There is power when we gather together around a table. The table is used as imagery for the Kingdom of God several times throughout scripture. Even in modern times we understand that conversations happen around the table, there is a power in a family meal, in someone taking you out for dinner.
Jesus was often found teaching and being with people at meals. Robert Karris said “in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is either going to a meal, at a meal, or coming from a meal.”
There is also power when we live together as believers in community to empower, encourage, equip, and hold accountable one another as we practice the way of Jesus.
At Hope, dinner groups are one way that we gather around the table with others apprenticed to Jesus to be formed by the Spirit together. We eat food, and work together on spiritual practices that help us practice the way of Jesus in our daily lives.
Recommended Reading:
A Meal with Jesus: Discovering Grace, Community & Mission Around the Table by Tim Chester
Opportunities at Hope:
Dinner Groups - Watch for opportunities to join a group
Teaching Video:
B.E.L.L.S.: Eat (Pastor Nathanael Lyon - October 23, 2022)
B.E.L.L.S. 2025: Eat (Pastor Nathanael Lyon - July 6, 2025)