Welcome!
Our Meeting Schedule
We're starting to renew our in-person meetings as the pandemic winds down. Sunday Big Group meetings, the Buckner Tuesday Bible study and Pete's Friday Bible study are currently meeting in person. (A Zoom option is also sometimes still available).
Our church community gathers throughout the week at different places on The Block, a neighborhood between downtown and the Lakewood area of Dallas, Texas, near the corner of Beacon and Columbia Ave. We'd love to have you join us!
Audio Archives
If you can’t make it to The Block, you can listen to podcasts from the archive by our late elder, Ole Anthony, recorded at his daily Morning Bible Studies, available here. Sundays
Note: There are no Sunday Morning meetingsPotluck Meal: We gather together for a potluck meal at 4 p.m. Sunday at The Lair, our community restaurant, located at 5644 Columbia Ave., downstairs.
'Big Group': Then we all gather from 5 - 6 p.m. Sunday for worship, singing and Bible study at the home of John and Joysanna Rutledge next door at 5640 Columbia Ave., upstairs. Contact John Rutledge jhnrutledge@gmail.com or call (214) 385-0230.
Spanish-language Bible Study
There is a Spanish-language Bible Study led by Pete Evans, Sundays at 7:30 p.m. Contact Pete at pete@trinityfi.org or call (214) 738-3349.Tuesdays
Bible study at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Gary and Judy Buckner's home at 5632 Columbia Ave. Contact Gary Buckner, buckner.construction@gmail.com or call (214) 682-8007.Fridays
At 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Bible Study taught by Pete Evans at 5640 Columbia Ave., downstairs. Contact Pete Evans, pete@trinityfi.org or call (214) 738-3349Saturday Brunch - Pending
We're hoping soon to re-instate our Saturday brunch from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in The Lair, our community restaurant located at 5644 Columbia Ave. Stay tuned!E-mail us: blockoncolumbia@gmail.com
Category Archives: feast
April 24, 2021 – Celebrate Passover!
“In every generation, one should see himself as if he personally went forth from Egypt…” – from the Passover Haggadah. Please read our Passover memo here
April 18, 2021 – Passover and Golgotha
Jesus was executed and buried in a rock quarry, as the “stone that the builders rejected.” Golgotha – the “place of the skull” – holds many mysteries. Notes on Passover and Golgotha Notes on the Search for Leaven and the … Continue reading
March 27, 2021 – Book of Esther – Celebrate Purim!
This feast is probably the original “morality play” with audience participation. A mysterious part of the Purim feast is the rabbinical command to drink enough wine so that you can’t distinguish between “Yay Mordechai!” and “Boo Haman!” Read our memo … Continue reading
December 27, 2020 – The Star of Bethlehem, the Magi and the Shepherds
What was the Star of Bethlehem, who were the Magi, and why were shepherds part of Christ’s birth announcement? Notes on the Star of Bethlehem Notes on Shepherds
December 19, 2020 – Hanukkah and Parasites
The Hanukkah season sometimes reveals parasitical relationships and tendencies, for which mistletoe is a type. The scripture focus is Luke 1:46-55. Notes on Hanukkah and Parasites
October 10, 2020 – Feast of Tabernacles
We’re celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles on Saturday, October 10! The Hebrew word for Tabernacles is “sukkah” which originally meant “woven” and applied to the branches woven together to make simple shelters. Israel was commanded to dwell in booths like … Continue reading
June 21, 2020 – [Delayed] Pentecost!
Our Pentecost celebration was delayed because of the coronavirus restrictions. But this Sunday – keeping our distance and wearing masks – we will gather under Tom Brooks’ new outdoor pavilion Sunday morning to eat blintzes and read the Book of … Continue reading