Mosaic

I heard about Mosaic when I was at Golden Gate. It is a church in downtown LA that meets in a night club, has lots of younger people, and is multicultural. I always thought about visiting when I moved out here. I didn't actually go until mid-December. There is a campus in Pasadena and one in Chino - about 10 minutes from my house. I loved it when I went in December. It is where all the 20s & 30s young professionals are. I was excited to go back when I came back from Egypt. Went once two weeks ago and again this morning. Of course, this is after my news that I only have 3 more weeks in California. It was such a powerful morning. I wanted to write about it.

When we came in, we were given an electric tea light that was turned on. The worship room was pretty dark, just the powerpoint screens, spotlight for the stage and Christmas lights across the back. They used the tea lights all through the service. On the left side of the stage, there is an art station set up each week. An artist paints throughout the service and has a finished piece by the end. Today, the girl had painted a beach scene. It was beautiful - meant a lot to me. During the worship, we had a praise dance, a video compiled by members of a psalm they had written, a monologue by the artist about how she used to cut herself before meeting Christ. To top it off, our regular pastor was replaced by Irwin McMannus. That was so cool. He can communicate in such a real way. At one point, they turned off all the lights and he had a "visual conversation" with God using our tea lights. We turned them off - then he asked different questions and people would respond by turning on their light. He would then pray for the people. It was such a creative invitation.

I turned mine on when he asked "who feels like they have a huge dream that seems impossible, and you need courage from God to have enough faith for what is ahead". Maybe so.

I wish I had more time to get involved there. I wish I had joined a community group. I wish there could be a place like it for young adults all over the place - especially in East Texas. It was a beautiful morning.