Valentine's Day Party!

A day that often can be seen as a lonely day for many who have no-one else to celebrate with, we as Kaleo want to be a means of blessing, comfort, and fun for the perhaps, heavy hearted. So..

- This Saturday, February 13th, Kaleo will be hosting a Valentine's Day Party at the Trevecca Towers! It will be a fun time of making and exchanging valentine's, eating some snacks, sharing stories, and making friends!

All are welcome to join us!

Contact kaleonashville@gmail.com or 931-698-6605 for more info!

Good Hearts Glow - Reflections from Holiday

Embrace Christ, He wants to embrace you, and when He does, He changes you, your heart is good, it’s so good that it glows. But don’t we too often stifle the glow, we douse the light, and grieve the Holy Spirit when all we can see in the mirror is what we used to be. We are Moses coming down from the mountain where we just met with God, our faces are shining with His glory! And then we put on a veil.

The first marriage we walked down the aisle to our Lord, our Groom, with our faces veiled, we cried tears of oppression, and our God heard them. We met our God at the altar of Mt. Sinai and we married our God, we entered a covenant with our God.
But all too soon the marriage began.. well.. failing. We failed at loving Him, our Groom, our God, we failed at keeping His word, and we cheated on our God. We had an affair with other gods. Time and time again. So even when the ceremony ended we continued to wear our veil, because it was a veil of shame.

But then God said there will be a second marriage. I will take you in my hands and you will reenter the womb and you will come out with new life. You will be good. You will walk down the aisle to Me and I will pull your veil back and touch your tears and I will make you clean, make you new. Forever.
You shall never again put on the veil for I, the Lord, have taken it off! You are good. Your heart and your life will glow. You will be like a city on a hill. Everyone who sees you will see truth and life. Because of your good heart, through My good grace.

In Christ, your heart is good, and good hearts glow.

Reference: 2 Corinthians 3

Tchuss!

Several months ago we were approached by a close German friend of ours with the idea of an internship... So since our official kick-off of Kaleo, Mario has been working with us and has been a huge help for us in many ways. We are sad to see Mario returning to Germany, but excited for him as he gets ready for University and his next step in the journey of life. Mario leaves this Saturday for Germany, and will hopefully be attending the University in Mainz, where our sister church is, KiA Mainz. We know he will be a blessing to the community there!

We ask that you pray for our awesome intern Mario as he takes these next steps in life, and pray for us, Kaleo, as we begin to ask how we are going to fill some of these shoes Mario is leaving behind! :)

Blessed are those...

We are two weeks into our discussion of the beatitudes.
This week we find ourselves being starred in the face by the words of our Savior who says,
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."

Those who cry, those who lament, those who mourn - they are the ones who recieve comfort.
What does it mean to be a people who can mourn together, mourn our sin, mourn our hurts, and so in our sorrow... find the living God coming next to us and residing within us.

But thats not enough. God calls us beyond being comforted. To the point where He says to us that we are so much His and His very own body, that He will use us to comfort others.

Our prayer is that this discussion of the beatitudes doesn't end with a conclusion. - But that it ends with the beginning of a Christ-like lifestyle that comforts those who mourn.

We extend our prayers to Haiti right now, pray with us.

Kingdom Experiment

2010 is here. And it seems crazy.
We began meeting as Kaleo almost four months ago. It is amazing how time passes.
Ya know, the gospel that we proclaim is a gospel of transformation, of hope, and healing. A gospel that uses time as an indespensable tool for our lives and all of creation to find itself bent toward heaven.
So we are excited. Excited for what time holds for us as we continually find ourselves on our knees praying for God to show up through our faithfulness to His ministry.
We are excited to see in 2010 and the years to come how the gospel will expand through Kaleo Nashville as wild mustard bushes expand. We want to see how the good news of Jesus Christ will creep up through the sidewalks of our neighborhoods, into the abandoned-nobody-wants-houses, and eventually up through the doors of our hearts.

--- This week in our life groups we are beginning a series called the Kingdom Experiment. We will take a closer look at the gospel of Jesus, and each week put in practice that message in tangible ways.
Can't think of a better way to start the year than practicing the words of our Savior.

Love, Grace, & Mustard.

Holiday

Coming up on Sunday December 20th will be Kaleo's last Holiday event of 2009. We will be sharing potluck together starting at 6:00pm at the Listening Room Cafe!
All are welcome!

Also this next week as it is the week of Christmas, we will not be having Life Group gatherings as normal, but will resume regular gatherings the week after.

A reminder for this week, Life Groups will be combined this week as we meet at the Arnet's on Wednesday Night at 7pm.

Kaleo Coaching

Family and Friends of Kaleo Nashville,

We are excited to announce our next leadership training opportunity. It will take place this Tuesday (Dec 8th) from 6pm-8pm at the District Office (Trevecca Tower's Annex) Cconference Room.

Our special speaker is Philip Zimmermann, church planter in Mainz Germany.
Coffee will be provided and it should be a great time of fellowship. So, grab a friend and come. Please RSVP so that we will know how many to plan for.
kaleonashville@gmail.com