Community

Well, this will be a busy week so thought that I would put some thoughts into a blog while I have time.

Today in worship, we prayed for Deb and John's wedding coming up on Saturday. And our minister read from the notices that the congregation was invited to attend and take part in the service that day. It struck me that this is how weddings are intended to be. They should be an experience of worshiping God. Not just the couple who are to wed but the entire congregation. I felt that people who have weddings outside their congregation or do not have a congregation are somehow missing out on the experience of God in their marriage. They are leaving out some very important people of the wedding party - the congregation who will support them and pray for them and stick with them through the entire marriage; call them the church family.

Romans 15:5
May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (NRSV)
Amen.