2nd Friday Gallery TalksThe Nov-Dec Artist at the 567 is J. Alan Gibson. Alan lost his sight a few years ago yet continues to paint. His artwork is bright, bold, sometimes whimsical and funky - always beautiful. Friday night brought our best art crowd yet - a mix of Alan's fans and New City folks. Alan answered questions, talked about his work, his blindness, and his current battle with cancer.
Saturday Night on the 567 StageJosh Daniel
Josh is Middle Georgia born and raised, but now lives in South Carolina. Josh brought a mix of originals and covers of singers like Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Jr., and Waylon Jennings. Our crowd was smaller than usual, probably because Josh is a new artist to Macon and doesn't yet have a following. But as usual the music at the 567 Cafe was great.
NCCd's Sunday
We started a new sermon series entitled Engaging the Poor. The first sermon was a foundational message for the rest of the series. We talked about 3 Main things:
1) Engaging the Poor is more than a homeless issue. A 2006 Brookings Report notes that there are now more 'poor' in America's suburbs than in all of our cities combined.
2) God has a heart for the poor. We read dozens of passages in the Old and New Testaments supporting God's love of the poor and Jesus' ministry to the poor.
3) How we view the poor is a reflection of our understanding of the gospel as a) Jesus became poor so that in Him we might one day be rich, and b) the gospel is all about our poverty, weakness, and desperate need for help.
Our MC's should be hopping with discussion over the next few weeks!
Our 4th Sunday (December 7) will be a Q and A Sunday. We are fielding questions via e-mail and text messages now through Dec 7 and we (Cameron Barham and myself) will attempt to answer those questions as the sermon - should be fun!
