Captivated by God’s Passion for Placemaking

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(May 13, 2012 – Kim Pierrot)

CAPTIVATED BY GOD’S PASSION FOR PLACEMAKING

Passage: Jeremiah 29:4-11

The first time we encounter the word ‘placemaking’ is in 1562, when the second edition of the Geneva Bible (aka “The Placemakers’ Bible”) was printed. In it, the gospel of Matthew, chapter five verse nine reads: “Blessed are the placemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” Oops! I do think God loves placemaking, but I’m pretty sure that’s not what Jesus actually meant in the Beatitudes.

In any case, the terms’ current usage can be traced back to the 1970s when architects and planners used the word ‘placemaking’ to describe the act of designing spaces that were pleasurable or interesting. Forty years later, the term is now understood more as a transformative communal process that seeks to build resilient and dynamic neighbourhoods and public spaces.

This morning, as we continue in the series “Captivated by God’s Passion”, we consider Jeremiah 29: 4-11 which gives us a vivid picture of what it might look like to care passionately about where you live and, together with others, to make it a safer, friendlier, better place.
(Kim Pierrot)

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Good Seed Sunday

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(April 22, 2012 – Luke Wilson)

Good Seed Sunday

Today is Good Seed Sunday at Cap. We believe that the earth is the Lord’s and everything and everyone who lives on the planet belongs to him. Because we believe this, self-care; care of one another in community and care of creation are important values for us. We want to love and tend to the earth and all of God’s creatures [including us!]. We’ve invited our own Luke Wilson who works with the Christian conservation ministry A Rocha to remind us of the great gift God has given us to tend and what it means in our day to lovingly tend the earth and not abuse it.

Did you know that A Rocha is fighting poverty through conservation? They even have a work in Uganda. A Rocha is working with slum dwellers on the edge of Kampala protect the wetland on which they depend for water, food and building materials so that they and the wildlife can thrive together. This is includes providing clean drinking water and finding new ways to dispose of sewage and rubbish. Doing conservation here is bringing health and dignity to people as the pollution of the swamp is being reduced. Sounds like kingdom work to me.

(Mike Nichols)

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How to Live In Community with People You Don’t Like

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(April 15, 2012 – Mike Nichols)

How to Live in Community with People You Don’t Like

Community. Yep we call ourselves—Cap Community because we believe there is much to learn from relationships. Community at its best is an experience, according to Henri Nouwen not only of, “I am beloved; you are beloved; together we can create space for God and others but also an uncomfortable place because it is often the place where the person you least want to live with always lives. Read more

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Covenant Sunday

(October 2, 2011 – Mike Nichols)

Sermon was not recorded this week but transcript is available at the link below. Go to bottom of this introduction for link to the pdf file.

COVENANT SUNDAY

Today is Covenant Sunday at Cap. We are going to ask you to freely and voluntarily participate in making covenant with us. Our Capchurch covenant is value laden. The values behind the covenant express our common experience of being called by God; the content of our faith—what we believe about the triune God from the Bible; who we are as a community; our sense of purpose, mission; And our unique history with God.

Behind our covenant are other values—values that define who we are as a community of faith and how we will treat one another; values that the shape and character of church life. All of our ministries and programs; and our pastoral posture when we meet with you for coffee arise out of these values. By affirming these values we as leaders are writing Cap’s history in advance. Covenant is the highest form of relational commitment. It writes the future in advance by choosing to do good to someone despite what may come. When you define your relationships by covenant, they are defined by commitment, love, and acceptance and not by performance. Let’s make covenant!

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here

Don’t Do It Alone

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(November 7, 2010 Kim Pierrot)

DON’T DO IT ALONE
Ephesians 2:11-22

Eugene Peterson writes, “As long as individualism has free reign in our lives, we will not be capable of embracing church. Individualism severely handicaps us in growing up to the measure of the full stature of Christ. If unchecked it can be fatal, fating us to lifelong immaturity.”

Eugene Peterson, Practice Resurrection

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Overcoming Arrested Development – Text of October 17 Sermon

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Home Groups 2011-2012

Small groups are the heart of CapChurch. In this listing, you will find a rich variety of gatherings where people are growing together in the skills of life and faith. Some study Scripture and pray, others cook to the glory of God Read more

Making Covenant – Text of October 3 Sermon

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