Summer Sliders Party

It's official! All Souls Missoula is having a Summer Sliders Party! Scrumptious mini-burgers (aka. "sliders") hot off the grill, plenty of great wine and beer to wash it all down, with live music by local talent Andrea Harsell. Wow. It should be a fabulous night!

Of course it'll be even better if you join us. Here's the skinny:

• WHEN: This Friday, July 11, from 7 PM til Midnight (or when everyone leaves)
  
• WHERE: Ryan & Rachel Sutherland's place (1601 W. Kent)
• WHAT TO BRING: A hearty appetite for good food and stimulating conversation!

If you've never been to an All Souls party, here's your chance to see what you've been missing. These are family friendly affairs - and you're more than welcome to bring your friends too. On this occasion, you may want to bring along a couple of lawn chairs as well. Please RSVP if you're in so we can have an idea how much food to prepare!

Looking for Musicians

All Souls Missoula is looking for a few good musicians. We need a solid hand drummer (think djembe), and a skilled guitarist (think acoustic).

This is a paid gig, Sundays, 4-7 PM (with dinner and a beer afterwards, if you feel like sticking around). Style is folksy Americana-Celtic. You need not be a follower of Jesus in order to qualify. You do need to be a good musician.

Contact Christian (529-5568) el pronto if you're interested.

Rants & Raves

Think of this page like graffiti wall just south of the California Street Bridge... it's your place to say whatever you want, good or bad, pro or con, whatever you want. Pretty much anything is fair game. And as comments pile up, older ones will get painted over from time to time.

So there you have it. The mic is yours. Tell us what's on your mind...

[NOTE: in the interest of getting the conversation started, we've posted in some older comments from original Missoula Project site. There's also plenty of fodder over in the comments on the Indy article.]

Our Mission

Here at All Souls Missoula, our mission flows from our Core Values:

Working to renew the city socially, culturally,
& spiritually.

We emphasize city, because we believe Jesus calls us to be radically others-oriented. The church does not exist simply to serve me; it exists to serve others, especially those on the outside. So we strive to love folks who don't share our convictions, to stand up for the poor and the oppressed, to be agents of mercy in a world of brokenness. We can't really love our neighbor if we don't also love the city in which our neighbors dwell.

We emphasize renewal, because we believe Missoula is glorious in many ways; at the same time, we believe it can still be better. So we strive to celebrate where Missoula shines, and to serve where Missoula still needs work. We focus our efforts on areas where God is already working, causing all sorts of people (even those who don't believe in him) to value the things that he values - love, beauty, justice, respect, dialogue, diversity. We labor as servants, not people who have it all figured out.

Finally, we emphasize socially, culturally, and spiritually because we believe humans are complex, multi-faceted beings - if all we offer are spiritual answers without caring for physical needs, we haven't really loved someone the way Jesus would. We believe true spiritual transformation inevitably impacts both culture and society. We desire to care about things that matter, regardless of the spheres in which they reside.

We have no grand illusions that we're going to succeed where other churches have failed. But this is the kind of church we desire to be, because we think this is the kind of God we serve. We would love to have your input on how we're doing.

Maps

All Souls Missoula doesn't have a church building (and we probably never will). We worship at the Missoula Children's Theatre (200 N. Adams) on Sundays @ 10 AM. And we meet in homes and public places throughout the rest of the week.

You can use this map to find common locations...

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