Week One - October 1 - Love Is.....
1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Learning, knowing and potentially understanding God's love for us is an important part of being a Christian. But, applying and displaying God's love through us is the desired outcome. "...they will know we are Christians by our love..."

Week Two - October 8- Reaching Out Together
1 Corinthians 13:4-6
Colossians 4:5-6

One of the reasons that God established the Church on Earth was to create a safe place for His followers to grow in their faith. As together our faith grows there will come a time when we are called to share that faith with others. Many times God creates opportunities for us to meet a physical need of others which opens the door for us to be used by God to meet a spiritual need.

Week Three - October 15 - Belonging Together
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Genesis 2:18

In our hectic day to day lives, we often feel as though it is easier to not get involved with personal relationship with other people (friendship). More and more people seem to have less and less friends. Since God has created fellowship as a solution for our aloneness, why do so few people pursue vital relationships with others?

Week Four - October 22- Growing Together
1 Corinthians 13:9-11
Ephesians 4:11-15

Another facet of our Christian walk is that we should desire to mature spiritually. Biblical knowledge can be accomplished through personal Bible study; however, at some point we must also put that knowledge into practice, to continue to grow spiritually. This requires the involvement of other people in our faith walk. Our local congregations and especially a healthy small group will be the safest place to begin living out our faith.

Week Five - October 29 - Serving Together
1 Corinthians 13:4-5
1 Peter 4:9-11
Acts 6:1-4

Serving together looks at expressing God's love by serving others within the church. How can we as Christians follow the example of the first church as found in Acts 2:44-45 "All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need."

Note: Serving verses Reaching Out - there is often confusion about the difference between serving others and reaching out to others. Both Christian activities are selfless responses to God's love for us which we extend toward others. The difference is the target. "Reaching out" targets non-believers while the target of "Serving" is fellow believers.

 

Week Six - November 5 - Worshiping Together
Philippians 2:9-11
Psalms 95:1-7a

***This topic may have the most diversity of views across denominations. Please, do not compromise your doctrinal stance, nor belittle anyone else's.***

There is One God, worshipped by every Christian church. Though our practice differs from church to church; denomination to denomination, the principle remains the same: "One Lord; One God". And "...at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord"!