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A Gift from Our Family to Yours
August 30, 2026 - For the Church at the St. John Church of Christ
Spiritual Discipline: Hospitality
The world seems to become more dangerous every day. People feel vulnerable in their own homes and on guard in the presence of others. Many environments are competitive, hostile, and unsafe. Safe places and safe people are few and far between. True welcome and nurture seem a long-lost dream. Because we have been welcomed into the love of Christ and received as dearly loved children, we can offer the world a place of safety and healing. We can incarnate the welcoming heart of God for the world. God welcomes strangers, inviting them to share his home and get to know his family. During World War II an entire French village risked their lives to welcome and shelter Jews. When minister Andre Trocme was asked why the village responded as they did, he replied, “I could not bear to be separated from Jesus.” That is hospitality at its core – offering the welcome of Jesus to any and all.
The discipline of hospitality is the desire to be a safe person who offers others the grace, shelter, and presence of Jesus. Hospitality creates a safe, open space where a friend or stranger can enter and experience the welcoming spirit of Christ in another. It is not about impressing others with well-decorated homes and gourmet cooking. It is not simply for the gifted or those with clean homes. Hospitality is a way of loving our neighbor in the same way God has loved us.
The early church shaped their life together around the practice of hospitality (breaking bread with glad and sincere hearts, Acts 2:46-47). Our world desperately needs safe people and safe places. Hospitality is one way we can become God’s welcoming arms in a big and often hostile world.
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We have bible classes for all ages at 10:00 a.m. Following classes, we meet together as a church family at 11:00 a.m. for worship services.
On the first Sunday of the month we enjoy a potluck meal together following worship service.
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