In case you haven't scrolled down lately...

Sometimes things can get lost in a blog when your mouse scroll-down function just doesn't seem to be quite functioning properly. So here's a succinct re-cap of what's been posted lately:

:. BABY SHOWER! For Rylie McIntyre and Chloe Kay on Friday, June 8th. Post here.

:. Jan D'Angelo will be preaching this Sunday on Luke 12:13-21. We'll also be praying through the Lord's Prayer as translated in the Voice. Check it out under the Daily here.

:. COMMUNITY PRAYER posting is up. Read the post here. Post a comment here.

:. An interesting article in the Globe and Mail that gives us a taste of what it's like being a Christian in other countries...read it here.

:. Once-A-Day Devotionals and the Daily Offices will be back up and functioning next week!!

Sunday Sampler | Luke 12:13-21

Scott Moore | From Designed Images

Parable of the Rich Fool 13 Then someone called from the crowd, “Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father’s estate with me.” 14 Jesus replied, “Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that?” 15 Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” 16 Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. 17 He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’ 18 Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods. 19 And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ 20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’ 21 “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”

What's Goin' On | May 30

Slowly the TILT website awakes again. Thank you Greg for your posts while yours truly was away on a certain special vacation.

This past week, we reflected on Jesus' words in Matthew's Gospel: 19 “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
May our treasure be in the Kingdom of God!

Community Prayer Post is now up under Urban Monks. As always, we encourage you to post comments so we can pray for one another. Read the post here. Post a comment here.

Baby Shower | Friday, June 8

The echo of the echo boom has begun within the TILT community!! Congrats to Jay and Michelle on the birth of Rylie, and to Mon and Greg on the birth of Chloe.

To celebrate, the Halls are hosting a "Jack & Jill" of Baby Showers (in other words, both men and women are welcome) on Friday, June 8th from 7 - 9 pm at the church (directions here should they be needed!).

What to bring?
If you haven't already thought about a gift, we'd like to throw out the suggestion of people bringing a meal for each family that they can freeze/store for when they need it. (It doesn't even have to be homemade!) It would be a great way to extend our hospitality to these sleep deprived couples! :)

Please talk to Lesley Daniels or Shelby Hall (billandshelbs@hotmail.com) for more info and to RSVP.

Regular updates coming...SOON...

It seems to take a couple of weeks to return to normal life after marriages, honeymoons, and baby birthing. Please forgive the lack of updates, but life on tilttoronto.ca will be back to normal as soon as possible!

Some MORE of What's Goin' On this week

This coming Sunday May 20 as part of our worship we are going to be heading outdoors to walk around the neighbourhood on what we've previously called a Kingdom Walk, where we walk around watching for places of God's Kingdom presence and absence and praying for our city and neighbours.
Make sure you bring some comfortable walking shoes and appropriate clothing! If for any reason you are unable to walk we will have a car or two prepared to do a prayer DRIVE so that everyone can participate.

We will be meeting as per usual at 6:15pm for gathering, formally starting at 6:30 first inside for some singing, teaching and celebrating communion before heading out.

If you're wondering about the picture here, this is apparently what google considers to be a 'kingdom walk'... but don't worry, Gene is proficient at fending off any evil mushrooms that may attempt to thwart us!

What's Goin' On | May 15

Well, Scott is away on his honeymoon, so this is Greg attempting to cover for him!

Tonight (May 15) at 7:30 there is a prayer meeting being held for Spring Garden as a whole in the sanctuary to which everyone is invited. We are gathering to seek God's leading as a community, seeking revival as God leads us into new territory!

As per usual, we can't encourage you enough to read, pray through and add comments to the Community prayer post. Plus there are some pictures of babies there... who can resist pictures of babies!

Also here are the once a day and 8 daily offices resources for the week

That's all for now!

More updates...

Note: TONIGHT at 7:30 - prayer at Spring Garden Church for any and all.
This week's resources are posted: here.

What's Going On...May 7

Make sure you read the announcement post below this one! It has lots of important information from last night.

Gene's teaching is up on the teaching blog, and the Community Prayer post is also up! Click on the links to see them.

Announcements Galore!!

HEAR YE!! HEAR YE!! I think tonight we had our longest ever TILT announcements and if your mind is anything like mine, you've forgotten all of them already. Thankfully, I wrote them all down so we can have them up on the website!! Here goes...in NO order of importance:
: See the earlier post on AIM {Acts of Intentional Mission} which is happening on May 27 from 11:30 - 2:00.

: We have the opportunity to minister among a First Nations Reserve near Georgian Bay from August 12 - August 18. We will be involved in running a day camp for youth and children on the reserve. More details to come!! These are people who have long been forgotten and ignored when it comes to national matters and treated unjustly for centuries. They are literally in our neighbourhood. Post a comment if you are interested!!

: Everyone is invited to attend Simon Wukasch's (son of Rick, Pastor at Spring) wedding at Spring Garden on Saturday. Not sure about the time.

: Everyone is invited to attend Scott Moore (guy who is typing this) and Kate Locke's wedding also on Saturday, May 12 at 2:00 pm at Georgetown Alliance Church. Click on the thumbnail on the right for a map.

: ***IMPORTANT*** On this Tuesday night at 7:30 pm (and the following one) at Spring Garden, we will be gathering together for a time of prayer. The TILT and Spring Garden communities have many pockets of prayer happening, but it is important that we pray as one voice together to God, listening to Him and responding to Him as a whole body. So, come! Gene is also offering people a book to use for praying through this time - for fresh encounters with God and for revival - not "more numbers" revival, but more "God being revealed" revival.

Sunday Sampler | John 21

This Sunday, Gene wraps up our four weeks in the story of John 21:15-25. He will be bringing three things which Jesus says together: feed my sheep, I tell you the truth and come follow me. Spend some time in the story before coming on Sunday night!

Random Interests | Sleep & Other...

I often say that sleep is the best spiritual medicine. I'm no doctor, but it sure is hard to be gracious and compassionate when you are dead tired. So, if you need a little entertainment, check out this sleep survey! I mean, we do spend (supposedly...for our better health) one third of our lives sleeping...

Have you checked out any videos, music, or writing at TILT art lately?

AIM '07

Spring Garden is putting on a Spring Festival of Ministries, called "AIM '07" - Acts of Intentional Mission. It will be an opportunity to link up with organizations that people within the Spring Garden Community are already working for. For more details, check out Spring Garden's website.

You may also want to check out this week's community post and comments!

Spring Garden Community | Praying for Revival

As Greg mentioned on Sunday, Spring Garden is currently in a financial crunch. Rather than seeing this as a time of desperation and praying for money, we see it as an opportunity to pray and seek revival. To re-evaluate how we do ministry, what God is calling us to as a community and responding to His Words to us in faith. Go to the Spring Garden website here to listen to Sunday morning time of prayer, as well as words from Gene and a couple of others.

What's Goin' On | May 1

April showers give way to May flowers!! Spring finally looks like it has arrived...Here's what has arrived on the TILT website for this week.

As always, your weekly resources for devotion/meditation/worship/prayer are here. You can also listen to, download or read Scott's sermon under TILT teaching.

Most importantly [I suppose that is expressing a personal opinion], Community Life & Prayer is posted under Urban Monks. You can post your comments through that link, or directly here.