What if letting someone love you is part of how you love them back?

Join Circle Community Church in Nashville for worship and a message from our Letters of Recommendation series as we begin Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians. This week we explore 1 Thessalonians 1:1-6; 2:7-13, where Paul thanks God for a church that stayed faithful through persecution, describes his care for them like a nurse tenderly caring for her children, and celebrates how they became imitators of Christ's love.

We are an inclusive, LGBTQIA+ affirming Christian community in Nashville seeking to follow Jesus, grow in faith, and create a church where people can belong before they have everything figured out.

💌 LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION

You are a letter.

Your life tells a story. Not necessarily a dramatic one. Not necessarily one where everything has worked out or every question has been answered.

Your story includes where you've been, the people who have shaped you, the things you're still wrestling with, and the places where you've encountered God along the way.

Paul writes that our lives can become letters that other people can read, living testimonies of God's work in us.

What might your life be saying?

And who might need to hear it?

📖 Scripture

1 Thessalonians 1:1-6; 2:7-13 (NRSV Updated Edition)

🎶 Worship Set

New Name Written Down

Be Thou My Vision

Send Me

The Commission

🏳️‍🌈 An Affirming Christian Community in Nashville

Circle Community Church is an open and affirming Christian church in Nashville. We welcome LGBTQIA+ people, allies, seekers, doubters, lifelong Christians, and anyone looking for a place to explore faith and follow Jesus in community.

Whether you're joining us in person or worshiping online, there's a place for you here.

📍 WORSHIP WITH US

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📣 LIFE AT THE CIRCLE

🏒 Preds Faith & Family Night, Tonight, Sunday, October 25

Worship and hockey with The Circle at Bridgestone Arena as the Predators take on the Colorado Avalanche. Doors open at 5:30 PM for pregame worship; the game starts at 7:00 PM.

→ https://www.circlecommunitychurch.com/event-details/preds-faith-family-night

🔍 Escape Room: Ghosts in the Machine, October 28-31

A professor has vanished mid-lecture at Grey Haven College, and your team has to figure out what happened. Our Halloween escape room is fun, low-pressure, and the perfect thing to invite a friend to.

→ https://www.circlecommunitychurch.com/escaperoom

🔥 Way Late Worship, Wednesday, November 4

Hotdogs, s'mores, and acoustic worship around the campfire at Bells Bend. Bring a lawn chair and a friend, and RSVP so we can plan for food.

→ https://www.circlecommunitychurch.com/nextsteps

Learn more and take your next step with Circle Community Church:

circlecommunitychurch.com/nextsteps

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