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Awakening

Aug 09, 2010
by Dialogue
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Invest & Invite

The concept of “evangelism” is somewhat of a hot button issue in our culture today.  We’ve all be approached by someone on the street with a tract about getting saved or at least walked past the guys with the sandwich boards about damnation on the street.  These are often the things that come to mind when we talk about evangelism.

What does it really mean to witness?  How are we to tell our story of redemption and meet others where they are in their spiritual journey?  What does it mean to invest in those around us and then invite them into this conversation at Dialogue?

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What is your story?  How did you come to Dialogue?  What is an experience that you’ve had along the way that brought you into this awakened life?

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Share your journey in the comments below!

  1. Chloie 08/18/2010 at 1:13 pm
    I came to Dialogue through a recommendation. My youth Pastor [Nathan] at my old church knows Ryan and told me to find him. It took 3 months after I moved, but finally we arrived and fell in love with Dialogue's mission. I remember walking up to Jamie and saying... I'm looking for Ryan, do you know who he is? In retrospect that's hilarious now. And the first time I went, Ashlee sang How He Loves, and I cried and cried. Also, Jessica introduced herself and told me that Ryan had said that 'some family with a daughter that has a lip piercing is coming.' [I'm glad that's Nathan's only way to describe is the girl with a lip piercing... :P] Like all my Dialogue adventures, my first was humorous and an awakening experience.
  2. Jessica 08/24/2010 at 3:51 pm
    I remember that! We knew you guys were awesome before you even visited!!!
  3. Jessica 08/24/2010 at 3:52 pm
    I think the challenge to love people more than I ever thought I could has really been an awakening experience for me at Dialogue. I have always wanted to value people as they are, but at Dialogue, it was the first time where I was really challenged to see people in the same light and with the same grace that God sees them.
  4. Ryan 08/27/2010 at 11:02 pm
    I had an Awakening this week. I was helping at a youth outreach complete with messy games and lots of sub woofers. Students went up front to sing the worship songs and the older--I mean, "adults"--lined the back. The whole thing really took me back. I realized how much I miss watching students commit their lives to live for Christ. I realized how deeply annoyed I get with the modern church. I realized how many people it takes to do something big; and how big of a difference one person can make. But most of all, i realized how much I love my family at Dialogue. It's so easy to take our Thursdays and Sundays for granted. The work of creating and planning and studying and setting up can become a big distraction until it's easy to actually believe that that is dialogue church. I need more than that... I need to sit down next to the people that I love and drink a cup of coffee and wonder at the mystery of God. I crave the intimacy that only comes by enduring trials together. I want to know more than your name--I want to listen to your stories. I want to laugh together. I need a church that doesn't care if I cry. I need dialogue church. I am praying that we share the beauty that is dialogue church with our community; and that God would use dialogue to create an awakening.

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