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Faithfulness is a team sport - from @andrewmook ‘s sermon Don’t Fight Alone.

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a night of encounter for Gen-Z / ALL are truly welcome

**many people come to an event like this hoping the music is solid, the teaching is interesting & little funny, there is oat milk for the coffee and on and on… but few come with an expectation to meet with GOD.

We are the expectant - join us Sunday night!

6pm / 12 Bassett St, Providence

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CELIBACY / a long caption for a very special day

one of the great privileges of being a pastor is the proximity you are given to people’s lives.

this month, i had the privilege of standing with hannah as she made a public vow of celibacy and consecrated her life to jesus in the presence of her church, family, and friends.

walking with her toward this day has meant more to me than i can easily say. watching her wrestle, discern, pray, build community, and finally stand before the church and offer her life to jesus was everything.

in some ways, this ceremony feels like the culmination of something i’ve been carrying for a long time: settling my own theology, helping build a community that can truly embrace people, and getting to know and learn from celibate queer christians whose faithfulness has deepened my own.
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and it also feels like the beginning of something. a faith that more queer and straight christians will discover celibacy as a beautiful, fruitful vocation in the kingdom of God.

i’m so thankful for @sanctuaryri - a church willing to become family in more than name. willing to listen and learn and hold conviction + tenderness together, and say to hannah with our lives:

you belong to us,
and we belong to you.
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marriage tells the truth about the kingdom by pointing us toward christ and his bride…

but celibacy also tells the truth about the kingdom. it points toward the resurrection. toward the day Jesus says is coming when marriage itself will give way to something even greater: the communion of God and his people.

@ofwonderandwhimsy93 , may your life keep reminding all of us that Jesus is worthy of a whole life.

PS. i’m deeply thankful for @revoiceorg , @gregory_coles @davidacbennett and others who are helping the church recover a vision of celibacy as consecration, fruitfulness, and a life truly given to jesus.

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Almost 3 years ago I was consecrated to a vow of celibacy, out of love for Jesus. I preached at @sanctuaryri back in the early 2020s, and a dear congregation member @ofwonderandwhimsy93 was in attendance. She felt a similar call in her own journey and sent me these wonderfully holy photos. Such a joy to see the Bride arise in this way, all over the world, in a church that either sees celibacy as repression or marriage as saviour, rather than a simple act of Christlikeness, receiving a name better than sons and daughters, and bringing Heaven to Earth. Congratulations, Hannah and such kudos to @sanctuaryri @andrewmook for carrying the seeds forward that the Lord planted! #joy #holiness #beauty #awarofloves #jesus

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TABLE - a night to eat, connect with other Young Adults at @sanctuaryri, and hear more about what’s happening at YA the fall.

Oct 4 • 6pm • Pvd
Location upon registration (in bio) 🤫

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This past weekend our teams gathered for Team Conf to eat, worship, pray, and hear what God has been doing in our church. And we heard it. Story after story of His faithfulness, the kind that had the whole room in tears.

THANK YOU to every person on our team who serves with joy week in and week out, and to the staff who helped make the weekend happen. A special thank you to @dakotahauck_ and @chrisegriffith for speaking to our team and reminding us “not to grow weary in doing good.”

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Take screenshots! Church is tagged if u want more info❤️❤️🙌🏽

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PATHWAY is a kind of school of discipleship/apprenticeship to Jesus — three eight-week terms designed to help us grow in what we believe, encounter God more deeply, and put the way of Jesus into practice.

Come hear the vision, meet some people, and find out what this next season could look like for you.

PATHWAY LAUNCH NIGHT
Tuesday, 7pm, 12 Bassett St

++ dm me or register in my story

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A few faces of the movement. At the Regional Leaders Prayer Breakfast, leaders from across Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts gathered to pray, connect, and share what God is doing through in His church and our communities.

One region.
Many leaders.

One mission: Advancing the Gospel together.

#RhodeIsland #TOGETHER

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coming?!

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On Wednesday night we (churches from around the region) gather to pray + worship + open our bibles as we draw near to the heart of God in and for the heart of our region.

7pm • 12 Bassett St
Providence, RI

#pvdprayerroom
#richurches

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Sensing a call to do ministry in a creative, post-Christian, foodie, beach-adjacent, ivy-league/Noah Kahn-tinged mid-size city?

Join us at Sanctuary Church - a bible church, a praying church, and a church that is low key obsessed with helping people become more like Jesus.

sanctuaryri.org/careers

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