Small Groups
Don't we all long to be a part of something fun, exciting, and life-giving?
The sitcom Friends captured this desire. Every week, 50 million people watched six actors pretend to have relationships with one anther. Its popularity was fueled by the deep longing we all have to be connected in community.
The advertising world has caught on to this yearning as well. MCI promises to connect us with "friends and family". The felt need is clear. But the real need is found in the biblical word, koinonia, which means "fellowship". God's plan from the beginning was that each one of us would belong to a spiritual community, where we all would be known and we would know others.
From the article "Making your group real 'Friends'" by Brett Eastman
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"Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." Acts 2:46-47