Galena, Ohio
Sundays at 5:00
First floor of The Galena Commons, the brick building on the corner at 70 N Walnut Street. We stop at 6:15, so you're home by 6:30 if you want to be.
You don't have to have your life sorted out before you walk in. That has never been the entry fee, and it isn't here.
Scripture read plainly, and an honest conversation about what it asks of an ordinary week.
A church that belongs to its town. We share a building with our neighbors on purpose.
Common Table is a small church. Small room, small crowd, one table.
That isn't an apology. It's most of the point.
No band, no program, no membership process to work through. If you've been away from church a long time, or you've never done this at all, nobody will ask you to explain yourself at the door.
How a month goes
We eat every week. Usually finger food, whatever people bring to share. Come hungry and bring something if you can; come hungry and bring nothing if you can't.
Singing, prayer, scripture, and teaching. If you want to know what this church believes, this is the week to come.
A planned menu, everyone bringing part of it, and a long time at the table. This is the week the church is named after.
Around the table, out loud, together. Discussion instead of a talk. Life on life, which is slower and harder and works better.
We work in and on the food pantry. Nobody sits this one out.
Fresh food goes out at 6:30 — produce, bread, meat, and other perishables. You don't need to be part of this church, or any church. Come by, take what you need.
Find us
Sunday evenings
5:00 – 6:15 PM
Every week, year round. Most of us stand around talking well past 6:15, and plenty of folks with kids head straight out. Both are fine.
The large lot just north of the building. It's ours — park anywhere in it.
Jerry Funston has pastored in this area for more than thirty years. He usually does the talking, though not always.