What is LOGOS?
How does LOGOS grow faith and community?
Bible Study
As a model for Christ-centered living, the Bible is explored in small groups.
Mutual investment is encouraged where every voice is invited to speak, is heard, and is respected.
Worship Arts
Music, drama, visual arts and more are prepared during LOGOS and offered when the church gathers for worship. The vitality of congregational worship
is enhanced and influenced through the gifts of a variety of people across multiple generations.
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Family Time
“Table families” made up of multiple generations sit together each week
for a shared meal, conversation, and to care for one another. Meals are prepared and served family style. Relationships that model kingdom of God living have an arena to flourish.
Recreation
All participate in cooperative play activities that may include developing life skills and hobbies. The worth, dignity, and preciousness of each person is recognized through the understanding that all are children of God and deserve to be treated that way. Cooperative rather than competitive activities instill a “love your neighbor” understanding. Â
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What are churches saying?Â
“LOGOS has been a space where kids know they are safe, accepted for who they are, and offered grace. It is also a wonderful space for the adults who are helping. They are getting just as much out of LOGOS as the kids!”
Mt. Zion Presbyterian, Mt. Zion, IL
“Our church went from having three children available for Sunday school and three to four in youth group, to 21 the first year of LOGOS. I believe LOGOS also contributed to our pastor spearheading a community Vacation Bible School for the first time in many years.” Hope Lutheran Church, Anaconda, MT
“Without LOGOS, I don’t think Concordia would be here anymore. Based on where we were at that time and where we were heading, I don’t think we could have on our own sustained reaching out to the neighborhood.”
Jim Ryan, LOGOS Director, Concordia Lutheran Church, Worcester, MA
“The great thing about LOGOS is that you get to experience the people that you are studying with in a variety of situations, making it easier to relate to them and enhancing your understanding of what they say in a Bible study. People talk about very different things over dinner or in recreation than they do in a formal once a week Bible study or Sunday School class. If you learn what else is important to them in other situations you are able to gain a better appreciation, understanding, and in my experience a greater respect, for what they bring to the table in a Bible study.”
Steve Pankratz, past LOGOS participant, First United Methodist Church, Midland, MIÂ
