What in the World is God's Garage?
God's Garage began back in 2008 as an outreach ministry in our (Tim & Christy's) home located in South Harbor Village in Southport, NC that offered food to the hungry, clothing for the naked, and a place for the stranger to stop in and get warm, fed, and listened to as they shared their struggles. The reason it has become known as 'God's Garage' is because the 'Garage' has been transformed into a space where we gather for Bible study, prayer, and plotting goodness, that serves also as a monthly free store for the needy in the summer months, storage for clothing, household items, school supplies, and more in the winter months. It is a place where people are welcomed in with love, compassion, and understanding, and common-unity is found in Jesus Christ.
It has looked very different over the years, as we have used it to serve the community, and to make it a part of our home that is more than just a junk room where we can store those things that we don't want inside of our home. Instead it has become a place where the broken gather to cry, and to laugh, to pray together, and it is in the many lives that have been forgotten or discarded by society, that we have found the face of 'Jesus in His most distressing disguises' as Mother Teresa of Calcutta would have put it.
Today it is a fully functional community room where we gather for Bible study, discussion, Common Prayer, sharing meals, watching movies (CLICK HERE FOR INFO ON THE NEXT FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT), laughing, crying, singing, and plotting goodness together as a group of Jesus' followers who have truly decided to 'carry each others burdens' (Galatians 6:2) and to share in the wonderful joy of Jesus Christ who is teaching us to live life to the fullest in Him.
What God has done in the last few years is to lead and teach us by His Holy Spirit how to open up our home, and to welcome in folks from all walks of life who are on their own personal journey's, and to make them feel welcome and loved, and in the meantime, He has brought us to the most beautiful place in our own lives that we have ever been, and He's not done yet! What He is doing, is teaching us what authentic, Biblical community looks like when we make ourselves available to Him and surrender everything that we have and know, to follow Jesus. What we have discovered, is that this kind of life will, and often does, look very different to people, and we are very happy to invite you to 'come and see' what God is doing here.
So then, when you hear of 'God's Garage' you'll know what people are talking about, and hopefully you will find the time to visit with us there in the very near future, as we simply live out our faith, and follow Jesus together as a community, or 'Village' as we like to call it, and you'll see for yourself what it looks like when we abandon ourselves to choose the simple Way of Jesus.
See you soon!
Tim, Christy, Holly, & The Village People (Not THOSE Village People!)
It has looked very different over the years, as we have used it to serve the community, and to make it a part of our home that is more than just a junk room where we can store those things that we don't want inside of our home. Instead it has become a place where the broken gather to cry, and to laugh, to pray together, and it is in the many lives that have been forgotten or discarded by society, that we have found the face of 'Jesus in His most distressing disguises' as Mother Teresa of Calcutta would have put it.
Today it is a fully functional community room where we gather for Bible study, discussion, Common Prayer, sharing meals, watching movies (CLICK HERE FOR INFO ON THE NEXT FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT), laughing, crying, singing, and plotting goodness together as a group of Jesus' followers who have truly decided to 'carry each others burdens' (Galatians 6:2) and to share in the wonderful joy of Jesus Christ who is teaching us to live life to the fullest in Him.
What God has done in the last few years is to lead and teach us by His Holy Spirit how to open up our home, and to welcome in folks from all walks of life who are on their own personal journey's, and to make them feel welcome and loved, and in the meantime, He has brought us to the most beautiful place in our own lives that we have ever been, and He's not done yet! What He is doing, is teaching us what authentic, Biblical community looks like when we make ourselves available to Him and surrender everything that we have and know, to follow Jesus. What we have discovered, is that this kind of life will, and often does, look very different to people, and we are very happy to invite you to 'come and see' what God is doing here.
So then, when you hear of 'God's Garage' you'll know what people are talking about, and hopefully you will find the time to visit with us there in the very near future, as we simply live out our faith, and follow Jesus together as a community, or 'Village' as we like to call it, and you'll see for yourself what it looks like when we abandon ourselves to choose the simple Way of Jesus.
See you soon!
Tim, Christy, Holly, & The Village People (Not THOSE Village People!)