There is a problem facing our culture today. It’s isolation. Americans seem to becoming more and more isolated from people and from God. The changing culture with technology and automated garage doors might be creating more opportunities to be alone, which ultimately leads to the problem of isolation from people. Americans are also isolated from God because they no longer attend church. They don’t go to church because they view it as old, boring and traditional or slick, gimmicky, and consumeristic. So in the end, people miss out on great relationships with others in the community and they miss out on the great things God has to offer each person regardless of who they are or what they have done.

 

gREENhOUSE was originated to help (in some small way) solve the problem of isolation from God and people. It’s our deepest desire to gather others from our community in a comfortable and fun environment to learn to do 3 things better:

1. Know God and others.

2. Love God and others.

3. Serve God and others.

It doesn’t need to be complicated.

 

The church is not a building that you attend on Sunday morning. That’s called ‘going’ to church. Most people think of the church as a place you go, but it’s really not. It’s a gathering of people that you journey through life with. I hope someday soon the church will instead be viewed from the masses as a community of people that are authentic, genuine, thinkers, creative, loving, and accepting. This is our hope and vision. We want to focus on people, relationships and community before buildings, budgets programming and preaching.

 

We don’t want to stand around and wait for something to happen on it’s own, because it won’t. We want to work towards a solution, to help encourage positive change. There is nothing more important in our life than relationships with God and people. Not a job, investments, material goods, fortune, fame or anything else. America has become a task-driven culture and as a result we are relationally stunted and starving.

 

Isolation is tragic and it leads to loneliness, depression, addiction and a host of other negative effects on family, friendships and a person’s faith. Something must be done and the sooner the better. Isolation effects relationships every day. Marriages slowly get destroyed. Kids are being neglected. Our nations character is being depleted and relationships with people have been replaced with relationships with stuff.

 

At gREENhOUSE we are committed to giving our lives to help the church return to a thriving robust community and deep satisfying relationships with God and others. We can do this together, one person at a time, one relationship at a time. It’s that simple.