The Wrecking Concert

The Wrecking is a Christian band from the east coast with a dynamic sound that appeals to a wide variety of audiences, from teenagers to young adults to the “not-so-young”. This band has been working with a variety of organizations involved in abolition activity around the world, including ChildVoice. They’re coming to Des Moines and [...]

Christian Spirituality – For Men

What: Christian Spirituality: looking at ancient practices of our faith and basic theology of connecting with God
When: Thursday nights from 7-8 pm (February 4 – March 25)
Where: Room 215 at Hope
Contact: Steve Dehaan at steve.dehaan1@gmail.com

Men’s Monday Bible Study

Immersion Men’s Monday Bible Study Continues!

When:  Mondays at 6:30
Where:  Josh Grimm’s apartment in WDM
What:  Different leader and scripture each week
Contact:  Philip Kreis at philipkreis@gmail.com

Freedom For Youth Event Announced!

We just got word from our partners at Freedom For Youth about an event they’re having. If you’re interested in joining in, here are the details:
I wanted to let you all know about the Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, January 23 rd, 9am-11am in the Worship Center at Freedom for Youth.  As some of you already [...]

Do You Know How to Wake Up?

From George MacDonald’s Creation in Christ –
“But I do not know how to awake and rise!”
I will tell you. Get up, and do something the Master tells you; so make yourself his disciple at once. Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have this day done one thing because [...]

Finnegan Says Hello

Tensions

A Devotional Thought
There is within me a me which is both greater than me and at the same time authentically myself. One way of approaching this mysterious fact would be by what is called the paradox of grace. The more God gives me his grace (i.e. himself), the more I am myself. The more I [...]

Winter Cell Groups Announced!

Announcing the Winter 2010 Immersion Cell Groups! As you can see, the communities are broken down into three separate categories: Co-ed, Women’s and Men’s. Please choose accordingly. If you are interested in a group or have questions about a specific community, please get a hold of the contact listed.
All groups will begin the week of [...]

What Theologians Have Missed

I read this earlier during my centering time with the LORD. It’s from George MacDonald’s Creation in Christ. He nails it.
I’ll be using some of these thoughts in our upcoming series, “Losing My Religion“.
How terribly, then, have the theologians misrepresented God! Nearly all of them represent hi as a great King on a grand throne, [...]

A Look Back, A Look Forward

2009 was quite the year in the history of Immersion.

We moved four times – Out of the Worship Center, into the Bridge, into the Chapel, back into the Worship Center.
We changed the worship time back to our original start time, 8:30 pm.
We learned about marriage, silence, miracles, lectio divina and the death of the prophet [...]

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