Redeemer Family,
Look Ahead:

June 23rd — Prayer Walk | 6:30–7:30 PM

We will meet at Flora Wilson Park.

Mark your calendars and come expectant for God to meet us, tune our hearts, and help us see what he sees.

It has been said, “History is on the side of the intercessors.” May we become a people who faithfully pray for God to act on behalf of others.

June 25th — Worship Night at Silver Fox

Doors open at 5:30 PM for free coffee, pastries, and time to connect with new friends. Worship will begin around 6:15 PM.

For all of our families, childcare will be provided.

If you're already a part of helping us plant Redeemer I encourage you to be at Silver Fox by 5 PM to help welcome neighbors and new friends who are coming to connect and worship with us.
Every space we create together is a "table" -- we want to be a people that walk into spaces saying "There you are, not here I am."

June 28th — Gathering & Family Table

Following our Sunday Gathering at the Slaters’, we will gather together to eat, pray, and receive updates on the status of Redeemer as we continue moving forward as a church plant.

We are moving at the pace of relationship. God is honoring our intentional, worshipful efforts as he works through us to form a growing church. I am genuinely excited about the days ahead.

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Why it matters?

Everything from our gathering schedule, other events, sermon content, reflection questions, vision and values all live on the app. It's a one stop shop for everything our church plant needs to continue become what God has called us to be.

What Do We Value?
Spiritual Formation
Definition

As a community, we believe in the total transformation of individuals, spiritually, emotionally, and relationally—as we grow into the likeness of Christ. This formation happens in the context of relationships around the table, focused on Jesus and shaped through spiritual practices that open us to the work of the Holy Spirit.

(Romans 12:1–2; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 4:22–24)

Quote

"The Christian is not a person who has no bad habits, or even no bad thoughts. The Christian is a person who is being changed by the grace of God into the likeness of Christ."

— John Stott
Reflection

One of the great myths of our age is that we can become who we want to be without paying attention to what is shaping us. But every day, our habits, rhythms, relationships, and desires are forming us into someone.

The question is not whether we are being formed, but who or what is forming us.

At Redeemer, we believe spiritual formation is not merely about acquiring more biblical knowledge. It is about apprenticing ourselves to Jesus so that, over time, we become people who think, love, and live more like him.

This kind of transformation rarely happens in dramatic moments. More often, it happens around ordinary tables, through ordinary conversations, and through ordinary practices faithfully repeated over time.

As Dallas Willard often said, grace is not opposed to effort; it is opposed to earning. We participate with the Spirit by creating space for Jesus to shape us.

Reflection Questions

Are the rhythms and habits in your life forming you into the likeness of Christ?

Does your current pace of life create enough space to be with Jesus?

What's one step you can take this week to remove a habit that is pulling you away from Jesus—or create space for a practice that helps you be with him?

Sitting at the table with you,

Pastor Ryne

The Table: Lingering

Lingering — slow presence, deep listening, living at the pace of love.

How interruptible are we?

When we talk about the table at Redeemer, it’s not only intentionally prayerful—it’s lingering. It’s interruptible.

In Luke 8, Jesus was on his way to heal a little girl, her father Jairus in tow—panicked and desperate for this rabbi from Nazareth to do what he had become famous for: heal people.

Jesus was heading toward something incredibly important when a woman, who had been suffering for twelve years with chronic bleeding, reached through the crowd and touched the edge of his garment.

Luke tells us:

“Jesus said, ‘Who touched me?’ When all denied it, Peter said, ‘Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!’ But Jesus said, ‘Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.’” (Luke 8:45–46)

It stopped him in his tracks.

And suddenly the whole scene slows down. It lingers. Why? Because Jesus was not only intentional—he was interruptible.

The tables Jesus created with people, whether metaphorically or physically, had space to be interrupted. Space to linger in the presence of the one in need.

This is deeply countercultural to the world we live in. Everything around us is built on speed, efficiency, productivity, and timelines.

But the way of Jesus—the table with Jesus—has to be another way. People are not projects or programs for us to work on. They are image-bearers with needs that only an intentional and interruptible Jesus—the Jesus we carry with us—can truly meet.

Part of our creative witness at the table with Jesus is not only being prayerfully intentional and hospitable to the people in front of us, but also lingering with them.

By God’s grace, we linger long enough for the Spirit to interrupt us, reshape the agenda, and let us watch Jesus work through us at the table.

What if we became the most intentional and interruptible people in Nashville?

How would your workplace change?
Your neighborhood?
Your friendships?
Your family?

Jesus’ invitation to you is to become interruptible.