KAMPs Missional Community.

Summer seems to be a natural season to step back, slow down and simplify. Christianity and the accompanying church life has become increasingly complicated. Jesus said that the essence of Christianity could be summed up in two inseparable commandments: Love God and Love Your Neighbor. Simple yet more powerful than we know. Living out the gospel means desiring for one's neighbor and neighbor's family that which one desires for one's self and family. Living out the gospel means bettering the quality of other people's lives spiritually, physically, socially, and emotionally as one betters one's own. This summer we are committed to learning and living out the wonders of loving God and others simply and powerfully.

Our friends at Crosstown Church have invited members from the downtown Church (Big "C") to join them for a downtown prayer journey on Tuesday, July 29th at 7pm. The group will meet and the prayer journey will begin at the Myriad Gardens.

Fusion Church (www.FusionOKC.com) will be hosting Servants Training Weekend July 18-20. When Jesus left the most exclusive gated community in the universe and relocated among us, He sparked a revolution: an upside-down revolution of love and justice. Join us for an introduction to a radical new way of doing justice in the inner cities of the world.

We will join Fusion Church for a combined Gathering on Sunday, July 20th at 5pm. Craig Greenfield from Servants to Asia's Urban Poor (www.ServantsAsia.org) will be sharing on "Solitude, Community & Mission". Fusion is located in the Plaza District, 1755 NW 16th Street (between Classen and Penn).

Tommy Bailey will be leading us in worship and Richard Galloway from New York City Relief (www.NYCR.org) will be our special guest at KAMP's this Sunday, July 13th at 5:30pm. Please bring a dessert to be shared with the group. In 1989, Richard and his wife Dixie founded NYC Relief, a front-line urban missions program which not only provides food and clothing for the urban homeless, but connects them from the street with life-changing Christian programs. NYC Relief exists to connect the poor, oppressed, and addicted with a path toward help and hope. Through outreach partnerships, we seek to be a bridge between human need and resources to meet those needs. These things we do.that others may live.

I look forward to connecting and celebrating with you on Sunday!

Love & Justice.

Ben.