The Truth will set you free

We are getting ready to wrap up our study at Kaleo walking through the chapters of Love Wins. The book has provided a good platform for us as we've journeyed together in this discussion. The best part of the book, naturally, is the end. The Good News is Better Than That. Bell spends the chapter discussing the issue of trust.

Truth is, that we pretty much all have trust issues. One person feels unworthy, the other feels overqualified. Some feel unwanted, and some feel like they are the center of the universe. Some people feel handicapped to help the world. Some people feel like they've single hand-idly saved the world. But to each person, Jesus is there calling us into a better story.

When truth is extravagant, it becomes hard to swallow for most. But there lies the issue, the Truth is extravagant. If it was anything less, it would not be the Truth.

Even though for most, this extravagant truth is a tall order to swallow, deep within our hearts we wish it to be real. We long and yearn for it to be the Truth. Did you know that we are designed for glory? God glorifies us as He has made us in His image, and being so as receivers of glory in the image of God, we also are glory givers. Our only hope of living a life where we find “happiness” and joy, is by living a life for God and receiving glory for Him, and then in turn giving it back to Him in worship.

This is the story of all creation. Even the beauty of the trees reflect the glory of God, the earth declares the work of His hands and gives Him glory. So, how much more as we are human, created in His image, do we carry this beautiful glory and the responsibilities of it?

But to begin to do that, to begin to live in the way we are created to live, we must accept God's story for us. There is no alternative to finding life.

Here is the truth: God created you in His image, God loves you in an unconditional way, there is nothing you can do to make yourself more worthy of His love, there is nothing you can do to make yourself unworthy of His love. The Love simply is. This is the Truth, trust in Him - this is your story.

Maternal Health in Afghanistan

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See you Sunday at the Garden!
- Kaleo Nashville

Fall Festival!

This Saturday (October 1st) will be the Woodycrest Fall Festival!

Held at the Woodycrest Community Garden on Hutton Dr. (37210), there will be games for everyone, hay rides, some music by a few neighbors, a moon bounce, homemade chili, and a homemade pie contest! And we'll cap off the evening with some smores around the fire!

So come and hang out with your friends and neighbors this Saturday anytime after 3pm for the Woodycrest Fall Festival!

For more information contact Caleb @ 931-698-6605 or email us @ KaleoNashville@gmail.com

Sponsored by Kaleo Nashville

Love Wins - Life Group Study

This Tuesday (September 20th) Kaleo will be beginning a study on Heaven and Hell.

We will be using the book Love Wins, by author Rob Bell as a platform for this discussion over the next several weeks.

This is not to say Kaleo will be endorsing this book or everything it has to say, but we simply want to walk through these pages, along with Scripture, a look through our Traditions, Experiences and Reason... and find ourselves allowing God to lead us.

This will hopefully be a great study for anyone who is seeking to dialogue and who is open to learn about these issues of our faith!

Kaleo Nashville

Life Group - Tuesdays Evenings @ 7pm

Starts every Tuesday with dinner, so come and join us!

2015 Hutton Dr. Nashville, TN 37210

Creation Care - Learning and Doing - Saturday Sept. 10th

CREATION CARE SEMINAR

This coming weekend at Blakemore Church of the Nazarene (2800 Belcourt Ave. Nashville) there will be a Creation Care Seminare with Dr. Matthew Sleeth.

A decade ago, Matthew Sleeth was an ER doctor living out the American Dream when suddenly he and his wife Nancy were confronted by the powerful truth that the biggest problem facing humanity was environmental degradation. “If we don’t have clean air, clean water, and healthy soil to sustain life on earth, the other problems won’t really matter.” This profound realization spurred Matthew and his whole family to embark on a journey to a more simple and earth-friendly lifestyle. Matthew eventually quit his job, and together with Nancy, began the non-profit Blessed Earth (www.blessedearth.org.) Since then, the Sleeths have travelled the country speaking with churches, educational, media, and environmental groups about the benefits and blessings of caring for our environment. In addition to their speaking, Nancy has authored Go Green, Save Green and Matthew has written Serve God, Save the Planet as well as The Gospel According to the Earth. Their daughter Emma is the author of It’s Easy Being Green.

Creation Care Seminar - Saturday, September 10

9:00am - 10:15--Living the Good Life in Bad Economic Times (Nancy)
10:15 -10:30--Break
10:30 - 11:45--24:6 (Matthew)
11:45 - 12:30--Q&A (Matthew, Nancy and Emma Sleeth)

ALSO...

ENCM EVENT: CLEANUP DAY

Saturday September the 10^th, there is a Main Street to McFerrin cleanup project in East Nashville. Anyone can show up for an hour or two on this day as we make an Impact on the East Nashville community. There will be brand new ENCM t-shirts to identify those serving...

Meet at the East Nashville Cooperative Ministry (807 Main St. Nashville, 37206) at 7:45 am to impact our community. There will be an open house and food at ENCM as-well. If you would like to help by providing snacks, food or drinks for the workers please let say so in your RSVP know.

Please RSVP to alan@encm.org with your availability on the 10^th and to reserve your t-shirt size.

Kaleo Canoe Trip

As the summer days have continued to grow more hot, Kaleo turned to the river for a Sunday. This past Kaleo Holiday, July 31st, we had "church on the river."

Sunday morning we gathered together with sandwiches and swimwear in hand ready to hit the water. We visited Canoe Music City and took eight of their canoes down the Harpeth River!

While Kaleo has had the opportunity to meet in the midst of nature this summer, this experience gave way to a serenity one can only experience out of the city peacefully floating down a beautiful body of water.

And while actually not all of the river may have been "peaceful," it was a gift being able to journey with each other through the rocks, rope swings, and slow moving moments...

This is what church is meant to be about... Finding oneself in the midst of a community, moving forward together, supporting one another, keeping one another afloat.

So, as Kaleo Nashville we are continually seeking God's will and learning what it means to journey together in this convoy known as the church, the body of Christ.

Journey with us as we seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness together -
KaleoNashville.com

Kingdom Produce

God is good!

Vegetation is continually growing in the Woodycrest Community Garden, and so are we.
Spring treated Kaleo well as a community and we are enjoying the fruition of Summer!

Recently we sent out our Spring Update - Newsletter, if you have not received one but would like to simply email us at KaleoNashville@gmail.com

We have been continuing to meet in the garden on Sundays and it has been a huge blessing to have this space we call our sanctuary. There is something old and sacred about meeting outdoors with nature that helps connect us with our Lord!

Not only has the garden been a platform for community to meet, but also by way of giving out vegetation to our neighbors it has served as a platform for acts of love. We plant, weed, water, eat, and share with one another.

We ask for your continually prayers as our small community is growing and others are finding their place with us and so finding themselves in a community where we together seek the face of God!

With Love,

- Caleb
Co-Pastor

KaleoNashville.com