watershed: a community church

If you've been a part of gatherings in the past few weeks, I hope you've been considering how your dreams might be connected to the work of God in the world.  God is the author of all things good, true, just, right and beautiful, and he is inviting you to join that work and discover the life you've been dreaming of. 

This goes way beyond a dream job or a dream vacation and points us to the God who made us and invites us to encounter him everyday in the ordinary moments of life.  Following the way of Jesus leads us to discover this life with God, a life beyond short-sighted dreams.  The Bible says it this way in 1 John 2:

Don't love the world's ways. Don't love the world's goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world - wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important - has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever. (The Message & TNIV)

As you consider your dreams, we'd love to capture what you're thinking in some kind of tangible way.  Will you consider how you might be able to share your dream through art, music, writing, video, or whatever works for you?  We'd love to keep these dreams in front of us as we continue exploring how to live a life that matters, pursuing the dreams of God for our life together.

...and your dreams matter.

You've got dreams.  There's no one else that sees the world quite like you.  You want your life to count, and to be a part of something bigger than yourself. We get that.  We invite you to be yourself and pursue your dreams.

It's not so important that you support our dreams, but that we support yours.

We believe that God has planted dreams in all of us, and we want to bring these dreams to life - discovering together how to live a life that matters.  It's never too late to pursue your dreams, and we'd be glad to share the journey with you.

While we're focused on making the most of life with God every day, we also gather on Sundays, and during the month of November we're exploring how our dreams can lead us toward living a life that matters.

Living a Life That Matters

November 9 | Dare to Dream Again
November 16 | Overcoming What Holds You Back
November 23 | A Dream Worth Living For

What's your dream?

What are your dreams? Have you achieved your dream? Have you given up on a dream? What's getting in the way of your dreams?

Leave a comment below and tell us about your dreams...

Last week we began a journey of exploring our dreams and pursuing a life of purpose and destiny.  This week's question: Why should we bother talking about dreams?  Are our dreams for life somehow connected to living life with God?

What do you think? Do you have a dream?  If so, what is it?  Where did it come from? Is it a dream worth pursuing? How can you discover your dreams if you're not sure what they are? These are a few of the questions we'll begin exploring this week - and I'd love to hear what questions are on your mind when it comes to living out your dreams.

Share your thoughts or questions in the comments below...