The stories of impact on the people who have wandered up are so inspiring. The people who ask, “How much?” and when told, “its free, like grace,” walks away dazed. Or the story of a woman who, after being told The Center donates all the profits to another local non-profit, tells us that it's the best coffee she has ever had. Then there’s the older locales who gather around 9:30am to discuss the local state of the economy, religion, and politics.
Our tagline says it all, “We pour unity into the community…(continued)
The next time we hung out was at our local brewery. As I was driving to meet him, I was thinking about how to hang out without making it about his journey. I realized that it had been a long time since I had hung out with someone without an agenda. I realized I had maybe forgotten (or never learned?!) how just to be friends with someone. I had forgotten how to be with people just to enjoy them…(continued)
I moved from the Bible Belt to Manhattan, and I found a job as a hostess at a restaurant in Times Square to help supplement the cost of living. To say that I was rocked by culture shock would be an understatement. I didn't know how to engage with my co-workers, who were SO different from me and everyone I'd ever known. I felt out of place and sought employment elsewhere, but with no such luck. That fall, my church decided to take a group of us through the Forge Residency program. During those few months, God challenged my thought patterns and subconscious beliefs about people. Slowly, and then all at once, my paradigms were shifting…(continued)
We joined the cohort with the intent to bring back some quality content to our church that would help us move forward on mission with Jesus. While that did happen, we both were personally challenged to live a missional lifestyle in our own lives. It was a wakeup call for both of us.
It didn’t take long to realize that Forge really resonated with our hearts and the vision that the Lord was making clearer to us for Warren Road Church. We were then approached about the idea of WRC partnering with Forge. It almost seemed like a no-brainer…(continued)
