Vision

We’re taking a break from our series on the Sermon on the Mount to have a candid conversation about church and giving. This is a teaching probably unlike ones you’ve heard before about church and money, and it includes a bit of a mythbuster on tithing and the local church. It includes reference at the end to a work of art called “Tethered Sky” by Robert and Shana Parkeharrison. If you’d like to see the image, it’s easily found through a web search.

In September, we began a process of communal discernment and feedback as we prepare for the end of our current lease at Studebaker 112 and consider some new possibilities for where we’ll call home. Our lead pastor, Jason, took some time in this week’s gatherings to report back to the community the feedback we’ve heard, and to let you know where things stand.

This week we opened up an important conversation about the place SBCC calls home. We moved into Studebaker 112 in 2017 as renters, and while we have loved our home and flourished there, we’ve also begun evaluating the wisdom of renting versus owning. In this episode you’ll hear us talk about those questions and share a possibility that we’ve been exploring that would allow us to own a building. As you listen, you’ll notice that we shared some visual resources during the gathering to help illustrate the possibilites we’re considering. If you’d like access to a video version of the presentation that includes those resources, email us at info@southbendcitychurch.com and we’ll share the link. We also invited feedback on this conversation, and we’d love to hear from you. You can email the same address with any thoughts, concerns, hopes, or questions you have.