Luthers Table update
October 7, 2009 by Gretchen Mertes
Filed under Luther's Table
Luther's Table, Artist's Rendering
Luther’s Table is a new ministry of the ELCA, and it looks like nothing you’ve ever seen before. A coffee shop/bakery by day, and a music venue/pub by night, you won’t find any pews here. And that’s a big part of the idea – creating community among those for whom church is a challenge, an offense, or just not up their alley. We’re experimenting with grace to see how far it can really go. One of the core tenets of the Christian church is to share Christ’s meal together, to eat and drink together. Luther’s Table is built around the idea that community, trust, conversation, and faith are found around the dinner table. We’re trying to bring Christ’s meal outside of the walls of the church, and serve it up with generosity where the people already are: downtown, at the local watering hole.
We are attempting to reclaim the secular as sacred space. We are going to be modeling moderation, and teaching through example that yes, we are sinners, but by the grace of God we are also saints. We are following Christ’s example of eating and drinking with the people, and walking along side them in their lives, and on their journey of faith. We are widening the walls of the church, and practicing being sent out into the world.
