We feel this starts with the building and edifying of the kingdom of YHWH (God in Hebrew), and creating a space for all those He has called to follow him and become Fisher's of Men. So come and grow and worship with us in Spirit and in Truth. We look forward to meeting you and walking this life together as a unified body to continue the work that the Messiah called us to do: Go and make disciples (Matthew 28:19)
Our lead pastor and teacher is Michael Peebles, married to Diane Peebles and they have been keeping the festivals and walking in Torah since the early nineties. In thier 35+ years of marriage ,the Father has blessed them with 9 children (most of whom are involved with congregational needs as well), 21 grandchildren (and counting), and further extended families through theirs and thier children's journeys.
Michael testifies that he is called and sent by YHWH to labor in things that pertain to the uniting of the two sticks of Ephraim and Yehudah. His ministry invites people to participate in the full Torah life. Part of how he helps people realize a Torah based life is through methods of teaching and serving to build up individuals and local fellowship groups, as well as hosting biblical festivals and other events. Michael also serves in a pastoral and teaching capacity at Congregation Echad based in Ava.
Feasts we recognize and walk out as a body:
Weekly Sabbath: Services start at 10:30 on Shabbat
Pesach: The Passover Sedar
Matzot: 7 days of unleavened bread
First Fruits: Offer best/first of the harvest to YHWH
Shavuout: The culmination of the Omer and outpouring of the Spirit
Yom Terurah: Feast of Trumpets ushering in the 7th month biblically
Yom Kippur: Day of atonement and denying ourselves turning our focus back to the Father
Sukkot: 7 days of joy and ingathering along with the 8th day
We LOVE our youth!! We are developing a program to help equip our young people to walk in the way and help them learn how to not be impacted by all the threats and pressures that this world throws at them. While we are finalizing our program we do encourage our youth to take part in our services: get involved in the discussion at Torah study, join the worshipers dancing during our worship service, and join in the table discussions happening during oneg.
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