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Why Lent?

In the words of Howard Hendrichs, “Your lack of experience is more to your advantage than disadvantage.” Not to say growing up with Lent doesn’t have its benefits, or that some of the people who grew up observing Lent haven’t carved a deep meaningful path, but for sure, if you have no prior experience, in the words of another famous character, “You can do it!”

Therefore, the 40 Days of Lent are predicated on the assumption that as Christians, living into who we are called to become requires discipline and training. The classic Christian word for this practice is asceticism, which again simply means discipline or training.

There are a lot of reasons to observe Lent. But in a world of distraction, I can think of none better than creating the space for more discipline and focus on God. It's a time for eliminating distractions so as to heighten our ability for contemplation and communion.

Narrate meets every Sunday at 9 and 10:45 am at Grandstreet Theatre.

 
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Sundays

Every Sunday, we gather downtown in the historic Grandstreet Theatre at 9:00 and 10:45 AM for Sunday services. To us, “gathering” at Sunday services are the means, not the end, to our spiritual growth and development. While we work hard to create Sunday experiences that are meaningful, we know these services act as a launch pad for a life with God the other six days of the week. We call this “scattering.”

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What can you expect on Sundays?

Every week we start with a handful of songs led by our exuberant, skilled band of musicians. One of our pastors teaches for 30 minutes. We almost always conclude with two more songs and communion.

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Our Mission:

Gather & Scatter

Our mission is to be a vibrant local church in Helena that helps Christ-followers follow, makes Jesus accessible to unchurched and dechurched people, and tells a story of common grace to the community at-large.

 
 

Get Involved

How can I connect? From day one we’ve abided by the principle that says, “If you start with relationships, you’ll never get to serving others, but if you start with serving others, you’ll get to relationships.” With that in mind, we’ve purposely created an imperfect relational model, namely, come serve with us and in time you will meet the kinds of people you care to get to know on a deeper level. To be sure, there are many “small groups” and deep friendships around Narrate, but we’ve made a point to allow them to emerge as a result of serving people together. We see the organization’s role as providing platforms upon which friendships can emerge.

We also value leaving space for people to hide. Some people visit a Sunday Gathering eager to meet people, while others choose to hide. Those that choose to hide want to be the last in the door and the first out. Sometimes people need to exist this way for years before deciding they’re ready to connect. We value creating space for people to hide because we value creating experiences that allow people to rethink their core beliefs about life and God. All this means is that when you’re ready to connect, the culture is predicated upon you being an activator. This means you’ll need to be more invested in your need to form relationships than we are.

 

Connect with staff

We as a staff would love to meet with you for coffee, lunch, a walk, or just time to spend together.

 

Upcoming opportunities

If you’re ready to connect with Narrate and people in your community, we’d love for you to serve with us on Sundays by jumping onto one of our Sunday Teams (Set Up, Band, Hospitality, Kids, Tech, Tear Down) or by Scattering with us. 

Giving

Narrate Church exists because our owners and members of our community decide to give their time and money. If you’d like to learn more about supporting Narrate through your time, talents, and treasures, we’d be thrilled to have that conversation.

 
 

Watch/Listen

A small bit of info about watching and listening to services.

 
 
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“Narrate brings it strong with an amazing opening band, free hot coffee and the best hospitality in the city, followed by Pastor Adam who, while having a vast biblical knowledge, makes the gathering feel natural and easy. If you have never believed in God a day in your life, you will feel at ease at Narrate, and if you have believed in God your whole life, you too will find that you love Narrate.”

Jeff H.

 

 

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