We’re Chapter 7!

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​We are so excited and honored to be a part of an important new book that will be coming out May 14, We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God. The author, Kendall Vanderslice, visited nine dinner church communities across the country and chapter by chapter highlighted about each one. Potluck Church is chapter 7, “On Membership.” 
 
We Will Feastchronicles Potluck’s journey into becoming church. It shows our gratitude to First Christian Church of Madisonville, who nested and nurtured us in for those early years. It describes what we have discerned of God’s vision for this community thus far. And, it tells of the answers we have yet to discern. 
 
It’s a beautifully written book. For instance, check out this sentence from Page 101: 
 
       Week after week they see community deepen between men and women from    
       many backgrounds, between folks who come because they so deeply love Jesus 
       they want to spend all the time they can at his table and folks who come because  
       they ache so deeply that they need a fistful of bread as a reminder that Jesus 
       exists at all.  
 
It’s so true; God continues to gather such a diverse group of people around our worship table, and yet we come with an attitude of respect and humility. No topics or questions or vulnerabilities seem to be off limits. We respect faith, and we respect doubt. Two of the lines on Page 99 of We Will Feast that really capture a unique aspect of Potluck Church read: 
 
       In this space, the diverse needs are not only heard and lifted up to God together, 
       but methods for responding to those needs are offered as well. And on those 
       weeks when some members choose to keep concerns to themselves, their potluck 
       offering can still provide unspoken insight into what’s going on.
 
What a gift to be described through the eyes of another--in a published book no less!  And, what an honor to have our story told alongside these other eight creative dinner church communities. We are deeply grateful to Kendall for making the trek out to western Kentucky and for sacrificing her time to give her gifts in service to God in this way. 
 
If you would like to learn more about Kendall’s work, download her free group discussion guide and pastor/church leader resource kit, or pre-order a copy of We Will Feast, please visithttp://kendallvanderslice.com/we-will-feast. And, to read a sample chapter, please click the menu tab on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MadisonvillePotluck/.
 
 
(Vanderslice, Kendall. We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2019)

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