Current Studies...

Currently, we are going through various parables of Jesus. 

Example of our forum for these studies.

Tonight, we will launch our discussion through Matthew 13 which features about 8 parables. We will read through a commentary, in addition to the complete chapter, and in the following weeks we will discuss certain parables in the chapter, separately. 

We decided to go through these parables because we believe that stories have a lot of power to influence our perspectives and thought processes. Jesus used stories in almost every setting he was in. Stories have great potential in communication because they easily identifiable across different groups of people. Their greatest potential however, happens when the story exclusively fits a certain target group... that is was Jesus did very well. He shared principles through stories that he knew people could identify with on very personal levels.

Pool party / BBQ

This past Saturday, The Stuart Initiative had a Pool/BBQ party. It was a bring your own meat BBQ hosted at Kara's house. It was a great time. All together, we had around 15-20 people, many of which don't even attend the Monday discussion group. We hope to do this again... soon and hope more of you will participate.