As of September 5, TILT will be changing it's meeting time to 4 pm on Sundays. This is to be a 4 month tester period to see if an earlier meeting time works. We would love to hear your opinion on both the positive and negative sides of this change.
intimacy - noun / in-tə-mə-sē
1. Close or warm friendship;
2. A sexual relationship;
3. A feeling of being intimate and belonging together;
4. The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
July 11: The Intimate God, John 14:15-23
July 18: Intimacy Lost, Genesis 3:8-21
July 25: Intimacy and the Confusion of Language, Genesis 11:1-9
August 1: Intimacy in Marriage: Mutual Submission, Ephesians 5:21-33
August 8: Intimacy in Marriage: A Theology of Sex, Hebrews 13:4, Genesis 1:26-31
August 15: Intimacy in the Family, Malachi 4:5-6, Colossians 3:18-21
August 22: Intimacy in the Church, Romans 12:9-17
August 29: Agents of Intimacy, Romans 12:18-13:10
September 5: Intimacy Restored, Revelation 22:1-5
Starting May 16 we will begin a new 8 week series looking at the theme of "ministry" in 2 Corinthians; looking at the author of the letter's ministry values and discovering what that means for us in our personal and corporate serving in the world.
Here's the series outline if you want to track along:
May 16: An Authentic Ministry- 2 Corinthians 1:1-11
May 23: AT 4:00!! A Redemptive Ministry- 2 Corinthians 2:5-17
May 30: A Ministry with Theological Integrity- 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
June 6: A Reconciling Ministry- 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2
June 13: A Pure Ministry- 2 Corinthians 6:2-7:1
June 20: An Accountable Ministry- 2 Corinthians 8:1-24 (ch 9)
June 27: An Authoritative Ministry- 2 Corinthians 10:1-11:15
July 4: Ministry that Leaves Marks- 2 Corinthians 11:16-33
For the next 4 weeks, using Micah 6:8 (He has shown all you people what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God) as a starting point, we will be exploring what it means to live out worship once we have gone out from our gatherings of corporate worship.
1) April 11-- Worship as Scattering: An introduction. (Micah 6:6-8, Deuteronomy 15:4-5, James 1:27)
2) April 18-- Worship as Justice
3) April 25-- Worship as Mercy.(Matthew 9:9-13)
4) May 2-- Worship as Humility
Each year on Palm Sunday we gather together to journey with Jesus through the final moments of his life by using an adaptation of the "Stations of the Cross". On March 28th at 4:00pm (note the time change from the usual 6:30) our stations will take us through moments of the last week of Jesus' life leading up to his crucifixion as recorded in the Gospel of John in continuation with our present series "They Saw His Glory"
This year instead of using beads to assist our prayer journey, we will be using 10 knot prayer ropes. If you are not familiar with prayer ropes and would like to know more before you come, click here for more information.
Following the Stations of Holy week, stay and join us at 6:00pm for our first ever TILT Chilli Challenge (for more information, see previous post)
Coming up on MARCH 28 2010 TILT's communal worship gathering time, our yearly Stations of Holy Week will be moving to 4:00PM. Then at 6:00pm in the lounge we will be having our first ever TILT CHILLI CHALLENGE!
So bring along your pot/crockpot of chilli, whether it be a secret family recipe, some random recipe you find on google search, or a recipe of your own invention (like that "KD and whatever else is in the fridge chilli" you used to live off of), OR if you aren't able to bring a chilie, just bring yourself, a friend and your favourite eating spoon (if you don't have a favourite eating spoon, eating spoons will be provided...although they may not be your favourite).
(Oh, and YES there will be prizes for the best chille as determined by everyone in attendence)
Hope to see you there!
Coming up on February 7th there are two significant changes to our normal schedule.
The Eucharist of Beulah and Pearl
The "Baptist Mass" that Greg wrote for TILT which we did back in June 09 will be led in the morning gathering at 10am. If you would like more information on what it is, click here
SuperBowl Sunday Worship Gathering Schedule Change
Then, also on the 7th, instead of having our regular worship gathering at 6:30pm we will be meeting for communal worship at 4:00pm. Then at 6:30 we will have a "SuperBowl Party" at Greg and Mon's house as an opportunity enjoy hanging out with one another in a less formal setting. If you're interested in helping out with food or have any other ideas about the night, please email the TILT leaderhip team at tilt.toronto{at}gmail.com
For advent this year, we are doing a series going through Zechariah called "Christmas in the City". After four years, our beloved stump is being retired as our advent wreath, to be replaced by something which befits our current city-centric focus during Advent and beyond. This pic is a sneak preview!
Happy Friday! Here is an overview of our 8-week series on discipleship, which we've divided into two parts (The Disciple's Vision and the Disciples' Formation).
The Disciple’s Vision:
Sept. 27 // Forged in Spiritual Practice // Luke 18:1-14
Oct. 4 // Forged for Evangelism // Acts 8:26-40
Oct. 11 // Thanksgiving Potluck Communion
Oct. 18 // Forged for Kingdom Mission // Luke 4:16-21; 31-44
The Disciples’ Formation:
Oct. 25 // Forged by Learning and Doing // Matthew 28:16-20
Nov. 1 // Forged by the Mentoring Cycle: The Mentoring Process // John 14:13-31
Nov. 8 // Forged by the Mentoring Cycle: Healing Mistakes // John 21:15-19
Nov. 15 // Forged by the Sacraments // Romans 6:1-5, 1 Corinthians 11:17-26
This Sunday, we're going to have an evening dedicated to commissioning the TILT community to their vocation. We'll be using a model based on a book called "Faith Goes To Work". It relates our vocation to God's character and work in this world. As the Church, we are the Body of Christ, and so we thought it most suitable that we commission one another based on how we reflect God's character in our work.
Read the summary through and reflect upon which type of work in which God has placed you to prepare for Sunday night Sept 13.
We finished our "Shorts" series this sunday by doing stations for 2nd Peter.
Check the 'booklet' out of the stations under the teaching blog here.
Please continue to pray for some of the requests from Sunday night. You can find them here on the community boards.
We'll start a new series next Sunday, called "Shorts: the New Testament letters that get left out on the line".
Just a quick reminder that Sunday is BBQ Communion - in other words, we'll be sharing a meal over the grill and communion as a community. Hopefully we will be outside. We'll provide meat and buns, and if you can bring a salad, dessert or beverages, that would be superb. If not, don't worry about it and just come! If you have specific preferences meat-wise, feel free to bring your own.
See you Sunday!
TILT seeks to serve our city by fostering a growing, authentic, diverse community that will holistically encounter the mystery and healing of God together through worship and mission.
TILT is part of the wider Spring Garden Church community and we meet weekly at 4:00 pm on Sundays here.
