The church picnic is fellowship, right? The Detroit Zoo trip is definitely fellowship. Or is it? Either way, there is likely some extra church credit for participating, so let’s get going!
As with most things we learn at church, fellowship has a deeper meaning than just having fun together. The Greek word for fellowship is “koinonia,” and it comes from a root meaning common or shared. When we experience fellowship, we are really finding what we have in common with one another and participating in something together. We are also finding ways to share. We share time and insight as well as resources. For maximum fellowship experience we need to give and receive. This summer, could you open yourself to what someone else has to offer?
The early church was so devoted to fellowship, Christians met daily in the temple and ate meals in each other’s home. It’s easy to reason that the exponential growth of the early church was linked to this devotion of fellowship. Guided by the Holy Spirit, we, the people of St. John’s, can also devote ourselves to fellowship with one another and building relationships that stand the test of time. Fellowship lives at the zoo, breakfast, coffee hour, choir practice, birthday parties, funerals and anywhere we are together.
Need an added blessing? Fellowship builds faith, accountability, empathy and God’s kingdom. Read about how the early Christians did it in the Second Book of Acts. Then, prayerfully ask to be renewed in your fellowship today.