In Luke 22, a dispute arises between the apostles over which one should be considered the greatest.
I love the response Jesus gives:
“…the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves?
One my favorite events of the year is our Thanksgiving Banquet for the homeless. Fine china, beautiful place settings, a harpist playing elegant background music, our volunteers in white&black serving, and an incredible gourmet Thanksgiving meal!!! The idea is to make our homeless friends feel like the most important people in the building for a [...]
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Thanksgiving is about more than having a grateful heart. It is about giving away thanks. That happens through a kind word, a humble prayer, a gentle hug, and by [...]
The next 2nd Saturday service opportunity will be February 13th, 9:00AM below Ebenezer’s.
“I’m kind of a big deal.” -Ron Burgundy
Most of us spend our life working around this statement. But Matthew 1 gives us a different perspective.
“A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and [...]
Great day! Over 60 volunteers showed up at Central Union Mission this past Saturday!
Here’s what we did:
Refreshments in the ER
Basketball with teenagers from a DC Correctional Facility
Grocery delivery to the Elderly
Georgetown Ministry Center maintenance
DC Center for Therapuetic Recreation (painting and gardening)
Southeast Whitehouse Natural History Museum field trip
A Japanese Buddhist, an Indian Hindu, a Palestinian Christian, an Israeli, a non-practising Jew, and a Pastor met for dinner. Sounds like the beginning of a joke, doesn’t it?
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Along with a new year of vision for A1:8, we will also be incorporating more events focused on social justice awareness. If you have been around NCC for a while, you know that each summer we put on a ‘Week of Justice.’ During this week we highlight different justice issues through things like film, art, [...]
We’re so pumped about our new 2nd Saturday t-shirts that we want to give you an opportunity to snag one for free!
One of the most inspiring books that I’ve read in the past few years was “Jesus for President” by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw. In the early portion of the book, they lay out how God arranged the society of the people of Israel under the law in a way that would cause them to [...]
