"I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly."
- Jesus in John 10:10
What if when Jesus said we can have life “more abundantly,” he meant it? What if, in those tiny dashes between the dates marking our births and deaths, there is the potential for a life marked by glory and a world shaped by grace? The Southeast Raleigh Table believes this life-giving life is here-and-now and we want everyone to experience it.
What if when Jesus said we can have life “more abundantly,” he meant it? That in our life spans those tiny dashes between the dates marking our births and deaths, that it’s absolutely possible to live a life marked by glory and to know a world shaped by grace? The Southeast Raleigh Table believes this life-giving life is here-and-now and we want everyone to experience it.
What if when Jesus said we can have life “more abundantly,” he meant it? That in our life spans those tiny dashes between the dates marking our births and deaths, that it’s absolutely possible to live a life marked by glory and to know a world shaped by grace? The Southeast Raleigh Table believes this life-giving life is here-and-now and we want everyone to experience it.
What if when Jesus said we can have life “more abundantly,” he meant it? That in our life spans those tiny dashes between the dates marking our births and deaths, that it’s absolutely possible to live a life marked by glory and to know a world shaped by grace? The Southeast Raleigh Table believes this life-giving life is here-and-now and we want everyone to experience it.
It's important to us we're incarnational.
Like Jesus, we know presence matters. So we show up for each other and we show up in our community. Our hope is for relationships to be more than transactional. - John 1:14
Jesus’ last post-resurrection act was blessing his disciples.
We follow Jesus’ example by affirming, speaking life, and celebrating one another and our surrounding community. Our words create worlds. - Luke 24:50-53
We understand Jesus to be the reflection of God’s glory.
Why then would we not want our environments - whether we’re gathered around a dinner table or sitting together in a sanctuary - to be beautiful and glorious? Opulence isn’t the goal; compelling hospitality is. - Isaiah 61:3 + John 1:14b
Prayer is a spiritual discipline taking on many forms.
Jesus prays - at tables, in moments of distress, as a means of relational intimacy with a communal God. And we pray - when we’re at a loss for words, when we’re hoping for breakthrough, to ground ourselves, and to give thanks. Personal and collective prayers speak to our dependence on and our belief in a God who listens and acts powerfully on our behalf.
One of the biggest mistakes the church can make is underestimating its capacity.
Scriptural tradition constantly affirms the power in humanity, and Jesus specifically tells his followers they’ll do great and big things in his name. We believe it! So we choose to dream big, to engage God-sized projects, and to trust there’s power within us to dismantle oppressive systems.
We are committed to being a pro-liberation community.
We take seriously the history of race in our country and how that affects every aspect of life, even within the church. We know that liberation requires more than diversity, and together we lean into dismantling white supremacy and oppressive systems of all kinds, within ourselves and beyond ourselves.
We exist to serve our southeast Raleigh parish.
There are so many programmatic opportunities for churches; sometimes a multitude of programs diminishes their impact. We go all in on our commitments and filter each opportunity through the lens of, 'Does this serve our parish?'
In an area that has been historically 'helped' we are committed to taking up space mindfully and living life alongside our neighbors. As Dr. John Perkins says, "You don't give people dignity. You affirm it."
