Several of us just spent a wonderful evening on Wed. (4/29) ending a semester of discipleship classes with Pastor Steve. A core group of members wrapped up by sharing our understandings of some of the most basic concepts in discipleship, while noshing on pizza, grilled veggies and cookies. Simple fare, but then the food was just a lead-in. It's a shame this class ended because you could feel the group just starting to gel... something that requires commitment and trust. Most of us didn't know one another and yet God brought us together on a path ~ even if only for a short while. Sometimes He intends us to enjoy a long journey together, other times only a brief connection, but we've got to be engaged to receive the blessings either way.
Have YOU been involved with classes and/or studies here at CBC? Don't miss the opportunity to connect. It's really a significant way to experience the body of Christ, to grow in your faith and most simply, to make friends. I mean, can we have enough faithful friends, people we can turn to who understand our struggles, but who are also loving and caring enough to hold us accountable? Some of Steve's Thursday morning men's breakfast group (also there) spoke
about the incredible grace they've received through the connections they've made in the past nine months. Darlene, Steve's wife, talked about the closeness she feels with those who went on the recent trip to Israel. She called the group who traveled with her for ten days, "My forty-two new best friends."
Steve and the staff at CBC are reaching out to you ... won't you lean forward and reach back? It'll be to God's glory and your benefit ~ I promise!
Ephesians 2:19-22 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
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