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Originally Posted by countmeworthy
I have been meeting with about 7-12 people for bible study ONLY for about 2 yrs now. Every Wednesday we have a potlock before our study and even during our study we still eat and some people drink WINE.
A few months ago, my brother moved in with me temporarily and began going to the bible study with me. He loves to bake desserts and has not only made desserts for the group but for individuals whose spirit he wanted to lift.
His kind heartedness rubbed off on me. So I began making home made entrees, not only for the bible study group but for friends from the bible study who stopped coming because of a pow - wow. We are a rowdy bunch who sometimes disagree. The leaders have a sibling and they often butt heads. There are also a few really sick people in our group so I have been taking them home cooked meals on a weekly basis. A few are mourning the passing of loved ones.
Some of us are getting together for game night too. We have a blast. I pray A LOT for my bible study friends. I also encourage them in the LORD, IN His Word, in the Spirit. We are such a motley crew!!! And we are not on the same page spiritually speaking. But we have a strong love for each other.
Only reason I am sharing what I am doing is 'churchers' including LC/LSM care for people superficially. It pained me to read the only time LCrs check in on people is to enquire why they are not going to the meetings.
Jesus was friends with Mary, Martha and Lazarus. I want to love people as Jesus does, care for them as He does.
May God through His Holy Spirit help us to be the people Jesus created us to be.. Lights in this dark world..filled with HIS LOVE.
Showers of Blessings to all
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That sounds awesome. I hope that whatever church I attend in the future has such things because who doesn't like free food? In all seriousness, what I love about churches outside of the Local Church is that they focus more on fellowship and individual growth in helping each other grow rather than just focusing on the economy of God and building up of the church (which honestly just means helping each other growing in God - sure it's important but it really doesn't need to be phrased in such a honky-tonky way). It helps the church I go to when I'm back home is pretty similar to that (although maybe not to that extent).