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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Be-Holding

April 7, 2024 - May 19, 2024

During Eastertide we prepare for the renewal of our covenant of co-conspiracy at Pentecost. Let’s employ the commitments of that covenant as lenses through which we read the early stories of Jesus’s ministry from Mark’s gospel.

And – to stay somewhat aligned with the Revised Common Lectionary – let’s use selections from John’s “farewell discourse” (chps. 14-17) as our secondary (responsive) reading each week.

Finally – “Be-holding” is a Ross Gay-ism. “Behold” means to look at something; “be holding” is the imperative humans have, having really seen each other, to also hold each other, to be holding each other in community and mutuality. Our communal commitments in the co- conspiracy are not so much about individuated discipleship as they are about how we are being in community together, and how we be holding each other.

Extension of the Church’s Welcome to Friends, Neighbors, Strangers, and Enemies. The leper couldn’t help himself: Jesus said “Shhh” but he told everybody.

Gracious Receipt of Care from the Church Family. The man on the mat has to let himself be moved...examined...forgiven...healed...challenged. It’s a level of vulnerability not everyone can achieve. Deanne’s ordination!

Participation in the Church’s Discernment for Our Next Steps Together. God has got stuff going on – new wine, if you will – and sometimes it’s the church’s job to just catch up. We’re in perpetual discernment mode, never wanting to get stuck – because God will move TF on.

Cultivation of Spiritual Gifts and Sharing of Resources for Our Life Together. Even Jesus needed help – the needs of the world were crushing him! His work in the world was a collective enterprise almost from the beginning. And so is ours... What help does each one offer?

Be-Holding Each Other. Jesus identified his followers as “family,” and prayed that we would be as unified as he and God were unified. That’s not an idea – it’s a set of practices that we’ve been talking about all these weeks.

Happy Birthday, Church! Having contemplated our way of belonging and beholding, it’s time to consider the co-conspiracy once again. Also to commission our leaders on MLT and SCT.