Here is the second in our series of new churches in the Region: Open Source Christian Church in Rochester, MN. Church planter Rebecca Haney shares what she and her husband Stephen are doing in their growing community.
Open Source (Disciples of Christ) , a newer Jesus centered spiritual
community in Rochester, Minnesota has been doing all it can to build
relationships and make a difference. Not only do we build relationships
with God and others, but we are working to make love real in the
Rochester community and beyond.
As a community, we engage both art and
intellect to begin to know Jesus and the Gospel. Open Source just
recently held its first Wine 2 Water event, raising funds ($700!!) for
clean water sustainability in Nicaragua. Additionally, our Open Source
Artist Network is selling art and sharing the Open Source story at a
local Art on the Ave event next Saturday. On the very same day, we will
be partnering with Christ United Methodist Church to feed hungry people
lunch. This meal may be the best meal those present may receive all day.
On Sunday, we will have a picnic, where we intend to play, laugh, tell
jokes, share a meal, and then have communion. Even though the picnic is
not one of our worship experiences, we acknowledge that God is still
present, and the Lord’s Table is definitely a distinctive part of our
community life. Even in our play we embrace the idea that “we are a
movement for wholeness in a fragmented world.” We do welcome all to the
Lord’s Table, even as God has welcomed us, and In this, we rejoice!
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