Baptism

Earlier this summer we celebrated the baptism of a teenager in our church. Here's his story.

Mario's story is our story. He's been involved in our church before it even became Soma. Before we merged together into one congregation, our teenagers were meeting together for over a year. Baptism is an amazing symbol of what God does in the life of a person, and when we celebrate baptism in our church it's an amazing symbol of what God is doing in our community. We live in a city that has people from all different cultures and languages and ways of life, and we aim to be a reflection of the city in which we live. 

But our ultimate goal is to see life change. We long for every meeting, every gathering, every interaction to be a recognition of the things God is doing our lives together. We believe in a God of forgiveness. We believe in a God who makes things new. We believe in a God who changes lives. 

This is why we celebrate. 

Lanzamiento de la Iglesia

Lanzamiento de la Iglesia

Este domingo de resurrección celebramos el inicio de nuestra nueva iglesia, SOMA TUPELO, pero fue mas que solo un inicio. Este domingo no nos reunimos por primera vez y ya, simplemente celebramos que nos vamos a reunir juntos cada domingo de aquí en adelante. Origins y El Huerto de mi Padre, iglesias una vez separadas por el idioma pero ahora una sola iglesia bilingüe, SOMA.

We Are Soma

We Are Soma

This Easter Sunday, we celebrated the launch of our new church, Soma Tupelo. But, it was more than a launch. This Sunday we didn't meet together for the first time, we simply celebrated that we would be meeting together every Sunday from now on. Origins and Huerto de Mi Padre—once seperated by the lines of language—are now one bilingual church, Soma. 

April | May Reading List

Below is the reading list for Origins weekly sermons. As we preach through various portions of Scripture, we encourage people and small groups to read along with us. The following pieces of scripture will relate to the teaching the following Sunday. 

Note these readings are related to the sermon series we will be doing in April and May, but since we aren’t going straight through certain books, these passages bounce around. 

For more information on these passages of scripture, visit thebibleproject.com. 

What is S.O.A.P.?

S.O.A.P. stands for Scripture, Observation, Application, and Prayer. It is a way of getting more out of your time in God's word. We did not invent it, we just decided to provide this guide for you to study the scriptures together.
How does it work?
It's quite simple. When you sit for your daily quiet time read the bible as you normally would with one simple difference. Underline or make note of any verses that jump out at you with special significance. This is the basis for diving deeper and using S.O.A.P.
After you note the verse or verses that seem significant to you, take time to write these four things down.
Scripture-Write the verse or verses that stuck out to you in your reading. You can show the verses and even have them read to you with the click of a button. No copying and pasting blocks of text. 
Observation-What did you observe about the scripture that struck you. This can be one sentence or a whole book. 
Application-How can you apply the observation so that it affects your life today. 
Prayer-Write out a prayer to God based on what you just learned and ask him to help you apply this truth in your life. 

That’s all there is to it! As you continue your study, bring these written observations and applications to your group and discuss what you wrote down

4/2/18-Galatians 1
4/4/18-Galatians 2
4/6/18-Galatians 3

4/9/18-Galatians 4
4/11/18-Galatians 5
4/13/18-Galatians 6

4/16/18-Ephesians 1     
4/18/18-Ephesians 2
4/20/18-Ephesians 3

4/23/18-Ephesians 4
4/25/18-Ephesians 5
4/27/18-Ephesians 6

4/30/18-1 Samuel 8    
5/2/18-1 Samuel 9
5/4/18-1 Samuel 10

5/7/18-1 Samuel 17    
5/9/18-1 Samuel 18    
5/11/18-1 Samuel 19

5/14/18-1 Samuel 20
5/16/18-1 Chronicles 21:1-17
5/18/18-1 Chronicles 21:18-30

5/21/18-1 Kings 11:1-25
5/23/18-1 Kings 11:26-42
5/25/18-1 Kings 12

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