Part 10 - Sensates: Loving God with the Senses

March 10, 2024 • Danny Bennett • John 12:1–8, Romans 12:1, Mark 12:29–30, Hebrews 11:1–3

“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Mark 12:29-30 NIV “Rhythms” exploring the sacred ways of worship. Inspired by sacred pathways by Gary Thomas’. 9 different ways we can embrace new life-giving rhythms of connection w God Series Descriptor: There is a design, laid out by God at the beginning, that shows us how to live our lives to the fullest. How to walk the sacred paths of worship and relationship. How to integrate both physical and spiritual pursuits. How we can join our unique melody to the chorus of community that Jesus is building in this thing called The Church. Join us this year as we explore this design together in a new series called Rhythms.  Each pathway presents us with an opportunity to enhance current and also add new rhythms to our lives. We tend to gravitate toward one or more naturally but these are all Biblical and historical ways in our Christian tradition.  Naturalists: Loving God Outdoors  Intellectuals: Loving God with the Mind Traditionalists: Loving God through Ritual and Symbol Ascetics: Loving God in Solitude and Simplicity  Activists: Loving God through Confrontation Caregivers: Loving God by Loving Others Enthusiasts: Loving God with Mystery and Celebration  Contemplatives: Loving God through Adoration Sensates: Loving God with the Senses  When we each learn to love God through these different rhythms of worship it creates a beautiful symphony unto God.  This week: RHYTHM 9: Sensates: Loving God with the Senses   DESCRIPTION — Sensates are moved more by a sensuous worship experience than by anything else. By sensuous we are referring to the five senses: taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight.   When we embrace the use of the senses— which God created, after all—we open up entirely new avenues of worship. God created our senses, enjoyment through the senses was his idea. Sensates experience God in concrete, visible, palpable symbols. They see God in beauty, are creative and artistic and enjoy God’s creation.

Part 8 - Enthusiast - Loving God through mystery and celebration

February 25, 2024 • Danny Bennett • John 3:8, Acts 2:17–21, Acts 10:9–23

“Rhythms” exploring the sacred ways of worship. (Inspired by sacred pathways by Gary Thomas.) There is a design, laid out by God at the beginning, that shows us how to live our lives to the fullest. How to walk the sacred paths of worship and relationship. How to integrate both physical and spiritual pursuits. How we can join our unique melody to the chorus of community that Jesus is building in this thing called The Church. Join us this year as we explore this design together in a new series called Rhythms.  We'll explore 9 different ways we can embrace new life-giving rhythms of connection with God. Each pathway presents us with an opportunity to enhance current and also add new rhythms to our lives. We tend to gravitate toward one or more naturally but these are all Biblical and historical ways in our Christian tradition.

Part 7 - Caregiver - Loving God by loving others

February 18, 2024 • Chris Matley • Mark 12:29–31, Luke 10:25–37, 1 John 3:14–17, James 1:27