In Psalm 107:2 the psalmist writes, “Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.”
Those of us that have been redeemed, rescued, and saved have an incredible story of what God has done and is doing in our lives. Our story is a part of His story.
God has always been working and painting on a canvas bigger than we can see. The more we understand His story, the more we discover our place in His story, His family, and His mission.
In 2026 at Canvas, we are going to be carrying the word – STORY.
As we carry this word, we are going to walk through the big picture of God’s story from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21. We will have three ways to help us better discover God’s Story and our place in His story, His family, and His mission.
The Story - The Story is a shortened, chronological Bible that reads like a novel. There are no verse references, and Scripture segments are seamlessly woven together with transition text into a single grand narrative. The Story will help us understand God’s Word more fully and engage with it more easily. As The Story brings the Bible to life, we will be swept up in the story of God’s love and His plan for our lives. We will encourage everyone at Canvas to read through one chapter of The Story a week, starting the week of January 18 through the week of June 21. Then we will pause for the summer and pick back up a chapter a week September 6 through late November. We will have copies of The Story in Spanish for our Spanish community at Canvas as well as copies of the children and toddler version of the Story so that families with toddlers and grade school children can carve out time each week to walk through a chapter of The Story together as a family.
Our Sunday morning Canvas Gatherings will take us through the big picture of the story of God in Scripture. January through June we will walk through the big picture of the Old Testament and September through November we will walk through the big picture of the New Testament. By the end of 2026 we are believing God is going to have helped us put the pieces of Scripture together to see this grand narrative that God has been writing since the beginning of time.
Canvas Life Groups – We often grow best in the context of healthy relationships. We will have small groups meeting throughout the week and around our community starting the week of January 26. These groups are designed to help us circle up to celebrate how God is working, to encourage one another, to watch a short video teaching on the section of The Story that we are walking through that week, to share what God is teaching us from our personal readings in The Story, to unpack small group discussion questions based on the Story, and to pray together. These groups will serve as a great place to learn, grow, be encouraged, encourage others, and to help you better discover your place in the story, family, and mission of God.
