Living a Life Driven by Love Together

Sundays 10 AM | Springfield MO

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We're a community driven by love, plain and simple. Plan your visit below.

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Kids Venue

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A safe place kids can have fun, ask big questions, and know they are completely loved. 10AM Sundays (Infants-5th Grade)

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Students Venue

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No rigid rules or expectations. Just a community of students figuring out life and faith on their own terms, driven by love. Sundays 10AM

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CURRENT SERIES: P.R.A.C.T.I.C.E

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We don't usually change because we believed the right thing. We change because we practiced something — long enough that it became who we are. This August and September at The Venues, we're spending nine weeks on that idea, spelling out one word — PRACTICE — one letter, one week, one practice at a time.

August 2 — Why Practice? — Why doesn't just believing the right things ever seem to be enough?
August 9 — P: Presence — Can you be fully there with someone and still miss what's right in front of you?
August 16 — R: Release — What would it cost you to let go of being right, or being in control?
August 23 — A: Attention — Who has your community quietly stopped noticing?
August 30 — C: Commitment — What do you keep doing when nothing's making you stay?
September 6 — T: Truth Telling — What's the true thing we'd rather not say out loud?
September 13 — I: Interruption — What happens when the person who needs you shows up at the worst possible time?
September 20 — Venuespalooza — A day where we practice all of this together, out in the 417.
September 27 — C: Curiosity — Can you bring your real, unresolved questions into the light?
October 4 — E: Embrace — Who have you been taught to keep at arm's length?

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● RADICALLY INCLUSIVE

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Whoever you are, you are already welcome here.

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We know a lot of people have complicated feelings about church. Maybe you’ve been hurt before. Maybe you have more questions than answers. Maybe you’ve never stepped inside one, or you walked away and aren’t sure why you’d walk back in.

None of that disqualifies you here. We are a radically inclusive community built on the conviction that love comes before everything else. No prerequisites, no performance required.

We’ve been waiting for you

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Large outdoor gathering of diverse people standing on grass, raising their hands in front of black tents with trees and cloudy sky in the background.

Services are casual, welcoming, and run about 60 minutes. Come enjoy coffee & donuts. Come with your questions. Come with your family.

SERVICE TIMES

Sundays at 10:00 AM | 2616 E. Battlefield, Springfield MO 65804

Kids Venue | Birth through 5th Grade (same time)

Students Venue | 6th through 12th Grade (same time)

Bar Church | Thursdays 6:30 PM at Mother’s Brewing Co.

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