Imitation - New Series Starts in May

April showers brings a May series....or something like that. Beginning this May Mystery begins a new series called "Imitation". We will be looking at embodying the gospel identity of Mystery. What does it look like to live like Jesus as a Worshiper, Learner, Servant, Missionary & Family?
How can we be like Jesus and avoid being fake. These are things we will explore through the month of May. Join us.

God's Love

"In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." - 1 John 4:10

Sisters of Mystery

Sisters of Mystery are meeting tonight - 7pm at the church building. All the ladies of Mystery are encouraged to come. Dads, watch your kids so the moms can be there too.

Owenrship Back on Track

Ownership classes resume this week. Friday night 6:30pm and Sat morning 10:00am at Mystery downtown. Looking forward to seeing everyone after the Easter break.

Crossless Christianity

There is no Christianity without the Cross. It is the central image of our faith. It is the be the single focus of our hope and our strength. It is the sole motivation for our mission. The cross is everything for the Christian for we are nothing without it.

Easter and the Church

"When the Church begins to work with Easter energy on the twin tasks of justice and beauty, we may find that it can face down the sneers of sceptics, and speak once more of Jesus in a way that will be heard." - N.T. Wright

Click to read the full article from TimesOnline

The Church must stop trivialising Easter

Sin and the Cross

"There is no death of sin without the death of Christ." Puritan John Owen

Knowing the Cross

If we are ever to truly understand Jesus Christ we must first know and understand the Cross. It is through the cross we come to know ourselves, our great sin and our glorious savior.

Happy Anniversary Mystery!!

This past weekend (the first weekend of April) marks Mystery's the second anniversary of our Sunday Worship gatherings. Some of you have been with Mystery from the beginning - through the home bible studies, Sunday home church and weekly prayer and planning meetings.
We began 2 years ago with a Sunday night service at Historic First Presbyterian Church in Webb City. Slowly we grew and changed as God brought people and continued to build his church.
In January of this year we moved into our new location in downtown Joplin and in February moved to a Sunday morning service.
Yesterday we celebrated with cake and shared our stories of where we have been, how we got here and where we see ourselves going. It was a great time.
As I looked out over the growing number of people this week I saw new faces, new stories, new opportunities for the gospel and I was very moved to thankfulness for all God's grace, patience and blessing. We certainly do not deserve all Jesus has done and is doing. He is incredibly loving and faithful to his people.
It's been two years of change, gospel transformation and formation. Two years of difficulty and stress, but two years of joy, wonder and excitement. I am very thankful for all those who have been apart of the last two and am looking forward with great anticipation to ten more.

Steev

Fight Club Blog

Attention Men of Mystery enrolled in one of our Fight Clubs. There is a new blog set up to host conversations and insights as you are attacking the assignments. You need to be in a group to access the site. You should have received an invitation via email. Create and account or log in so you can access the site and be part of the conversations. Check your email and join us in the ring.

mysteryfightclub.blogspot.com

Sin and Saddness

"Your sadness over your sin should be greater than fact that it complicates your life." - Paul Tripp

Dreadful Implications

"Few people ever think about the dreadful implications of being under the wrath of God. And most of all, none of us even begins to realize how truly sinful we are." Jerry Bridges Gospel for Real Life