$11 to dress Stylishly!
Dress stylishly for as low as $11!
It’s that time again! While the official Deep Water Church T-shirt (or hoodie) is not required to help with Dover Days or other events, it is a cool way to show you’re connected with our faith community as you volunteer at Dover Days. And if you are friendly and like meeting people, it would be a cool thing to wear while volunteering on Sundays–especially as the summer heats up (which is hard to imagine today)! Wear it to the gym or around town to let people know who we are…if you’re a jerk who yells at random people and tips poorly, we recommend NOT wearing this t-shirt though!
We’ll be around Sunday after church to take orders by cash or check. As with last time, we have a minimum order and won’t open up credit card orders until we’re close to that minimum. (In the meantime, let me know if you plan on getting one with a credit card so we can keep count.)
…oh, and by the way, what is Dover Days you ask? Dover Days is a fun local event celebrating Dover’s history. While Deep Water has a pretty short history, we do love being a part of this community.
We will be setting up a booth on Saturday and telling people about who we are and why we do what we do, while making hundreds of balloon animals. If you call Deep Water home, we’d love for you to get the opportunity to help us with passing out literature & cool swag and talking to people.
If you want to help us, mark the date on your calendar: May 6. If you want to get involved in the planning and prep work or want more information, contact me!
Easter Sunrise 2017
As the sun rises at 6:24 AM some of us from Deep Water will gather for a sunrise gathering at Port Mahon near the pier. It’s a ‘bring your own chair’ and ‘bring your own coffee’ event.
Come join us as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in this incredible setting with a brief service of Scripture and prayer as we enjoy the beauty of God’s creation.
Need directions? Click here and look for the pier. Contact Jeff for more info.
Connect on Facebook
While you may already “like” us on Facebook (and if not, please do here!), some things are better posted and responded to in a group rather than a fan page. For those things, we have a Facebook group meant to be a place for people connected to Deep Water Church to share prayer requests, swap baby/kids clothes, ask about good apartments, places to buy used cars, suggestions for contractors, recommendations for doctors, etc.–all those things people do when they are in community.
While we prefer to do everything openly and without secrets, we have chosen to make the Facebook Group private so people feel comfortable sharing prayer requests, etc. It’s also the place we often talk about upcoming events and places to engage/serve our community. If you want to be a part of the online community, please ask to join!
So, click here, connect and make new friends!
St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2017
Get out your green clothes and get ready for the St. Patrick’s Day parade this Saturday (March 18). The parade begins at 1:00pm at the Duncan Center and will go down Loockerman past Deep Water Church’s worship space.
It’s a great opportunity to show a friend where we meet, if they aren’t sure about where we are, shop a little downtown or enjoy a great slice of Pizza at Angelo’s. And it’s always fun to watch a parade–especially while wearing a silly St. Patty’s Leprechaun Hat!
Before the parade, a festival will run beginning at 11am in the Loockerman Way Plaza (126 W. Loockerman Street–the open space near Deep Water Church on Loockerman) with food trucks, vendors, face painting, “Pot of Gold” scavenger hunt, kids activities and more!
The City has asked us to help with the games, etc. If you’re interested in helping from 11-1pm, contact us, see the discussion in the Facebook group or message Pastor Jeff on Facebook.
How long to sing this song?
“How long to sing this song?”
These lyrics from the 1983 song “40” animated the deepest groanings of a generation—or two!—through the music of the band U2. I (Kara) have actually sung these lyrics live with Bono (well, along with the 40,000 other fans at the same U2 concert in the late ’80s). The words resonate so deeply because they speak authentically about human experience.
Pain.
Loss.
Questioning God.
Questioning life.
The words are directly from Psalm 40, one of the many lament psalms that articulate these questions and cries in expressions that translate across centuries. Except when the words and phrases leave us even more confused.
Eugene Peterson describes reading the psalms as a 12-year-old boy and being utterly perplexed by the language. But through the psalms he was introduced to the power of metaphor, and ultimately, the psalms “showed me that imagination was a way to get inside the truth.” Pairing that imagination with biblical scholarship, eventually Peterson rephrased the psalms—and then the rest of the Bible—into modern language in The Message translation.
The Message translation deeply moved Bono and U2 in the early 2000s, and when Peterson found out about this, his first response was, “Who’s Bono?” (The above is from a recent email newsletter I receive from the Fuller Youth Institute.)
The school I (Jeff) went to, Fuller, works a lot with the intersection of faith and pop culture. They recently produced a short film on Bono meeting Eugene Peterson, the translator responsible for The Message. I found the video (see above) interesting. It’s a little over 20 minutes, but it may be of interest to some of you. Enjoy!
…oh, and this would be a good time to remind you of the upcoming class we have on the psalms:
Beauty of the Word: The Poetic Structure of Psalms
An inductive study of the book of Psalms, giving attention to the various forms of the psalms — including their function within ancient Israel. The course will focus on the formulation (lament, royal, pilgrimage, wisdom, messianic, praise, etc.) and interpretation of the psalms.
This will be a 4 week class with some teaching on the structures and an interactive time exploring the psalms together. It will be on Thursday nights at 6:45pm beginning April 20 (the week after Easter).
Comment below if you’re interested or connect with Jeff on Sundays or look for the signup.