29:11 Karaoke Open Mic Coffee House Night | Saturday, March 3rd
29:11 presents something new, something epic, something…you definitely don’t want to miss.
You’ve been cordially invited to a one-of-a-kind “Karaoke Open Mic Night” at Holy Grounds Coffee House (275 118th Ave SE, Suite 100, Bellevue) on Saturday, March 3rd. Doors open at 7pm. For all you college students and young professionals that love coffee, good conversation, karaoke, poetry, music, hipster culture, and spirituality…come share in the festivities and help make this an unforgettable evening.
- DATE | Saturday, March 3rd
- TIME | Doors open at 7pm
- LOCATION | The Coffee House (275 118th Ave SE, Suite 100, Bellevue)
- WHO | All are welcome. Bring your friends.
- WHAT | Come be present, sit back and enjoy -OR- actively participate and share your gift with the world.
For more info or to sign up to share your talents in advance, contact Bonny Lau (bonnylau@gmail.com) or Caroline Kho (caro82379@gmail.com).
29:11 Missional Project Recap
29:11 is a community of young career adults being transformed into Jesus followers who are committed to living out the gospel and sharing God’s love with those in our spheres of influence. Throughout the week, various small groups meet to learn, grow, pray, discuss and challenge each other to live out the good news of Jesus in a world that desperately needs it. This means that we don’t just read, study and listen to God’s word…but we actually go out and do what it says. That’s why every month, our small groups put their heads together and come up with their own “missional project.” We believe as we put into practice what we learn — often times stepping out in faith and out of our comfort zones — God uses us to do good, and he also transforms us. This is part of what discipleship is all about.
Here’s Tony’s recap of his small group’s December missional project. They meet weekly on Wednesday evenings at the Lighthouse Center.
December 22, 2011 Missional Project: Austin, Royce, Jeff, Isaac, Howard, Jason, Gayle, & TonyOur group decided on a monthly missional project of reaching out to the homeless in Seattle’sinternational district. But we wanted to do more than just pass out sandwiches where we would feel good about ourselves and pat ourselves on the back. We wanted the homeless people we would encounter to know that they were loved and valued. What more could we do to help restore dignity and to let them know that they were a person of worth? We decided that we would invite them to a sit down dinner, listen to their story, and pray for them.We met up at a Oasis, a local bubble tea store to discuss the strategy and pray for the Holy Spirit to guide us in conversation with people we meet. We broke off into groups of two and three and went started searching for people. After 15-20 minutes we were a bit discouraged because we had only seen a few homeless people that were either already sleeping or unwilling to engage in conversation. At the end of about 30 minutes of walking, we decided to meet and call it a night since it was getting late. As soon as we started walking toward our meeting point, one of our groups met a man who they talked with, listened to his story, shared with him about what our group was doing, bought a meal for him,and prayed over him. After our group dinner, a few of us walked over to the bubble tea shop whereRoyce had run into a woman asking for money and was willing to talk. After a few minutes into the conversation, some other members joined, bought her some food, gave her socks, gloves, and prayed for her. As that was happening, Jeff and I noticed a man sitting in a doorstep of a building bundled up,but awake. We approached him to say hi and he was happy to respond. We asked him his name, and if we could get him any food or water. Jeff asked if we could pray for him. He happily accepted, so we laid hands on him, prayed, and came back with hot food and water.At the beginning of our meeting we were all excited to talk with people over a meal and to see how God would use us to bless others. We started off slow and soon had thoughts of the night being failure interms of meeting homeless and it not turning out the way we had hoped. In the end, we interacted andserved three different people all within the last half of our evening. It made me realize two things: 1) to be patient in God’s timing in everything that we do 2) to be bold in prayer and in serving others.
