At Warehouse we are passionate about the process of seeing each other experience transformation at our core. We are uninterested in simplistic answers or mere external behavior change. We seek heart and soul change that awakens us to who God made us to be, stripped of the facades, honest about our brokenness, experiencing the reality of the presence of Christ and the life that He has for us.

Our goal is to help individuals, at any stage on their spiritual journey, understand how to continue to move forward toward spiritual wholeness. Warehouse seeks to provide three primary types of vehicles to enhance spiritual growth: catalytic events and learning environments, small group communities, and resources emphasizing ancient Christian practices [e.g., scripture reading, prayer and service].

• Take it Further

Each week we provide resources for you to take the Sunday teaching further, and pursue a deeper relationship with God through prayer, scripture, and time spent asking questions. Check out the website to download & listen to the talk, see related resources, and read a reflection and prayer piece written by a member of the Warehouse community. Check out warehouse242.org/TakeItFurther

• Reading the Bible

The Bible is God’s completely true Story about who He is, what He has done, what He is doing, and what He will do. We believe that time spent reading the Bible is time spent getting to know who God is, and the plans He has for us. The Bible can sometimes be difficult to read, and we trust the Quest Study Bible [NIV], and Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind, by Tremper Longman, III, as resources that will guide you and answer many questions.

• Teaching Series Resources

Throughout each teaching series, we’ll introduce specific resources to help you extend the Sunday experience and grow in the specific area we’re addressing.PodcastDid you miss a talk? Subscribe to our podcast through iTunes, and you’ll never miss one again. Go to iTunes and search “warehouse 242” in the podcast section.

• Small Groups

Faith thrives in community and becomes weak in isolation. So, we have small groups. These groups are a collection 10-14 people who gather to eat, laugh, pray, read scripture, and serve. A small group is a place to find life, explore faith, and grow together.

• Serving

We believe that serving at Warehouse is a way to both give back to the church, and to discover real life in the process. Real service is not found in painful drudgery (i.e., “I serve because I ought to”), but as a missional opportunity (i.e., “I believe in the mission of Warehouse, and my service allows the mission to be fulfilled. I serve because I want to.”) Check out warehouse242.org/opportunities to get in the game.

• Twitter

Want to get completely plugged in? Twitter is a tool we use to communicate and stay connected spiritually with quick, frequent answers to a simple question: What is Warehouse doing? Go to twitter.com to sign up, or check the seat cards for instructions.

Current Series Resource: MORE>WHY? / AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2009

• The Prodigal God: 
Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Tim Keller

Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller “a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century” in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, he uses one of the best-known Christian parables to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation.
Taking his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity, Keller uncovers the essential message of Jesus, locked inside his most familiar parable. Within that parable Jesus reveals God’s prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.
Also available via iTunes (both abridged and unabridged) and Audible.com

Past Series Resources:

STORIES FROM THE MOVEMENT / JUNE-JULY 2009

The Book of Acts for the New Testament of the Bible.
The Gospels [the four books of the Bible that tell the story of Jesus’ life] leave us hanging. Even though they complete the incredible story of Jesus’ life on Earth, they leave us with the hanging question of “What’s next?” Most biographies do tell us about the man, who he was, how he lived, how he died, and then they just stop, but the Bible doesn’t do that. We don’t stop with a dead hero. He dies, but it ends with Him being alive again, and leaving you with a little question of what happened next.

Acts is our choice for the digging deeper resource for this series about living a vibrant life with a missional focus.

I OBJECT / APRIL-MAY 2009

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Tim Keller
Keller uses literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and reasoning to explain how faith in a Christian God is a soundly rational belief, held by thoughtful people of intellectual integrity with a deep compassion for those who truly want to know the truth. In addition to the book resources above, you can also download Keller’s free 7-week sermon series on the book.

The Sistine Seven / FEBRUARY-APRIL 2009

The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
Read or listen to this book if you want to take in a classic of Christian literature that will likely shatter your Sunday School preconceptions of the Son of God. Yancey invites you into his own personal discovery and rediscovery of Jesus. In his typically easy-to-read style, Yancey moves far beyond the mundane academic discussions to present a picture of Jesus that will grip you and give you hope. This is an essential read on the essential figure in all of history.

Also available via iTunes (both abridged and unabridged) and Audible.com