A House Called Home

Robyn Elliott   -   October 5, 2025

In a world craving home, we believe the Church is called to be just that: a family of all kinds of people, gathered under one roof and around one table for the sake of the world. This message from Robyn Elliott is a call to reimagine church as a lived experience of love, belonging, and unity. This is about belief, bodies, and buildings – and how God is doing a new thing right here.

 

Discussion Questions:

  1. Which “room” in your spiritual house do you feel most at home in, and which ones challenge you?
  2. How does it feel to imagine church as a family rather than a collection of families?
  3. Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong in a church? What made you feel that way? And how have you become the church in a way that helps others?
  4. What does “a seat at the table” mean to you personally? Who isn’t at your table that should be?
  5. In what ways have your beliefs changed or “renovated” over time? What stayed the same?
  6. When have you felt most seen or safe in a church setting – and what made that moment possible?
  7. How can we move from being Sunday attenders to everyday followers of Jesus?
  8. What does it mean to honour every BODY, not just in theory, but in practice?
  9. If your life was a home, who feels safe and welcome inside? Who still feels like a stranger?
  10. What new thing might God be doing in you – something you can’t yet see clearly?


Praying and Dreaming for Lakeside
What would you like Lakeside to be? Not better music or programs, but what would make you say to someone, “You’ve got to come to Lakeside?”

  • What would make you say, “This is what church should feel like”?
  • If someone asked you, “Why do you stay at Lakeside?”, what would you say?
  • What kind of church would your neighbour – the one who’s been hurt by church – actually want to come to?
  • If you could describe Lakeside without using programs or events, what words would you use?
  • What would it look like for Lakeside to feel like a true home for people who feel like outsiders everywhere else?
  • If our building disappeared tomorrow, what would people in the community say they missed most about us?
  • What kind of table are we setting for the next generation – what do you hope they inherit from us?
  • What story do you want Lakeside to be able to tell 10 years from now?
  • Where is your hope leading you when it comes to what Lakeside could become?
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