FEBRUARY 28, 2012
| From Pastor Roger - Community Let's go back to Acts 2. Last week, we focused on verse 44, "All the believers were together and had everything in common." That's the very definition of community. How did they come to that level of community? Part of the answer lies back in verse 42: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." I see in this verse four facets of community:
We can do all of those thing to some degree in the larger community that is the Adventist Community Church of Vancouver. To do them well, to really gain the sense of being together and having everything in common, we will know greater success when these four facets of community happen in our smaller community groups. As we study and pray together, God will lead each of us, as he led the early church, to understand where we need to be, what we need to do, and how we should do it. There are many roles in the church begging for someone to step up to the plate. Not just any willing person, but someone who feels led to the task as his or her ministry. Our church needs people who believe in their role in building community, whether that is leading a community group, greeting a visitor, teaching a class, printing the bulletin, praying with someone, picking up a piece of trash on the floor — any of the many, many visible or behind-the-scenes actions that are vital to church life and community. What would God have you do? Where would God use you best? Whether you're in a community group or studying and praying alone, ask God what he would have you do, where he would have you be. Then be ready to answer, as Isaiah: "Here am I. Send me!" Isa 6:8 NIV | What's happening SAVE THE DATES: THIS WEEK Tuesday, Feb. 28 NEXT WEEK Monday, Mar. 5 |
