving, being nice, having feeling...

Sunday's Message from The Gathering Place - Palm Beach Gardens, Oct. 9, 2022. Continuing our series on the Vision for the Gathering Place Scriptures Referenced in Message: (Matthew 28:19-20) 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely...

The Message from The Gathering Place, Oct 2, 2022. “Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”” Matt...

The Message from The Gathering Place,  Sep 25, 2022. thegatheringplacefl.org 1 Corinthians 4:14-17 (NIV) 14 I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent to you...

The Message from The Gathering Place, Sep 18, 2022. Scripture References: Psalm 145:9 The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. 2 Corinthians 4:4 (NIV) 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. John 3:3 3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one ca...

The Message from The Gathering Place, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida thegatheringplacefl.org Mark 4:1-9 NIV Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer w...