Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer

From Background Notes [BN] for March 8th & 9th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

The Christ fanatic is devoted in this fashion with a firmness and fidelity worthy of one who "takes up his cross and follows" Jesus. These were no "fly-by-night" Jesus groupies, but sincerely committed persons.

As Elton Trueblood once called them: The Company of the Committed. Perhaps this is the distinguishing mark of a community vs. a movement. Movements come and go, and their followers might lose interest once the glamour wears off. But communities must take up the hard work of things like relationships, trust, conflict, temperament, and service. Persons in community must live in close proximity, observing the details of each other's lives, and having to put up with the idiosyncrasies incumbent on human nature ― albeit transformed by the Holy Spirit. That requires a long-term process and the faithfulness which accompanies it.  [BN,3-4]

Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:

* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am