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Can we really do that? The early church lived in a culture of Spirit birthed "koinenea", fellowship. Our Church elders recently asked the above question at a retreat. Can we really expect to have the same type of fellowship that they had in Acts 2? Our individualistic culture will never allow it. We're too busy. Who's going to cook & clean up every week? These were all questions to the wild idea of bringing our food to church every week & sharing a fellowship meal together after the weekly worship service. We weren't responding in obedience to the scripture but rather we were addressing a practical need. We have 6 families that travel over 40 miles to worship with us. We were discussing ways to give them a bigger "bang for their gasoline buck". Then we realized that sharing a weekly fellowship meal not only met our objective but it embraced a biblical pattern. So once again, we backed into obedience. The genesis of our "Family Fellowship" is the first Sunday in March. I'm so thankful that God is patient with those of us who tend to back into obedience rather than using the front door. |
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