http://mosaicnw.com Mosaic Church is a community of people who are intentionally orienting their lives around the life and teaching of Jesus. Our name, \"Mosaic\" is significant; broken pieces that come together to create something beautiful, a work of art. We think the church is like that. Each person is valuable even though we are not perfect. It is in coming together that we form something incredible, a piece of art that communicates Jesus to all who see it. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:53:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en September 7th Mosaic At The Majestic YEAH, WE ARE BACK AT THE MAJESTIC!!! 10:00am - Brunch, Music & Dialogue A-H Bring Cheese slices and/or breakfast meat I-P Bring Fruit Trays Q-Z Bring Muffins or Bagels or Danish's or ? MOSAIC FALL CALENDAR WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. Welcome to Mosaic online! We are glad you ... http://mosaicnw.com/2008/08/24/mosaic-summer/ I found this quote by an old co-worker and scholar, Dr. Peter Davids. I found it to be a challenging and encouraging statement of what we are trying to do as church planters and participants. "A church is a structured gathering of followers of Jesus in which (1) they are ... http://mosaicnw.com/2008/08/06/what-is-a-church/ I found the following quote by David Fitch to be a great reminder of what we are about. Blessings, Matt Atkins "The landscape of post-Christendom demands we think about church planting with a new eye for faithfulness, truth and integrity. Among the new missional leaders, church is the name we ... http://mosaicnw.com/2008/06/06/ekklesia-missional-church-planting-by-david-fitch/ As I begin this post, I want to recoginize the work of people like Steve Ogne and Randy Roland who first shared these diagrams with me and a number of others. Over the past few years, there have been many times that definition came to experiences that many of us ... http://mosaicnw.com/2008/03/03/changing-paradigms-of-the-church-2/ Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. If you have never heard about the "Lenten Season", let me give you a quick overview. Traditionally, Lent has been about "fasting". It was designed to emulate the 40 days of fasting that Jesus did in the wilderness (Luke 4), but ... http://mosaicnw.com/2008/02/03/lent/ Things have been a little random for me lately. I have been studying the book of John, but find myself intrigued by small sections of the narrative. I seem to get stuck and end up spending inordinate amounts of time pondering things that I am not sure matter to ... http://mosaicnw.com/2007/10/12/the-two-sides-of-hope/ On August 26th, the Mosaic Community gathered in the front yard of the Atkins' for a one year celebration of the great things that God has done in and through our lives. We enjoyed great food, great music, fun times and a time to toast Jesus for all the ... http://mosaicnw.com/2007/09/04/mosaic-celebrates-one-year-as-a-community/ Jesus says in Matt. 6:14-15, that if we do not forgive those who sin against us, neither will we experience forgiveness from our Father in heaven. This is not a suggestion that will make life happier, it is a command. Jesus does not even qualify the statement. ... http://mosaicnw.com/2007/07/25/forgiveness-key-to-receiving-the-love-of-the-father/ Here is a letter from the family that Amy is working with. As part of the stuff that we sent with Amy to Mozambique, the Thompson family got their kids involved and one of them wanted to send a butterfly costume. Here is what happened... Dear Misha, It has been hectic busy ... http://mosaicnw.com/2007/07/23/amy-in-africa/ Some of you may not be aware, but Sunday was the Global Day of Prayer, which culminated in our area with a rally-type-thing at one of the area churches. We were invited.... How do I say this without it sounding like I am down on the culminating rally, the Global ... http://mosaicnw.com/2007/04/01/prayer-as-service/