Dear Saints,
This Sunday is World Communion Sunday. Churches across the globe will celebrate the unity we have been given in Christ by sharing in the Lord’s Supper. It is also a special Sunday for us as we welcome The Rev. Ashraf Beshay, a Presbyterian pastor from Cairo, Egypt, who will be spending four weeks with us. I look forward this next month to being blessed and enriched as Ashraf shares with us about the joys and challenges of our sisters and brothers who live in the Middle East.
The unity Christ purchased for us at the cross is a poignant reality when we consider the world we live in. Not a day goes by without headline after headline reporting conflicts along national, ideological, religious, political, racial, economic, social and just about any other line you can fathom. Jesus lived in a world very different from ours, but one that was no less divided and had much to say about how he intended for his followers to live in such a world.
In preparation for worship, please read Luke 9:51-56 and Luke 10:25-37 and ponder the following questions.
What are some of the deepest divisions between you and other people in your life?
How do you respond to the idea that Jesus calls us to be a neighbor to these very people?
What would it look like for you to take one step toward neighborliness?
-- Bryan
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