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&nb= sp; From the very beginning the church has been wrestling wit= h how to have unity within a diversity of people. Listen to how Paul = encourages the Corinthians' to understand their unity amidst their diversit= y: “The bo= dy is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts = are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all b= aptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slav= e or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Now the body= is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, &quo= t;Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not = for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say, &q= uot;Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would no= t for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body wer= e an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ea= r, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged th= e parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. = If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there = are many parts, but one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I= don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't n= eed you!" On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to = be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable= we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are trea= ted with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treat= ment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater ho= nor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the= body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. I= f one part suffers, every part suffers with i= t; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.” 1 Cor. 12:12-26. &nb= sp; As a church with a diversity of generations, ex= pectations, spiritual |
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styles, political= views, and other issues that define us, it can be a challenge to feel like= we are one. We feel this most with our two different worship styles = in our two different services. How can we feel the unity of being the= body of Christ when some of us are hands and some of us are eyes? As= hands we can easily get tired and dried out from the work we do. As = eyes, we can see what the hands can not. It is easy for the hands to = deny what the eyes see and for the eyes to deny the callousness of the hand= s. &nb= sp; How do we grow beyond this narrow view of our s= piritual community? Is not the love of God broad enough for all of us= to come together as one? Does not the scripture challenge us to acce= pt those different than us and understand and respect their differences? &nb= sp; In writing to the Colossians Paul implores R= 20;And over all these virtues put on love,= which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:14. Let us strive toward that= unity in our body. |
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Sunday: 7:30 Beacon Light Worship 9:00 AA Sober Sisters 9:30 Adult Sunday School 9:45 Modern &nbs= p; Worship 11:00 Tr= aditional Worship 11:00 Westside Bible Church 11:00 Grace Fellowship 2:00 Kairos Mondays: 7:00 Boy Scouts 7:00 AA Monday Night Survivors Tuesday: 11:00 Bible Study & &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Lunch Wednesday: 7:30 Bible Study 7:30 Choir Practice 7:30 Youth Time Thursday: 6:30 Restoration<= span lang=3Den-US style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;line-height:118%;font-family:Garam= ond; language:en-US'> Bible Study Friday: 7:00 AA Friday Night Survivors Saturday: 5:30 Restoration Fellowship 7:00 AA We Are Not Saints
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