Gathering on Anderson Island, WA

On June 12-15, 2025, we will be having a gathering on Anderson Island, WA. The details are in the attached PDF…

The 28^th Searching Together Gathering!

The 28^th Searching Together Gathering will be held Labor Day weekend at Bethel Horizons Camp, Dodgeville, WI, August 28-31, 2025. Last year 32 people had refreshing times together at the 27th ST Gathering. The cost is $220 per person, which includes 5 meals and 3 nights of lodging. It starts at 5pm Thursday, Aug 28^th, and ends at noon Sunday, 31^st. If you are interested in coming, please contact Jon at jzens@searchingtogether.org or at 715-338-2796.

A little word about the nature of Searching Together Gatherings. Think unconference. We have eight sessions together. There are no special speakers, but the sessions are open for all to share their portion of Christ. Our desire is for the living waters of Jesus to flow through the saints, each person being quick to listen and slow to speak. We trust Jesus by His Spirit to guide our times together. Please understand: We are not convening to discuss special agendas and controversial doctrines. Like the three disciples on the Mount, we want to look up and see Jesus only!

Past Events…

** A Fellowship opportunity in Georgia! February 23-24, 2024, we will be gathering at Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge, 80 Live Oak Trail, Helena GA 31037 (see website). Please call Harry Stevenson for more information, 912-423-1355.

** Jon & Dotty will be traveling in Florida Feb 26 – March 11. Jon will be giving two sessions on “Life in Christ in the New Covenant” on Saturday March 2 starting at 4:30pm. Contact Joel Davis for location and further information — 941-224-3848, twindaddyjoel@msn.com. Contact Jon at 715-338-2796, jzens@searchingtogether.org, for any questions about places we will be while in Florida.

** The 27th Searching Together Gathering will be held Labor Day weekend, August 29 – Sept 1, 2024, at Bethel Horizons Camp, Dodgeville, WI. We had 42 attend the 2023 Gathering, and it was glorious in the Lord.

In my book, Jesus Is Family: His Life Together, Shaun McNiff observed that “the real work of art and healing may have more to do with what the Romantic poets called flying sparks, which jump from person to person, image to person, person to image, and image to image in unpredictable ways” (p. 39). I believe we experienced this by the Spirit in deep ways.

Here is part of a report by Christopher Kirk on our 2023 Gathering:

“Thursday night through Sunday noon we all enjoyed sweet interactive fellowship while sharing meals and actively participating in our times of gathering together. Several themes were expressed through the Body this year including our need to be careful that we are identified with Christ alone and not by other affiliations such as citizenship, patriotism, and various theology camps. Those things detract from simply being a follower and messenger of Jesus and can lead to confusion rather than fellowship. We also agreed that we are living in a very dark age that is getting darker by the day, where Evil is being called good and Good is being called Evil. However, the Spirit of the Lord revealed that in the darkness Light would shine even brighter and draw sincere people to the Truth in Love. Finally, it was made clear to us that because of the times we need to climb higher and dive deeper into the things of Christ.”

If you have any questions about the 27th Gathering, please contact Jon at 715-338-2796, jzens@searchingtogether.org.