Fellowship – Tuality Community of Christ

May 13, 2015

A summer that’s renewing, relevant and based in relationship…

If your family is like ours, you’re starting to dream of summer plans. The spring sunlight invites us to grab our calendar and quickly fill it with plans and ideas for grand adventures.

But is our church family’s calendar looking the same way? Are we looking for opportunities to participate in our church’s life with the same excitement and enthusiasm?

This summer, I invite you to focus not only on schedules and ‘busy’-ness, but also on renewal, relationships and being relevant. Many of us find these opportunties through communal worship in our faith community. How can you help provide worship at Tuality Community of Christ that is renewing and relevant and provides blessings to you and others this summer?

Are you good at planning and organizing, creating a welcoming and sacred space, putting words to Jesus’ message of mission, performing the sacraments, praying, singing, listening, being…all of these (and more) are talents and unique offerings which are crucial to our worship together. It is through our worship that we come into our identity and calling as a Community of Christ….

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Do not be afraid to go where it beckons you to go. Doctrine and Covenants 163:1

Please consider where God is calling you to serve through worship at Tuality Community of Christ this summer. As a group, we have commited to a volunteer based schedule, so your stepping forward to provide ministry is crucial to our ability to provide a spiritual home. See 2015 Worship Calendar to volunteer.

Blessings,
co-Pastor Roberta

May 14, 2014August 8, 2014

“Embody Sacred Community” – by Roberta LaHue Brown

The scripture we utilized for today’s worship, Acts 2:42-47 focuses on community. It clarifies key attributes of the disciples’ fellowship when they gathered. As the early followers of the Way responded to the Holy Spirit they encountered awe and wonder.

The first hallmark of a Christian community, devotion to apostolic teaching, highlights the importance of taking scriptures seriously. It is not just a matter of learning and teaching. Instead, it is also about devotion, immersion in, and living in and through the Word. It is like an old Jewish saying in which a disciple asked his teacher, “Rabbi, I have gone through all of the Torah. What more should I do?” The Rabbi said, “The question is not whether you have gone through all the Torah, the question is, has all of the Torah gone through you?” I encourage you, as we enter into worship, to let the scriptures enter you through our prayer movements.

The second characteristic is fellowship. The early church would spend “much time together” (v. 46). Key to this activity is hospitality which is an attitude, a practice, and a way of life. This culture of hospitality extends friendship to all, especially the stranger. New relationships develop—a reciprocal mutual sharing between member and guest. Both receive, both give, and both are transformed. Bonhoeffer called this reciprocal arrangement “open” and “mutual” hospitality which stimulated the health of community. He argued that listening to one another (we’ll had opportunity for this today through sharing of testimonies) is the primary practice of mutual hospitality.

The third practice of a Christian community according to this scripture is the breaking of bread. This activity was a profound communal expression of oneness, solidarity, and friendship. All are welcome, Jesus preached, as he invited everyone and gathered around him the least of the society. Verse 46 states that they would eat “their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God.” Eating together was a sacred act. We partook in the saced act of communion last week, and today had opportunity for communal meal through the ‘Lunch and Learn’ after our worship.

The fourth important trait of this authentic Christian community was its prayer.Early Christians likely participated in set prayers, such as the Lord’s Prayer, particular Psalms, or other types and forms of prayer. Praying is communion with God. To be an authentic community, believers must engage both intentionally and enthusiastically in prayer. Our Mission Prayer is one such set prayer, that we said together at the end of our worship and that the pastorate encourages every member and friend of TCC to say daily.

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This same scripture is relevant to us, and to all Community of Christ congregations today. As we carry on our function as the body of Christ in the word through practicing all of these activities—devotion to the teachings, fellowship and generously sharing, eating together, and praying—we are and become authentic, hospitable, loving, generous, and Spirit-filled. In today’s worship, through our prayer, singing, teaching and fellowship, we experienced what it means to be the embodiment of sacred community.

Reference: World Church Worship Helps, Exploring the Scripture:http://www.cofchrist.org/worship13-14/14-05-11.asp

Weekly Theme Reflection by Roberta Brown

March 26, 2014

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