Imagine if “Going to Church” meant:
– A BBQ in a backyard with some friends…
– Holding someone’s hand while their relative is in surgery…
– Watching a ball game together…
– Crying with a friend in turmoil…
– Helping to paint someone’s apartment…
– Going with a group of friends to clean someone’s home when they are getting behind…
– Or sharing a good glass of wine with friends on the back porch…
Is an hour sitting in a huge building that sits empty the rest of the week so precious that we can’t even consider any thing else? For”This” was “Church” in the beginning…
Acts 2:45-47, “They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 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…”