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We are a Christian community, earth-rooted and love-nourished, that feeds our spiritual lives with worship and fellowship that connects us more deeply to God, one another, and all creation.

07/04/2021

As you can see, Table Church was filled with the gifts of summer today! Being the 4th of July, we found ourselves worshipping within the context of empire again today. So we reflected on scripture that counters the conquering narrative of empire: Abraham and Sarah welcoming strangers who prophesy that Sarah will give birth, even in her old age. We explored themes of as a way to embrace the mystery of something seemingly impossible and that is the way God's kin-dom grows in resistance to empirical powers. One final thought: Sarah, laughing under the oak tree is a biblical "crone"--a wonderfully challenging archetype!

06/27/2021

We had the pleasure of having Garden Church at the home of today! The kids harvested chamomile and calendula from her beautiful herb spiral. And we shredded and hauled leaves for her new leaf mold cage. We were grateful for the leaves and shade and lovely flowers of the sturdy magnolia tree in her front yard. 🍃

06/13/2021

Harvesting onions and suckering tomatoes at Garden Church today! 🧅 🍅 We closed with this prayer written by Basil the Great (c. 330-379): O God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, our [siblings] the animals [and all creatures] to whom you gave the earth as their home in common with us. We remember with shame that in the past we have exercised the high dominion of humans with ruthless cruelty so that the voice of the earth, which should have gone up to you in song, has been a groan of travail. May we realize that all creatures live not for us alone but for themselves and for you, and that they love the sweetness of life. Amen.

06/06/2021

Table Church is a practice that puts us in touch with interdependent relationships. The acts of singing, praying, and reflecting together put us in touch with one another. Sharing the last of the season's strawberries and bread from a local baker for communion connects us to the earth, the seasons, and our local economy. May you, too, find ways to root yourself in community today 🍓🍞

06/04/2021

This Sunday is Table Church at Dinner Bell Farm! TC is our outdoor interactive service where we sing and pray and reflect and discuss, and then share a potluck meal 🎶 🙏🏼 🤔 💭 🥘 Link in bio for details. See you Sunday!

05/30/2021

Another 🌿 GARDEN CHURCH 🌿 Sunday on this unusually cool late-spring day. ☁️ We revived a pear tree by planting a guild around it. 🍐 In , a guild is a group of companion plants around the tree. 🌱🌳🌱 Together, they create a healthy microecosystem of nutrients and living things. 🐞🐌🦋🦗🍄

Diversity and interdependence is found throughout Christian scripture, from creation in Genesis ✨ to the diversity of language that came at Pentecost. 🔥 We are all different, yet created in God's image. We each have gift to share and deserve to flourish.

Creator God, we ask your blessing on the diversity of our human and non-human communities. Open our eyes to see the wonder as you see it. Open our hearts to make room for the flourishing of all. Amen. 🙏

05/20/2021

A Prayer in Light of the Confederate Rally in Our Community Today: Liberator God, we long to be freed from the dis-ease of white supremacy that is embedded in the bones of our culture like a cancer. When you led your people out of slavery in Egypt, they learned that captivity is not only a location but also a mindset that requires freedom as well. And even though your freedom is like a cool stream on a hot day, those of us who benefit from the systems of white privilege and white supremacy are reluctant to drink it. We are reluctant to die to our lives so that we can truly live. How can we really love our neighbor if we love ourselves more? We pray for peace in our streets as a minimum today, but we also pray and work for justice in our community. In the holy action of hope, we pray. Amen.

05/16/2021

Today at Garden Church, with so much violence around the world and close to home, we reflected on the famous prophetic words about beating swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. Matt pointed out how the scripture goes on to say that the people will all sit beneath their own vines and fig trees and no one shall make them afraid.

Even, and maybe especially, in the light of the violence in Palestine and Israel, and the upcoming Confederate rally in Alamance County this week, being in the garden together is a grounding and centering experience. Christian scripture is full of imagery about our interdependence within God's creation. If we don't practice that, we can't understand the metaphors and poetry of scripture. It's one thing to talk about turning swords into plowshares, it's another to feel the soil in your hands and understand why, rather than investing in destruction, investing in a thriving earth community it is absolutely essential for peace, equity, justice and our very survival.

In the garden, we become more deeply rooted in God's intimate love for us and all creation. We strengthen our community with one another, sharing struggles, prayers, and affirmations. It is a sacred time on holy ground.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more;
but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees,
and no one shall make them afraid."
--Micah 4:3-4

04/16/2021

Join us for Garden Church this Sunday at 10am!

We will build hugelkultur beds in a new garden at a member's home. Hugelkultur (German for "mound culture") is a traditional technique for long-term water retention and soil building. Learn how the process works and how it fits into the evolving holistic design of their gardens.

We will gather from 10am-12pm for a brief devotional, share some time tending the land together, and then wrap up with a closing reflection. Please bring a shovel! (Message us for address details.)

04/09/2021

For the Sunday after Easter, join us in reflecting on this rollicking poem on how to "practice resurrection."

Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
by Wendell Berry

Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to buy something
they will call you. When they want you
to die for profit they will let you know.
So, friends, every day do something
that won’t compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for nothing.
Take all that you have and be poor.
Love someone who does not deserve it.
Denounce the government and embrace
the flag. Hope to live in that free
republic for which it stands.
Give your approval to all you cannot
understand. Praise ignorance, for what man
has not encountered he has not destroyed.
Ask the questions that have no answers.
Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias.
Say that your main crop is the forest
that you did not plant,
that you will not live to harvest.
Say that the leaves are harvested
when they have rotted into the mold.
Call that profit. Prophesy such returns.
Put your faith in the two inches of humus
that will build under the trees
every thousand years.
Listen to carrion — put your ear
close, and hear the faint chattering
of the songs that are to come.
Expect the end of the world. Laugh.
Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful
though you have considered all the facts.
So long as women do not go cheap
for power, please women more than men.
Ask yourself: Will this satisfy
a woman satisfied to bear a child?
Will this disturb the sleep
of a woman near to giving birth?
Go with your love to the fields.
Lie easy in the shade. Rest your head
in her lap. Swear allegiance
to what is nighest your thoughts.
As soon as the generals and the politicos
can predict the motions of your mind,
lose it. Leave it as a sign
to mark the false trail, the way
you didn’t go. Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.

04/05/2021

Yesterday was perfect for an Easter service and picnic on the farm! It's amazing how so many things in creation remind us of resurrection--including trees, seeds, hibernating animals, butterflies and more. We released the butterflies that we raised from caterpillars and put on butterfly tattoos to remind us of the transformation and freedom for all of us that comes through Jesus' resurrection. Rather than continuing to participate in destruction, resurrection transforms us into co-creators with God for the good of all creation. Alleluia!

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7565 Snow Camp Road
Saxapahaw, NC
27349

Opening Hours

10am - 12pm

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http://commonlifechurchfarm.org/

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