Because of what we believe about following Jesus, we don't invite people to church, not that we think it's necessarily wrong to do it, we just don't.
We think that following Jesus is done in the world and that attending a gathering of disciples is not an act of righteousness but is intended to provoke in others righteous living.
We consider people to be a part of our community who never or rarely or, because they are separated by distance, can't physically be present in our meetings.
When a new person physically is present in our gathering, it is, most often, because they ask if they may attend. And, that happened today. A coworker, who had been a part of our Wednesday gathering, invited herself partly because she wasn't up to being in the throng of her congregation and, honestly, to be able to spend some time with Lizzy.
So, participation expanded because of the presence of our "missional mutt."
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We had a nice time and achieved our purpose of spurring each other on to love and good works.
The theme during Word time and bread and cup time was on each disciple's participation in the ministry of reconciliation by being an ambassador of the Kingdom in the world. Powerful stuff.
The meal was healthy and awesome with gobs of fresh veggies and fresh fruit.
A very edifying time.
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