As the summer season comes to a close, many will be coming home and planning out what their fall will look like. We will reconnect with friends who spent some time away traveling and on vacation in addition to meeting new people to our church.
On Sunday mornings, we will squeeze in time to schedule lunches or coffee dates in order to catch up or to get to know someone and at some point, the lights at the building will turn off and the doors will be locked. Sundays will be reserved for great music, impactful sermons, and brief conversations and as that becomes realized more and more, we will ask how can I get connected?
Community is a big deal at Logos Community Church because the valley wrestles to embrace it as a vital part of the culture. We love that. But in an age of airport relationships, it can sometimes be a little difficult to define what community is.
WHAT IS COMMUNITY?
We believe that community is the lifeblood of our church. In fact, it is in community where you will find the church.
The church is not a building, but the people; the body of Christ.
Sunday’s are a time where we gather collectively to celebrate the person and work of Jesus Christ!
And then, He scatters us throughout our cities, communities, workplaces, and neighborhoods. In Acts, as God is saving people by the thousands, it is very evident that the early church held tightly to the importance of community. The bible teaches that they constantly met to talk about what the pastors of the day were teaching, broke bread, joined in prayer, and met one another’s needs.
Today, as we look back at Acts, we are looking at an example of what we are called to be and do in community.
The first century church didn’t see community as a program, but as something that was and is essential to the church!
Over the next few weeks, we will be walking through a short series on community, examining the heart and purpose behind our community groups and why we believe they are vital to our ministry and culture. Community Groups are not new, but their impact is this: it’s the place where the Gospel has been believed.