Gracepointe Church - Franklin, Tn

Join us as we observe Epiphany and celebrate the arrival of a new year! To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

Christmas Eve is a moment filled with possibility and hope. How does Christmas provide us an opportunity to see and understand God as well as our relationship to the Jesus story? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

We use the language of love to describe a lot, especially as a guiding ethic for how we engage the world. This final week in Advent is themed on Love—what did this idea mean for the people of Jesus’ day, and what does it mean for us? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

The famous words of the angels to the shepherds offered good tidings of great joy for all people. What does this mean? What did it mean to the shepherds? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

We hear peace on earth in carols and in the Gospel narratives of the birth of Jesus, yet it’s hard not to consider that—in the 2,000 years since the angels are said to have uttered those words—we’ve not seen this realized. Peace on earth? Let’s dive in. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

This Sunday marks the beginning of Advent! We're also beginning a brand new series today, believing Christmas can [still] change the world. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

Guest speaker Dr. Diana Butler Bass, a brilliant theologian, scholar, and preacher, joins us for a powerful message on gratitude as a value to embody. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

For many of us, the concept of humility has been closely related to humiliation. How do we begin to reframe the value of humility in a Progressive Christian context? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

What does it mean to be authentic? Inherent to our journey and work as Progressive Christians is the belief that honesty and authenticity make each of us better. Community member Corey Dandridge (he/him) joins Pastor Josh Scott for week 5 of our Let Us Be Series. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

For many of us, curiosity was discouraged in our faith journeys. Being curious might have been considered a path to doubt or even disbelief. At GracePointe, we believe in being curious. How do we lean into and embody this value as a community? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

What does it mean to have courage? How can we be a courageous people in a world that rewards complacency and the status quo? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

For week 2 of our Let Us Be Series, we’re exploring the embodiment of a key value in our community: love. How can we be love? What does this mean for us, even in a pandemic? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

It’s worth asking: How do our values align with our actions? How do we be what we claim to believe? This week, we're so excited to start a brand new series: Let Us Be — Embodying Our Values! To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

We’re so excited to welcome a special guest speaker today: Brian McLaren! @brian_mclaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity”—just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

This week, we’re wrapping up our Bible Stories for Grown-Ups series with the story of Daniel: Resisting Empire. Maybe you grew up with the flannel-graph or even the Veggietales version—what does this story mean in its ancient Hebrew context? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

Though slightly more obscure than some of its textual counterparts, the Hebrew Bible story of Naaman the Syrian has an important contextual lesson both for the audience of the time and for us. What does a post-critical lens have to say? We're also grateful for a performance from GracePointe friend Ben Grace! Check out his art at https://www.bengracemusic.com/. To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

The story of Jonah reads a bit like a tragedy mixed with a comedy. What does a post-critical, contextualized view of this ancient Jewish story have to say to the world today? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

Much of the messaging and nuance in the Hebrew Bible story of Ruth is lost in a pre-critical reading of Scripture. How can we see this powerful narrative in a new, post-critical light as Progressive Christians? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

The story of Samson and his context as one of many “judges” in the story of the Israelites holds a lot of meaning, much of which can be lost in the flattened, pre-critical view so many Christians hold. What might an integrated, post-critical lens reveal in this ancient Hebrew Bible story? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.

In the story of Jacob and Esau, we read of a conflict between brothers with profound implications for the future of Abraham's descendants. How do we make sense of this story in its context and in light of our experiences? To promote the safety of our community and neighbors, GracePointe is gathering online at gracepointe.net. Follow @gracepointetn on every social media platform for regular updates and Progressive Christian content, and text "GracePointe" to 77977 to become a sustaining supporter of the community.