Let me explain.  No, we haven’t purchased a health club or started offering yoga classes at the middle school, although I could probably benefit from a little yoga right about now.  What we’re focusing on in July and August at Grace Hill is retraining our church “memory muscles.”  Many of us, including myself, grew up in the church and in doing so developed “church habits and beliefs” that became ingrained into our spiritual muscle memory…some of those were true and helpful, but others were not and I find myself fighting it constantly.  The most difficult muscle to retrain is often the muscle that controls the belief that the church exists for itself (Matt. 28:19-20, Acts 1:8).  I doubt many Christians would disagree with this theoretically, but most would confess that they stumble over that practically – including myself.  That’s why, I’ve decided to change our Sunday morning location and format for the months of July and August that we might retrain our muscle memory.  So instead of meeting at Cherokee Middle School, we will meet in a couple members’ homes in July and August.  Instead of our normal worship services, we are going to work through the Gospel In Life curriculum by Tim Keller, which, Lord willing, will help me and all of Grace Hill see how the gospel is lived out in all of life–first in our heart, then in our community, and then out into the world.  This is a bold initiative, one in which I have prayed over, sought wise counsel, and talked to each individual family unit about.  Everyone was enthusiastic about it and we had our first session this past Sunday.  It was incredibly impacting for us and we left feeling encouraged.   Pray for us that we might have success in retraining our muscle memory to operate under the belief that the church exists for those outside of it.