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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 our life as a citizen of the |
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