For over a decade, The Table gathered around actual tables in homes across the Twin Cities – from Edina to Bloomington, Eden Prairie to St. Paul, Savage to Richfield. We ate together, sang together, prayed together, and read Scripture together. In that time, we saw God show up in ordinary ways. People were healed, restored, and gained courage. People met Jesus, grew in their faith and knowledge of Scripture, and deepened their love for one another. God was faithful, and we are grateful for what he did in our midst.
What Happened
In late 2025, Kari and I moved to Otsego – about an hour north of where we had been living in Savage. The move brought us closer to Kari’s work and to family, but it created significant logistical challenges for our community to continue gathering.
On February 1, 2026, the members of The Table voted unanimously to close the church, effective March 31, 2026. All of our remaining assets were transferred to Communitas International to support missionary work in Otsego.
What We Learned
We learned to live like the believers in Acts 2 – sharing meals, praying together, studying Scripture, and walking with one another through whatever life brought. We spent years in the Bible together, learning to read it well and let it shape how we lived. Our people learned hospitality, opening their homes to guests and strangers. We learned what it means to actually do life together – celebrating the good times and sitting with each other through the really hard ones.
We also learned what we didn’t need. For years, we tried to be a house church that functioned like a traditional church, only smaller – programs and structures that made sense for a building but never quite fit what we were actually doing around kitchen tables. We learned that deep community doesn’t require perfect structures. We learned that sometimes the most faithful thing you can do is let something end well so something new can begin.
What’s Next
The move to Otsego gave us a chance to start over – not to replicate The Table, but to take what we learned and do it differently from the beginning. Kari and I are launching neighborhood mission work in Otsego, starting by embedding and initiating – paying attention to what God is already doing in this community and joining him in it.
This is the heart of what The Table always was, just without trying to make it look like something it wasn’t meant to be. We’re building on a decade of learning to live like Acts 2, read Scripture well, practice hospitality, and walk through life together. Now we get to build a missional initiative from the ground up, letting the mission shape everything else.
If you want to support this work, you can give through Communitas International at https://gocommunitas.org/people/greg-ellis-2/
Stay Connected
If you have questions or just want to stay in touch, you can reach me:
Email: gjellis@gmail.com
Phone: (763) 843-2231
Grace to you and peace,
Greg (and Kari)