It's good to see everyone this morning.
I want to Echo everything. Kyle is said and just welcome
you to New Life Community Church.
We're glad that you're here. It's good to be able to gather
together and yes, in spite of all the sickness, it's good to
be together today. It's good to do this.
Our Sunday Gathering is absolutely essential each week.
In my opinion, I think it is a beautiful thing and we're going
to talk about that today. That is part of what we'll be
discussing. So before we get started I'll
just introduce myself or anybody that's visiting.
My name is Jasper. I'm the executive Pastor here.
Kyle is our lead pastor and over the last two weeks I've been
doing a little mini series on growing in faith and love.
And so this is a little mini series that was born out of a
need to think about the upcoming year.
Look back at the past year and just re-evaluate our mission or
purpose as a church and as a people.
And so to give you a brief recap of what we discussed last week,
we talked about the man's Chief, end in life, the purpose of man
is to glorify God in all that we do and every corner of our
Lives. The way, we conduct our marriage
and treat our spouse, the way, we raise our children, the way
we work at our jobs, the way we eat and drink.
Everything we do is to glorify God.
And so we said that at New Life Community Church, we do this, we
try to live this out through our mission statement.
Our mission statement is painted on the wall in the lobby.
You see it? When you walk in the doors, our
mission statement says this. If you're taking notes in your
bulletin, it's all there. So you can fill this out.
I left this in there again this week because I want you guys to
learn this and know it by heart. We exist to glorify God by
making Disciples who grow in their faith in Jesus and their
love toward one another. So, we exist as a church to
glorify God, we do that by making disciples again not
Disciples of Jasper or Kyle or anybody else but disciples, who
are growing in their faith in Jesus and growing in their love
toward one another. So we then determined based on
that that to be able to do these things to be able to grow in our
faith and to be able to grow in our love.
That there are certain ways we can do this, and we need to be
focused on this, especially again, as we look back on the
past year, we think about ways to improve and we come up with
all these resolutions about losing weight and all these
things. But it's more important to be
focused on the spiritual right. Not to be focused on Earthly
things. And so we determine that to be
growing in our faith. We have to start incorporating
what are called spiritual disciplines.
Now, this is nothing new. This is been talked about many
times before many Have been written on these things, but the
spiritual disciplines or the means of Grace are different
ways that God pours out his grace in our lives, they're
called disciplines because they take that, they take discipline,
it takes commitment. It takes determination to do
these things. They don't just come naturally.
So, we have to work at this, but we talked about to grow in our
faith. The spiritual disciplines of
Bible study and prayer. These are two primary ways we
can be Growing in our faith, we can be in the word of God and we
can be talking to God through prayer.
Now of course there are various ways these things live out in
our lives. So you know, the word is one of
the ways we grow in our faith. But that doesn't just have to be
at home, by herself, studying the Bible, we get into the word
and here we're doing it right now.
We can get into the word through podcasts and all kinds of
different ways. So there's all sorts of little
ways to do this, but the word and prayer are two of the
primary ways we grow in our faith.
So, today, we are going to talk about how can we grow in our
love? How can we grow and love toward
one another? So again, if you're taking
notes, we're going to have all this in there.
You can write down stuff. Fill in the blanks as we go.
But today, I want to present to you this idea that the primary
way that we grow in our love toward one another There is
through Fellowship, okay? It's through Fellowship.
That is the primary way that we grow in our love toward one
another. If you have your Bibles open to
the book of Acts chapter 2, we're going to be starting at
verse 42 and going through about verse 47.
So Acts 2:42. Let's start there and read that
together. Now they devoted themselves to
the apostles teaching, And the fellowship to the breaking of
bread and the prayers. I just want to stop right there
for just a second, notice, what the first New Testament Church
devoted themselves to the apostles teaching, which would
have been the word and to the fellowship and to Breaking of
bread. And to the prayers, the word
prayer, fellowship and breaking bread together.
This is what they devoted themselves to this.
What they committed themselves to, let's keep going and all
came upon every soul and Many Wonders and signs were being
done through the apostles and all who believed were together
and had all things in common and they were selling their
possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all
as any had need and day by day attending the temple together
and breaking bread in their homes.
They receive their food with glad and generous hearts.
Praising God and having favor with all the people and the Lord
added to their number day by day.
Those who were being saved. Amen.
Let's pray really quick Father, we thank you for the ability to
gather together today. We thank you for the privilege
and the freedom to be here in your house.
We thank you for your word. We thank you for prayer and we
thank you that we can Fellowship.
God, we pray that as we talk through these things today, that
you just speak to us that you open our minds and our hearts to
these ideas. We pray that your glorified and
magnified in this place today. In Jesus name, amen.
Enso reading through Acts 2:42 through 47, this is such a
beautiful picture of what the church is and what the church
was meant to be. It is an absolutely beautiful
thing to read through. These verses Fellowship has
always been a vital element in the life of the church.
It is always been at the very core of who people are.
It's been a common thing of the church.
Since the beginning, it certainly was for these first
churches in the New Testament. It is what made them who they
were, but it wasn't just any kind of Fellowship.
It wasn't just any kind of community.
They weren't just a group of people who shared common
interests and hobbies that got together once a week.
They were a people bound together by Jesus Christ.
That was the tie that binds. That was the common denominator.
Manator was Jesus and the gospel.
That is what brings a church together.
That's what makes a church a church.
Many of your Bibles above. This passage might have the
title. The Fellowship of Believers.
That's what they were was Believers.
It's not just the fellowship. It's the fellowship of Believers
and so that is what United them, it was Jesus Christ.
It was his gospel. It was his kingdom.
It was his mission. That's what made them a people
United. And together, you take that
away, you take the Jesus out of the church and it is no longer a
church. It's just a social group.
And so for these people the mission of Christ proclaiming
Christ. It was at the very core of who
they were and what they were trying to do, it's what brought
them together. There's a Greek word for this
Kyle's used it in a lot of his sermons.
I know I've used it before it's called Koinonia.
This is a Greek word that means a group or a community of people
that share something much deeper than just superficial Earthly
interests, David Mathes in his book habits of Grace.
I quoted from this book last week, I'll be quoting from it
again today, it's a great book. Encourage you to pick it up and
add it to your reading list for this year.
But he says this about this type of Fellowship.
It is an all in life or death Collective Venture in the face
of great evil and overwhelming opposition.
True Fellowship is less like friends gather together to watch
the Super Bowl with drinks and pizza and more like the soldiers
storming, the beaches of Normandy side-by-side, ready to
lay down life and limb for a common Mission.
And for one another if necessary, So this was a much
deeper Fellowship than just common interests.
This was a Devotion to a life mission that they were willing
to die for if it came to that and that is what brought them
together and United them. They especially these New
Testament. Church has almost certainly
we're going to face persecution, they could lose their life to
become a Christian joining, joining a church back then
wasn't as easy as it is. Now, especially in our area, we
just take your pick. You couldn't just throw a rock
and hit a church, that was a big deal back.
Then a lot of them were doing home churches.
They were in hiding and so this meant a lot.
If you were going to join the fellowship of Believers, you
better be committed. You better be serious about it.
So they were known for this kind of deep fellowship and this is
this Fellowship, this love for one, another was and still is
one of the chief means of grace and the life of a Believer.
This is one of the primary ways that God pours out his grace in
your life and in my life and in the life of these Believers.
So what does that look like for us today?
If that's we're talking about this New Testament Church?
Church. What does that look like for us?
I have 33 points. I want to make today biblical
Fellowship not just any friendship Fellowship biblical
Fellowship is three different things and number one, it is
rooted in Christ. If you're taking notes, this is
interval at the biblical. Fellowship is rooted in Christ
again, that is the Tie that binds, it has to be founded on
Christ and his kingdom and his gospel.
Just like the first churches of the New Testament.
Our common identity is in Christ.
Also, that is what unites us as a church.
It's the love of God, that enables us to love one another
because he forgave us. We can now forgive one another,
our fellowship. Our love for one another is just
that it is an outpouring. It is a fruit of our love for
the Lord and his love for us. Us.
You see the the Trinity that's always existed.
This love between the father and the son overflowed into a love
for mankind. And now when we experience
fellowship with God that love overflows and to a love for
other people, it has to if it doesn't, it's not a true love.
And so it's because we've been made new in Christ that we love
one. Another that we can love one
another, it's impossible to do apart from that.
He gives us a new heart and new affections that go beyond our
own interests. So as Kyle mentioned in his
sermon, a couple of weeks ago, Grace is the foundation and the
fuel and our relationship with God.
It is also the foundation and the fuel and our relationship
For one another. It's the grace of God.
That is the foundation for this. If it weren't for the grace of
God, this wouldn't be happening. And it is only the grace of God
that allows this to continue to work somehow.
I mean, put all these people in a room together in any other
context and it's just going to be a mess, right?
And so it's the grace of God that makes this function somehow
some way. So we are now one family with
God as the father, or the head of that family.
According to Ephesians 3:15, we are now many parts of the same
body bound together by the Holy Spirit according to Ephesians
4:4 36. So we have to establish right
out of the gate that it is, our identity in Christ that unifies
us and unites us. So biblical Fellowship is rooted
in Christ. That was Point.
Number one point, A to biblical Fellowship is Covenant alone.
It's Covenant Ali. Again, Mathis says this the
deepest most durable form of Fellowship.
Not just any kind of friendship in any kind of Fellowship
relationship that deepest most durable form of it is Covenant,
'l. It's between two parties that
have made formal commitments to each other.
Anybody think of an example of this, where two parties make a
formal commitment to each other and put it on paper, it's a
marriage, right? Those are the deepest forms of
Fellowship that is the deepest form of commitment to one
another. He goes on to say this, when our
fellowship is not simply a network of loose Christian
relationships, but it is anchored and a particular
Covenant Community has committed members together and a local
Outpost of Christ's Kingdom. We come the closest to
experiencing what those first Christians did, when people
didn't just drift in and out of the community, but they were
either in or out. And those who were in pledged to
be the church for each other, through thick and thin, this is
how we are called to love one another.
This is the type of Fellowship. We are called to it's just like
a marriage. We should be willing to lay down
our own wants and our own interests for the greater good
of our brother or sister in Christ.
We should lay down our Comforts and our conveniences for one
another. When it comes to that Jesus
modeled this for us perfectly in John 13 when he washed the
disciples feet after he finishes doing that.
He says this to them a new commandment.
I give to you that you love one. Another just as I have loved you
you are to love one another and by this all people will know
that you are my disciples. If you have love for one another
So this Fellowship this love for one another that transcends our
own interests that is that deep Koinonia Fellowship.
This is how the world will know. We are Disciples of Christ and
we cannot be disciples apart from that kind of love and
fellowship to one another. It's what sets us apart from the
rest of the world So that being the case you cannot say that you
love God but hate your brother. First John 4:20 says so the
church is the bride of Christ. The church is what he gave his
life for And so you cannot say, you love Jesus, but you hate his
bride. I've made this point and other
sermons and I've used this same example, but I'm going to use it
against its really good. Maybe it's been a year or two
since I used it, but we went to a conference something.
And in Nashville with Alan several years ago, and got to
hear a guy named Jim Putman speak and he used this example.
So this is this is his example. He said, what would you think if
I got invited to go out to dinner?
With a couple and let's say they call me up and they say, you
know, hey I want to take you out to dinner.
We want to treat you guys to really fancy supper.
We're going to go to a really nice restaurant.
It's all on us. We'll come pick you up and
everything and we're excited about this, but we'd be okay.
Of just you came and you didn't bring Sherry like, we really
like you but she's a little weird and so we don't want her
to come, but that be okay with you.
Like that's not going to go. So that's not gonna go over
really well with me, right? We all understand that.
That as a married couple, if you want me you get her to.
We Are One flesh and so it does not work that way.
You don't get to have me apart from her likewise, we don't get
to divorce. Jesus from his bride, we don't
get to say, I love God, I love God.
I don't have no problem with the Lord.
But I can't stand people especially church people, you
don't get to do that. He gave his life for those
people. So here's the thing.
We all know that is the number one reason that people don't
come to church, right? That's the number one, excuse.
The people, right? Full of Hypocrites.
Well we're all Hypocrites. The thing is this isn't easy.
This type of love is not easy. It's not self-serving.
It is hard. It is very difficult.
Yes. If you hang around, any person
long enough, you're going to get upset and they're going to hurt
your feeling. Something's going to go wrong.
I don't care how good to people get along.
I don't care who they are. You put you put to Patricia's in
a room together. They're eventually going to have
an argument over something. Patricia is the nicest person
I've ever met in my life but we're humans.
We're sinners. We're going to let each other
down at some point, but that's the difference that's what makes
us. That Koinonia Fellowship is
that, we learn to work past that because it's not about me, it's
about Jesus. Amen.
And so we learn to Rise Above All That above my own interests,
we hold one another accountable. We call one another out, when
we're being a jerk and then we very humbly repent and apologize
when necessary. So we live in a world where
you're saying, I'm sorry, Will you forgive me is such a foreign
idea. It is painful to even say the
words I've experienced this and Kyle and I have gone through
this, there have been times where he has apologized for
something and my uncomfortable responses, it's all good.
He's like, no, I need to hear you say you forgive me and that
is such a weird thing to do to have.
That is so awkward at times, but it is so necessary to do that.
To not just try to brush it off. Oh, you're all good.
No, it's not. You're going to hang on to that
for months if you don't handle this now.
So we have to be a people known for that kind of love.
I'm sorry to chase the rabbit, but if we will lean into this,
if we will be this kind of community and do the hard
things, it can be a beautiful thing.
Just like what we read in the book of Acts, where they are
putting others needs and desires above their own and they love
one, another truly and deeply The fellowship, maybe the often
forgotten middle child of the spiritual disciplines, but she
may save your life in the dark night of your soul.
According to Malthus, in his book and I couldn't agree more.
It is in those times that the Fellowship of the church Rises
up to meet your needs. How?
I mean, I could tell you countless stories of people in
this church, myself included, that I don't know where we'd be
without one another that people. The rising up to meet the needs
of others to step up when you need someone that is what makes
us the church that common love for Christ and that love for one
another. That is so deep.
So Galatians 6:10 says this. So then as we have opportunity,
let us do good to everyone especially those in the
household of faith. And so we are to be doing this
weird to be doing good for all people but especially our
Brothers and Sisters in Christ. So again, Point number one was
that biblical Fellowship is rooted in Christ Point.
Number two, is that biblical Fellowship is Covenant.
It is, it is deeper than just friendships.
We take an oath when we join this church to stand beside one,
another through thick and thin and that's what this is point.
Number three, Biblical Fellowship is missional.
It's a missional. So if we do this, if we lean
into this and we try to be this kind of church in this kind of
people in this kind of Fellowship, it is going to be
contagious. It cannot help but be That
Koinonia love that we've been talking about will be noticeable
to the world and to those around us Acts 2 and verse 47.
The last part of verse 47 said, the Lord added to their number
day by day. Those who were being saved, you
see this this type of commitment to one.
Another is what all people hunger for we all.
Want it so deeply. It's the way Human Relationships
were supposed to be. But the world and sin has broken
that and it becomes this Twisted nasty version of what it was
meant to be but we all want it so bad that when we see it
happening. We notice it.
And we know something's different about that.
And so this kind of love if we can do this.
As a church will have a huge impact on the community around
us and the people in our lives. They can't help but be drawn to
that. Again, it is, it's a love that,
that overflows. It just spills out onto the
world around you, that's the natural fruit.
And byproduct of this kind of love a great example of this.
This type of love and desire to want to reach others.
Paul in the Book of Romans and chapter 9 says this, he wrote
that, he would gladly become a cursed for the sake of his
Kinsmen, for his, for the Jews, to Believe In Christ.
He would gladly Become a cursed, he would rather give up his
salvation and spend eternity in hell if it meant they would
believe. That's the kind of that deep.
Koinonia love you have for a people that you want them to
know. Jesus, so bad and that's the
kind of love. We are supposed to have here
that pours out that's missional. That's not just in word Focus,
but it's always looking out to others.
We must never forget that. We have a mission, right?
Remember, our purpose and our mission is to glorify God.
And how do we do that? We do that by making disciples,
that's why we're here. That's the Great Commission that
we were given by Jesus himself is To Go Make Disciples, teach
them, train them passed down the things you've been taught.
That's why we're here. We're here to spread the gospel.
We're here to love God and love one another, as best we can.
And then we're here to spread the gospel and to tell people
about Christ. So this means that that as we
fellowship with one another, that we need to be constantly
looking and inviting and sharing the gospel, we need to make room
for the outsider. We need to make room on Sunday
mornings in this place, I don't think you guys are Are bad about
this but you've all heard the story of you, go into a church
and sit down and the person walks up and you're in my seat,
you're in my spot. Like we don't want to be that
kind of church. Make room for the outsider in
here. We got is, we shouldn't even
really need a greeter team here at this church.
It should be the kind of place that if somebody walks in.
That's a new everybody just descends on him like, Hey man,
introduce yourself. Who are you?
Let me get to know you. Thanks for coming.
I know that can be intimidating, but We need to Value when people
decide to come visit here. We need to reach out to them.
We need to be welcoming. We need to let them know that
we're glad they're here. We need to also make room in our
home groups for this. Our home groups, don't need to
become just closed off clicks where we don't want anyone else
to come into that. And I don't want my home group,
getting messed up and shaken up. No, I like it just the way it
is. No.
The whole purpose is that it will grow, that more people
would want to come and learn about Jesus and grow in their
faith and and maybe just, maybe God will bless it in a way that
we're overflowing. This house is too small.
We need a bigger spot and when that happens, guess what we do?
We branch and we go start another one over here and then
we go start another one over here.
We do that, to make room for more people to be a part of this
Fellowship in this community. It's not meant to be closed off
and just for us, We want to make room for the for the outsider.
And then again, you also want to make room in your own life, and
in your home, Make room make time for that co-worker or that
family member may be. That you need to have a hard
conversation with invite people over for dinner.
Be hospitable invite people into your home, make room in your
life, for the outsider, spend time with them, talk to them
about the gospel. So again, biblical Fellowship
true. Biblical Fellowship will be
Mission. It will have the outsider in
mind. It will have making disciples a
core part of it. And so again, just to recap some
of these things we need to know. We need to understand that our
coming together as a church that our fellowship is rooted in
Christ. That is the common denominator.
That's what brings us together without Christ.
We are nothing. We are not a church.
We also need to understand that this is a covenant allow thing
that we've entered into an agreement with one another that
we're devoted to one another as a church.
And we need to understand that it doesn't just End there, that
we need to be looking outward. We need to be seeking to make
disciples and see new people come to Salvation and Christ
always, that is the kind of church and fellowship.
We need to be at New Life Community Church.
That is my hope and prayer for all of us.
Now, for those of us here that our church members, that are
Christians that are believers, that are hearing these things
and agreeing, like, how do we apply?
What some practical application as far as these things go?
I have three ways that I really quickly want to point out that
we experienced this kind of Fellowship.
Three different ways we experience it.
Number one is through the Sunday, service is through the
corporate Gathering once a week of the church where we all come
together under one. One Roof.
Hebrews 10:24 through 25 says let us consider how to stir one
another up to love and good works.
Not neglecting to meet together as is the habit of some, but
encourage one, another and all the more as you see the day
Drawing Near So, we are not to neglect meeting this this, this
corporate Gathering where we all get together Under One Roof.
All of us, all home groups, all the different classes.
All together in one place at one time is the single greatest
means of Grace in your life. Now, don't miss this.
I know I'm I'm rambling a little bit.
You guys really listen. Pay attention to this?
What we do here on Sunday mornings is the single greatest
means of Grace in your life. It is the best way God can pour
out his love and grace on you because of all the things that
I've talked about last week in this week, bible, study prayer
and fellowship. This on Sunday mornings is where
all of those things come together in one place at one
time. We get into the word, we study
it. We pray.
We Fellowship together. We sing praises to God, we
worship together. We haven't even talked about
Worship in any of this yet. Yes, worship can be done alone
in your car. That's usually where the best
worship happens, right? Everybody screaming at the roof
of their car, but, but there is something about corporate
worship. And I think I don't even have to
expound on that. I think you guys would agree.
There's something about singing together.
As a church. Gathering together is absolutely
essential. This is not, this is not
optional. We have-we need this every
single week. I need this.
I know. So the Sunday service, the
Sunday service is a huge part of this.
And there are certain elements to this that only can be
experienced here on a Sunday morning.
As I've already mentioned the corporate worship things like
baptism where we get to see new brothers and sisters initiated
into the Emily. And in watching this, we get to
remember our own salvation and our own baptism and we were, you
know, lowered and likeness to his death and raised a new life.
We get to recall all of that. And then communion communion is
a beautiful ongoing means of God's grace in our life, where
we reflect on the death of Christ and what that means in
our lives. It's who we are as Christians
communion is a massive part of this.
And onion is something reserved for the corporate Gathering when
we're all together. I know there are different
opinions on this, but for now, we were going to say that this
is something that happens on Sundays and we're all together
as a family. When together, we can reflect on
the death burial and resurrection of Christ and how
we are unified under that banner.
And to be honest with you, it's for that very reason that we're
not doing communion today we were going to but we have so
many brothers and sisters out. We'd rather wait.
So we can all be together. Together doing this.
This is not something just that we do on our own.
So again communion a huge part of the Sunday Gathering.
So Sunday, big church is one of the greatest ways that we can
experience this Fellowship. No other way we can do it is
through small groups, acts 2:46 that we read said, day by day,
attending the temple together and breaking bread in their
homes. They received their food with
Gladden Generous Heart. So, they were going to the
temple together, but there are also breaking bread in their
homes. And so we do that to Ooh,
homegroups we get together in smaller Pockets throughout the
city. We share meals together and yes
we open God's word. We discuss it.
We ask questions of it now we get to laugh together, we get to
cry together, we get to pray together.
Home groups are a massive part of our fellowship and how we
grow in our faith and then the other smaller group Ministries.
We have for your biblical. Manhood.
And Womanhood are a huge part of this.
Sunday school even as a smaller Gathering, we're going a little
bit deeper into God's word, repealing back, a few more
layers than we normally do. Maybe it and home group or here
on a Sunday morning. So smaller Gatherings are also
absolutely crucial for our growth and our faith and for our
fellowship together, to be able to do that.
I know most of you have experienced this in a whole
group at some point, as far as prayer goes, there are prayer
requests times. Are we sharing?
Are our hearts with one another and those home groups, that
would not happen in here on a Sunday morning.
And so that is absolutely vital for our spiritual health, we all
need that. And then the last thing is
fellowship, through our personal relationships and through our
friendships. Not only do we need this once a
week where we all come together Under One Roof and sing and
worship and do all of this together.
And not only do you need smaller, Gatherings, where
you've got a core group of people that, you know, you Can
call at a moment's notice and will be there for you but you
need that one or two people in your life that brother-sister
that is your person that you can absolutely bare your soul to
that person. That is going to hold you
accountable and that cares about your spiritual growth that
actually cares about whether or not you're following the Lord.
Jesus had this Jesus had his 12 and then he had his three and
then he had his one and so we as well need that we need men and
women in our lives that we know will be honest with us and tell
us when we're being a jerk and also encourage us and build us
up and help us grow in our faith.
That is such a vital part of every Christians life.
We all need this. And so I'm going to invite the
worship team. I don't know who's coming up but
you Patricia who are working to wait and come up, I'm going to
close this like this. As we've talked through these
things, the last couple of weeks, you talk through how we
can be growing in our faith, how we can be growing in our love
for one another? So we've talked about just basic
tenets of the faith, we've talked about, just Elementary
things in Christian Life, studying the word, being people
of the word immersed in it, talk about prayer and we've talked
about Fellowship, these are three vital They just core
elements of who we are as Christians.
And so I want to encourage you to be constantly seeking ways to
grow in your faith, be in the word, be people who love God's
word, be people who cannot get enough of this.
Be people who pray be a Praying Church, go to the Lord.
And then let's not ever neglect to Fellowship.
So Believers in this place, I want to encourage you in that
lean into those relationships. Let's be a people like this ax
church that were known for this kind of fellowship and make sure
you have those people in your life that you can depend on and
have that kind of fellowship with as well.
So anyone in here today that maybe is not even a believer.
If everything I've said, has been complete foreign to you if
it sounds like a none of it makes It's, I want to encourage
you in this. Being a part of this kind of
Fellowship is absolutely life-changing.
I know it has been for me for so many other people in this
church. If you have never even placed
your faith in Christ, if none of this makes sense start there.
As I said, at the beginning of this sermon, our fellowship is
rooted in Christ. That's what makes us who we are.
Placing your faith in Christ, giving your life to him, is
where it all begins. Once that happens, then you get
invited into this family that I'm talking about this type of
Fellowship where you can have these People that love you and
lift you up, and hold you accountable and care about your
growth. So, if you've never done that, I
invite you today to start there to place your faith in Christ.
Be forgiven, start a new life with a new family.
In this place today. Let's stand our feet, we are
going to sing, we're going to worship together, as is one of
the greatest Graces we have together.
Let me pray. And then we will sing and
worship. Father, we love you.
God, we thank you for today. We thank you for the ability to
gather together and be in this place.
God, we're thankful that we can worship together.
Thank you for this church. We pray now that you're honored
and glorified their everything we do and through this worship,
lift our voices to you. Now in Jesus name, amen,