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The End Is Near So What Should We Do?

by Jen Thorn | Feb 19, 2015 | Made for Community | 14 comments

The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received...

Made For Community {How To Find Community Right Where You Are}

by Joy Forney | Feb 17, 2015 | Made for Community | 19 comments

True community. We all crave it, but it can be so difficult to find, can’t it?! We sat on wooden benches creaking under our weight. The music blaring next door ringing in our ears. Several different languages spoken all under one roof with names like Luganda...

{Living in Community in our Spheres of Influence}… Why aren’t we loving?

by WhitneyD | Feb 15, 2015 | Made for Community | 36 comments

One thing was clear… It wasn’t about her. Listen, her job wasn’t fancy. My kids knew her as “the pretzel lady” at our local wholesale club. I knew her as the gentle soul whose kind eyes and generous smile comforted this weary mama every...

Made For Love And Good Works

by Jen Thorn | Feb 12, 2015 | Made for Community | 3 comments

A few days ago I felt blah and unmotivated. I was frustrated by all the imperfections I saw in my life. The following day a friend of mine at church came up to me and started sharing about her week. We were experiencing the same feelings but instead of wallowing...

Different Gifts…Same Purpose

by Angela Perritt | Feb 11, 2015 | Made for Community | 4 comments

“Jesus works in community. For that reason, you find no personal pronouns in the earliest description of the church.”- Max Lucado Dare I say it? You. Me. Us…..we were made for this…. Each of us purposely unique, specially designed with certain gifts and abilities to...

Made For The Local Church

by Jen Thorn | Feb 8, 2015 | Made for Community | 33 comments

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers Acts 2:42 Welcome to week 5 of our Made for Community study. This week we are talking about the fact that we are made for the local church. Someone...