Discovery Family, We areexcited to announce the opportunities to serve our community duringthis month's Serve Sunday! If you haven't heard about it, once a quarter we set aside a Sunday, and instead of our usual morning Gathering, wejointogether throughout the area tobe tangible good news to our neighbors.We love building relationship with local non-profits and partnering...

Hi Discovery, In just about a month, another school year will be wrapping up- and many of you are graduating! At Discovery, we love tocelebrate along with our graduatesby acknowledging your hard workand God's faithfulness to you during this season.If you'regraduating, have recently graduated, or are heading off on the next adventure, please let us know!Send us an emailati...

Discovery Family, It was good to gather with you this weekend!Atour Gatheringwe revisited our conversation about thepractice of prayer. This go around, Pastor Stevechallenged to us keep itconsistent, conversational and communal. Check out theresource guideto use as you explore and delve into this practice! If you're not sure how to move towards community in prayer, our Mi...

Hi Discovery, Easter was SO good. Good news, good family,good God.We celebrated as four people publicly declared their faith in Jesus by being baptized. We worshiped the God who lives through music and song. We spent time together as family with food and conversation. And we proclaimed that the gentle,humble, resurrected Jesus bringspeace andcomfort to us- in our grief, o...

Hello Discovery Family,I hope and pray that you have encountered our good God in new and profound ways this Lenten season. We now enter Holy Week. The count down to Easter is on!I have three simple challenges for us. First, as we wrap up Lent:finish strong! We all engaged in Lent in different and unique ways, so my encouragement to you is to stay with those commitments all...

Hello Carrie, March marches on and we are halfway through Lent! In this season, how youpractice fastingcan vary, yet the purpose remains the same:to open our hearts to God's refining grace through prayer, confession, fasting, and almsgiving as we anticipate Holy Week. If you have committed to this practice, keep going!Share with someone about your experience, and how you ...

Hello Family,As of Sunday, it is officially spring, and the blooming flowers and sunny weather here in Davis agree! As we look around and see new life and growth everywhere, we are gearing up for two great ways we can celebrate the gift of life.One of our values at Discovery isloving and shepherding the next generation of Jesus followers. We do this together, as a church f...

Hello Discovery Family,Once again, a big thank you for filling out our first annual engagment survey! The Deacons have been hard at work summarizing the results and creating a picture ofthe overarching story Discovery is telling. We'll share it with you at our Gathering on Sunday morning, April 3rd, so you'll want to check that out.Later this week, we havea team traveling ...

Hello Discovery,Last week we sent out the link for ourfirst annual engagement survey (woohoo!). We designed thisshort questionnaire to paint a picture ofthe overarching story we are telling at Discovery. How are the values we talkaboutare being experienced and lived out, what doesyour journey of faith looklike?We are grateful for the good response we've had to this survey,...

Hello Discovery Family, Tomorrow, in California and Yolo County,the indoor maskmandate that has been in place since July 30th, will belifted. However, the Davis school district will still require indoor masking on their campuses. So when you show up to a Sunday morning Gathering,don't forget your mask! We are grateful for theeffective vaccines and a less severe variant th...