Don’t come as you are.

i don’t want to be your pastor

I’ve been in and around the church for a long time. Over 40 years. And I love the church — I wouldn’t be here without her. But if I’m honest, I’ve always carried this quiet ache for something... different.

Something smaller. Simpler. Something that feels more like what I imagine the first-century church experienced.

You know — gathering around a table rather than a platform. Real people who have each other’s backs and are devoted to one thing: exploring the way of Jesus.

So what I’m about to describe is a little church experiment we’re embarking on.

If there’s a part of you that longs to explore — or you’re ready to break free from the familiar to pursue something deeper; Let’s put our toes in the water and see what happens.

This is not an invite to join a church. This is more like a chance to be the church.

I don’t want to be your pastor. I will simply be a guide on this fresh, unmarked path.

We will gather once a month — not to replace Sunday mornings or offer another version of it.

We’ll gather to become something I kind of think the world may be longing for — a people wholly devoted to the way of Jesus.

There will be no building projects. No attendance goals. Heck, we don’t even have a name.

Just a table, bread and wine, prayer, teaching, ministry, friendship —all centered on serving Jesus and others.

This isn’t about building something new... it’s about becoming someone new.

So… don’t come as you are.
Come for who you want to become.

Here’s what to expect each night:

We’ll share stories.
We’ll break bread and take the cup.
We’ll sit in prayer and silence — and listen.
We’ll worship. We will open the Scriptures and let them read us.

We’ll minister to each other — and we won’t rush out. We’ll stay until the Spirit is done.

There will be no offering buckets, no staff to fund, no buildings to maintain. When we give, we’ll give  to the poor, the broken, the addicted — the very people Jesus called ‘the least of these.’

We’re not concerned about growing this thing. At all.
But we do care deeply about you growing — to become more like the one whose call was uncommon, “Follow me.”

So if you’re longing for something like this… something that just might disturb the status quo of your soul…

There is a seat at the table from you.

Blaine (and Lori)

Sunday Nights | 6 PM | Once a Month | Our Home

P.S. — We love every church in our city proclaiming the Gospel. I have at least a dozen good friends in the city who pastor churches I love and am a part of in some way. This isn’t about replacing what you have — it’s about creating a space for what you may be missing.