David Allison
Small Groups Coordinator
dallison3@woh.rr.com

Community

FCC values the three C’s—Celebration, Community and Call.  Celebration is the time when we assemble for corporate worship on Sunday mornings.  Call is discovering your talents and gifts and faithfully using them to serve the church and the surrounding community.  Community you might say is the glue that holds it all together and allows us to move forward in relationships.

The simple definition of community is, “Living life together.”  God exists in perfect community and relationship through the Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  We know from Genesis 1:26 that we are formed in the image of God—the image of community.  We also know that Jesus prayed, in John 17:20-23, for us to experience community with each other as Jesus experiences it within the Trinity.  We were not made to be islands, isolated from each other, rather we are created for relationships with each other and God.  At FCC we connect to community through small groups

Community Thought:

“The Body of Christ, like your own body, is really a collection of many small cells. The life of the Body of Christ, like your body, is contained in the cells. For this reason, every Christian needs to be involved in a small group within their church, whether it is a home fellowship group, a Sunday school class, or a Bible study. This is where real community takes place, not in the big gatherings.” —Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life, pg 13