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The Weekly Invite

The Haven Collective isn’t like a typical church – we create spaces where it’s safe to risk growing. That can only happen when we all participate. The Weekly Invite is your place to prepare for our next gathering. You’ll find our theme for the month, some questions to meditate on this week, a brief teaching or interview, maybe even a piece of art.

You’re welcome to join us – and we want you to get the most out of your experience. So take a look below, and we’ll see you soon!

Summer: the Scandalous stories of Jesus

What if the stories you thought you knew were actually meant to shake your foundations? In Jesus' Scandalous Stories, we're pulling back the curtain on parables that were never meant to be comfortable. This series is an invitation to recover the profound and often uncomfortable challenges embedded in Jesus’ original teachings. Each month, we'll dive into a single parable, exploring its various interpretations to reveal the richness and complexity that equips us to live with greater justice, deeper compassion, and more abundant fruitfulness in our contemporary lives.

Teaching

This Sunday is a Live Kick-off, where all our Beacons meet together! Read the Scripture for this week and prepare for the discussion by spending some time with the prep questions!

The Prep

You matter at Haven. To get the most from this week's gathering, spend some time before you come with these questions:

  • JR. highlights a stark contrast between how modern audiences and Jesus’ original listeners might react to the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. What assumptions about “good” and “bad” people do we have that could prevent a full understanding of the parable’s original, scandalous message?

  • Who might be a good contemporary analog for the Pharisee? What about for the tax collector?

Find a Beacon

Beacons are what we call our gatherings. They're groups of no more than twenty people from all different backgrounds and walks of life. Our Beacons gather weekly to share, celebrate, discuss and more. If there's a Beacon near you, you're welcome to drop in. And if not, you'll find friends at one of our virtual Beacons! So click the button to find a Beacon and get started with your Haven Collective experience!