Missio Lux means Mission of Light in Latin. It is a faith community of people connected in relationship who are intentional about knowing God, loving people and serving the world in their area of passion.
Missio Lux is comprised of:
Missio Communities: Missio Communities are made up of approximately 10 to 50 people who come together in authentic friendship to share a meal, focus on meaningful interaction and plan and/or experience a life changing missio. No two Missio Communities look alike!
Specific Missios: Missio simply means “mission” in Latin. Mission means to go and serve. Francis of Assissi lived a missional life by caring for others more than himself. He stated this, “Where your deepest desire and the world’s greatest need meets; therein lies your vocation (or missio). Each one of us and each Missio Community has a specific purpose for which God created us. We will experience great fulfillment in living out our missios, thinking that “life can’t get much better than this!”
The Missio Lux “missios” will be quite different and unique to each community, as well as surprising! This is because each community is responding to their specific call to love and serve the world. As we each live into our specific purpose, our local communities and global world will be transformed by the loving presence of Jesus carried out through his followers!
Foundational Ministries of Healing, Recovery and Life Equipping Skills: Our priority is to help people live functional and fulfilling lives in the 21st century. Monthly healing services, prayer by appointment, Christian 12 Step, and a variety of classes, seminars and opportunities to develop healthy relationships, bodies and finances are just a few of the Missio Lux opportunities that exist.
Celebrations: One time per month, everyone gathers to remember: remember who God is and what he is doing amongst us, remember who the larger Missio Lux Community has become, to remember our vision to experience and share the freedom and hope Jesus offers with everyone.
What is the Missio Lux lifestyle?
Jesus taught us two priorities:
- Love God with our whole lives (Mark 12:30-31)
- Tell other people how much he loves them and teach them to live like Jesus(Matt 28:18-20)
When we experience God’s love, we are able to love ourselves. It is through being loved well that we are able to love beyond ourselves, and to show and tell the world who Jesus is.
What happens on Sunday mornings? Missio Communities meet when, where and how they can best become devoted Jesus followers. If Sunday morning is the time chosen to meet, then you will find missio communities meeting to develop authentic friendship and passionate faith in Jesus.
But, just as often, you will find MCs meeting on week nights, early mornings, afternoons, or other times through a weekend. The times to meet depend on the people’s schedules within that specific missio community.
Where do Missio Communities meet?
Most MCs meet in homes or public spaces. Homes provide a comfortable environment and create welcome and safety to share life together. Public spaces such as coffee shops, restaurants, public meeting rooms are also great places to meet in that they are often centrally located and can provide more space if home space is not available.
What happens if a Missio Community becomes too big to meet in a home?
It’s time to multiply! The goal of the missio communities is to continue to grow, develop and multiply. As a community multiplies into two communities, those communities can continue to meet together periodically by doing missios together, sharing specific life events and holidays and connecting at the monthly Celebrations.
I have young children. Is participating in a MIssio Community right for our family?
If you care about making memories with your children, being involved in helping them grow a life of faith in Jesus, and want them to have other caring adults involved in their lives, then yes, becoming part of a missio community is a great path to take.
Very often when we go to church, we part at the door. Adults go to their classes, teens go to youth group and children go to Sunday School. Sometimes we don’t even arrive in the same car. Sunday can come and go and we can miss connecting with the people that are most important in our lives.
Life in a missio community is different. It involves being together for a meal shared with friends and family, taking time to focus on the areas of our lives that matter: our faith and our friends, and then making meaningful memories through serving together.
