Galileo Church

We seek and shelter spiritual refugees, rally health for all who come, and fortify every tender soul with the strength to follow Jesus into a life of world-changing service.

5860 I-20 service road Fort Worth, TX 76119 USA

(682) 760-1274

OUR MISSIONAL PRIORITIES:

1. We do justice for LGBTQ+ humans, and support the people who love them.

2. We do kindness for people with mental illness and in emotional distress, and celebrate neurodiversity.

3. We do beauty for our God-Who-Is-Beautiful.

4. We do real relationship, no bullshit, ever.

5. We do whatever it takes to share this good news with the world God still loves.

Trying to find us IRL?
Mail here: P.O. Box 668, Kennedale, TX 76060
Worship here: 5 pm CT Sundays; 5860 I-20 service road, Fort Worth 76119

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All Up in your business

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Jesus just will not leave well enough alone. In John’s gospel, especially, there are many encounters between Jesus and individuals that shatter defenses and call forth courage as he parses the life of the one right in front of him.

Rev. Dr. Irie Session has been important in our pastor's life for more years than either of them need to admit. The inaugural sermon in our new worship space, "Pass the Salt!", was exactly exactly exactly right. Thanks, sister-friend. We are grateful beyond measure. Matthew 5:11-16, Psalm 112.

"The Other Nathan" is a friend of ours from Galileo's very beginning, and he's had a good and important word for us at many important times in our life together. "How did Jesus find YOU?" he wants to know in this sermon. Hm. That's a darn good question. John 1:35-51, Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18.

Joy and Rage – Jesus has opinions. Celebration of love and commitment? Yes, Jesus is in. Orgy of consumerism and exploitation of the working poor? Nope, not so much. John 2:1-25, Psalm 36:5-10.

Nicodemus, starting over. What if you’ve got lots of education and experience? What if you’ve been working on your life for a while, and you’ve kinda’ got it together? Jesus might still say to you, “Start over. Be born again.” And what does that feel like? What does it accomplish? John 3:1-21, Isaiah 6:1-8.

“As we forgive those who sin against us.” The Samaritan woman is left, and left again, by men who see her as disposable. What kind of relationship is Jesus calling her into? What does it mean that he knows her secret hurt? John 4:1-42, Psalm 31:1-5, 11-16.

“Forgive us our sins.” The joy and health of confession – for telling the truth about your lowest moment, your rock bottom. It allows for further integration of the whole human being Jesus intends to love. John 7:53–8:11, Psalm 32.

The formerly blind man. His blindness (actually his healing) exposes everybody else – the skepticism, the cowardice, the blaming, the bad theology. How does our own bad theology get exposed? How do the hidden parts get uncovered? John 9, Psalm 146.