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Closure has Come to Commencement

Sinners and Saints has come to its end as a church. It's end comes not as an end of community, since many of the people of S and S remain intiricately involved with each others lives. We all feel that it is a positive move of the community of the S and S, and that we are now enabled to particiapte in other surrounding local church communitites. This has been the history of S and S, where as Gentry writes, " after almost five years together, most of our members have been dispersed around the country where they are expressing the Kingdom of God in manifold and marvelous ways."

I am honored to have become a part of this fellowship despite joining at it's chronological tail end.  I honestly believed that i could not have made it my first year in Boston without the generous hand of Gentry, Kelly, Brooke, James, and Cade. Each of these individuals have been a tremendous blessing in my life, and for each of these individuals I give thanks to our God.

It is so remarkable how our ethos has been so similar to Mars Hill church in Dallas, and that in the manner of Mars Hill, even for us to stop the administration of sacrament on a weekly basis still does not constitute the end of our eucharistic celebration of commnunity.  Returning home two weeks ago showed me the love and care that many of the mars hillians have for each other after so many years and after its church closure. I know that this will be the case for those of the S and S.

 

Posted on Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 01:22PM by Registered Commenterramos | Comments3 Comments

Reader Comments (3)

thanks for the kind words Josh. i'm also glad that the community is going forward and, i suspect, the bonds of fidelity and friendship which bind us together are not going to break.

thank you for investing so fully in our church. it's going to be fun for s & so to go viral.

pax.
July 5, 2007 | Unregistered Commentergentry13
Much love to you Josh. I'm very fortunate and glad for your participation in this community, my brother. rock on wit yer bad self.
July 7, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterjames
I have come to see there is a natural progression in church closings. Maybe it's b/c I've seen so darn many closings! I don't know. But I agree with guys like Wolfgang Simson and Neil Cole...churches (note the small "c") aren't intended to last forever. They have life cycles just like other living things. They are born, they mature (hopefully they reproduce), and then they die. And just like actual loved ones on Earth...we miss them as they pass.

My guess is that Mars, and Saints and Sinners will always be a part of who you are, Josh. And in that sense, they are both alive and well. :)
December 7, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterrich

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