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Fellowship When the Lord was on the earth, He ate and
drank with his disciples; not only did He teach them the truth, but He also lived with them. Following Jesus’ example, the saints of the
early church regularly met together in their homes (which were also their churches),
broke bread, and ate together with glad and sincere hearts (Acts Congregational Fellowship Following the examples of Jesus and the early
Christians, we have a table fellowship after the service every Lord’s
Day. Casting all our worries and
concerns to Him and setting aside all our differences, we stay on after the
service, sit down at the table, and eat and drink together; this weekly love
feast is one concrete expression of our faith in the goodness and
faithfulness of our gracious Lord who provides and of our love for one
another in the Lord. It is also an
expression of our hope for the daily feast with the Lord in heaven, of which
our weekly love feast is a foretaste. Together with our worship service, our
weekly table fellowship molds us into a holy people, a people set apart from
the world, and gives the world the most convincing testimony of the
seriousness of our faith and of the beauty of the kingdom of God here on
earth. Cell-Group Fellowship Once a week, we get together in a small group
to have a more intimate fellowship. We
study the Bible together, share our life stories—both victories and failures,
give testimonies of God’s blessings in our lives, pray for one another, and
eat or snack together. This is a time
of growing together in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ,
developing genuine friendship, and ministering to one another—by encouraging,
comforting, strengthening, and giving hope to one another. Together with our Lord’s Day congregational
fellowship, our mid-week cell-group fellowship gives a concrete expression to
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