Story

Recently in our Life groups we've been on the topic of Story and Community.
At any given point you can go up to anyone and say: "Tell me your story." And you will begin to hear about a journey, a tale about this particular person's life.

Everyone has a unique story, a unique life, a story that is only theirs to tell.
And it is our story that makes up who we are. It's where we have come from that tells about where we are today.

So what does it mean to begin to share your story? To open your box, the box that we tend to keep all the hidden elements of our lives in... whether they be good, bad, or ugly.
Because it's when we begin emptying our box, that we begin to find ourselves in community. In community first and foremost with God, as we are open and surrenedered in our relationship with Him.
And also in community with each other, open to one another. Because again, true community can't happen if no-one knows who you are.

So, as the local church, Kaleo Nashville, we are living a particular story as-well, as a community. We realize that we are part of a greater story, the story that God is telling, and we are not the main character, but yet have a crucial role to play as God uses us to see His kingdom come into our lives, our city, and our world.

We ask that you would be in prayer for us as the body of Kaleo that we would be found faithful in the work God has given us here in Nashville.

Patrick's Day Platform

This past Saturday Kaleo Nashville hosted a St. Patrick's Day Party in our community. It was an event open to anyone to come hear some music, enjoy a potato bar, and play some games. We do these kinds of things in hopes to continue to build relationships with those around us, to see true community happen. Because isn't it true that most people don't know most of their neighbors, if any at all. How ridiculous is it that we get so caught up in keeping people off our property that we likely will never find out who we might actually want on it.
And as Christians, we believe God wants everyone on our property, so when we throw a banquet, or in this case, a St. Patrick's Day party, we invite everyone. Which when this happens it usually provides for a pretty fun event with many different people. I don't think there are many things more beautiful than seeing people come together from all ages and walks of life to simply hang out, share stories, songs, and food together as a community.
As much planning that went into that party on Saturday, in reality much of it simply got thrown out the window though. Which was probably the best thing that could happen. Instead of a song writers showcase from a few friends that we had asked to play, we had a song writers night compiled of neighbors who we didn't even know wrote or sang. Instead of all gathering around a fire, almost everyone ended up retreated from the cold into the house only to crowd together in a living room. So instead of having potato sack races and games, people squished together on couches to watch "UP".
It's funny, we think so often that we have to create this great agenda and structure for community to take place. When in all truth, community is the very thing that you can't make happen, it's something that happens naturally or it really doesn't happen at all. The goal then is to simply create a platform. To have a platform for community to happen, a platform for the Spirit to work, a platform for heaven to break into our lives.