Story Core

Story Core: Sharing our stories and getting to the core of the Christian Story

You may be familiar with the series often featured on NPR, StoryCorps, which is the inspiration behind the title of our new Sunday morning gatherings. StoryCorps has committed to the idea that everyone has an important story to tell, and sharing those stories highlights the humanity and possibility in us all. They are not a Christian organization, but their concept has taken root, as good ideas tend to do. An intentional spin on their concept, here’s what Story Core will look like in our context: an opportunity to intentionally connect your story with the core of the Christian story.

There is no homework, and no need to have participated in conversation the week before. The intention is for this to be an intergenerational conversation, accessible no matter how much time you’ve spent with Holy Scripture. There will be no lecture, but a three-to-four-minute introduction of the day’s text, and three questions to help guide discussion at your table.

The hope for our time together on Sunday morning is not a comprehensive historical analysis of the Biblical text. The hope for our time together is to move these essential Christian stories from our heads to our hearts – getting them into our very bones. In getting to the core of our stories, together, we’ll begin to give shape to the ways in which God’s story is a part of our story, and our story is a part of God’s story.