January 25 Axis Upcoming Stuff

Axis is a strange thing. We don’t do much that is normal, have you noticed? We are a church that has both started and is starting. We meet every week, yet not in a traditional way. Let me tell you about our eclectic next gatherings that we call church.

#1. JUST WALK ACROSS THE ROOM – this Sunday
We’ve got a choice as a new church, we can take (steal? Borrow?) people from other churches as a way to grow or we can invite the un-churched to join us a faith community. You don’t have to know me long to know that I vote for the second choice. I’m very uninterested in growing primarily by way of what we call “transfer growth”. Transfer growth might make Axis look good or successful because we have people in our seats, but it certainly doesn’t seem very helpful to the Kingdom of God as a whole. Transfer growth doesn’t represent any increase in the amount of people who are choosing to follow Jesus in Fresno .

Side note: I DO believe that we need many Christians in order to help get Axis Community Church off the ground… I do not believe that we need to be EXCLUSIVELY un-churched – and so, that’s where you come in!

Because of this we’ve decided to do a small group studies about how to share our faith with other people. The Study is called “Just Walk Across the Room”. The stakes are high, join us as we wrestle with and learn about how to share our faith.

This Sunday at 4pm.

The Rich’s Home: 250-7322
181 E.
Escalon Ave Fresno , CA 93710 (use mapquest or visit our
website)

The Green’s Home: 916.9545
8393 N. Thyme Way Fresno ,
CA 93720 (use mapquest or visit our website)

#2. SUPERBOWL SUNDAY – February 4, 2007
We wonder if church’s party enough?! Have you ever read the Old Testament and noticed some of their celebrations? This is nothing compared to those, but it is something!

Game starts: 3:25pm

The Green’s Home (see above
address)
Multiple TV’s
Classic Football food/snacks
Games/prizes
We
WILL watch the commercials!

We believe that these events ARE church. Church is more about PEOPLE than a building. So, we ask you to consider these events as serious as you would a ‘normal’ church gathering on a Sunday.