Deliverance

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Dwell and Deliver

This is the mission of Capitol City Church. When we look at the person and work of Jesus Christ in the scriptures, the history of his Bride the centuries, and how we have experienced him in our own lives this is our response. This is what we need and what our city needs. This is what I need. This is what my kids need. This is what my neighbors need.

2022 was intentionally and unavoidably a year marked (almost exclusively) by dwelling with Jesus. While we still practiced delivering rest to the restless time after time what the Lord was calling us to was to simply BE. “Be with me. Dwell in my presence.” This was no surprise as not only is it good, biblical, and healthy, but it was in line with what we believed the Lord was going to do. At the end of 2021 in prayer we believed that he was telling us Cap City was going to be “small”, “fun”, and “family”. That is exactly what happened.

At the end of December we held our first annual “FEAST”. A time to eat, drink and be merry. A time to reflect on the past year and what God had done in each of us through Cap City. A time to look ahead and ask God what he wants to do this coming year. This was a 24 hour span of time where we feasted on the friendship with one another and friendship with the Lord. In our reflections we over and over what nearly every single person said fit into the categories of “small”, “fun”, and “family”. This came through a focus on Dwelling with Jesus. Learning the deep rooted truth that being with Jesus is small intimate moments of fun discovery of Jesus in light of the painfully necessary healing that comes from being brought into a family.

As we looked ahead to this next year much was shared about hopes, dreams, passions, and plans, yet one word sticks out:

Deliverance

Here is what we think, hope, pray, and plan for 2023. A year marked by deliverance.

Deliverance whole people who live in our neighborhood and city from the domain of darkness into the kingdom of light.
Deliverance from spiritual bondage into holistic freedom.
Deliverance from sickness and physical pain to healing and relief.
Deliverance from nihilism and cynicism to hope and unashamed joy.
Deliverance from nibbling at the table of the world to feasting at the Table of the Lord.
Deliverance from isolation to belonging.
Deliverance from wandering to following.

Deliverance comes from Jesus. Being co-labors in this comes from knowing and experiencing the deliverance of Jesus (aka dwelling with him). 2023 is going to be a year of following Jesus in participation with what he is already doing, or as I tell our people “going to work with dad”. What might we look like after a year like this? What might or neighborhoods and workplaces look like? Maybe a little more like a heavenly Kingdom come to earth.

Other Troublemaking Activities…

• Ally has moved into a tattoo studio space where she can pursue her craft and provide a warm and welcoming space for her clients. She is also hoping to be able share this space with a new friend from her cohort.

• Aksel, Flora, and Frances are all happy and healthy and adjusting well to mom working throughout the week. They are all growing and changing in their own ways: Aksel losing teeth, Flora learning her letters and pretending to read books, Frances talking in phrases and almost-sentences (while roaring for comedic relief.)

• We are back into the rec-leauge sports grind with Aksel playing basketball with many of the same teammates from his soccer club.

• We are officially a state-acknowledged non-profit! While this isn’t everything it is a helpful move for us in becoming a legitimate presence in our neighborhood.

Prayer Needs

• Our Family

  • Unity, joy, and healthy bodies through the winter.

  • Healthy work / life balance in the transitioning of multiple jobs and roles in vocation.

• People far from Jesus:

  • Chandler, Jon, Caleb, Greg, Dana, Tuan, Amy, Mike, Avery, John, Ramsey, Walter, and so so many more.

  • Sig and Kevin. Amanda and Charles.

• Our Church

  • Emerging leaders, united as one body, disciple-makers to be exposed and called, gifts and callings to be identified.

  • Deliverance (action) taken by our people as we follow Jesus.