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A Gift from Our Family to Yours
October 4, 2026 - For the Church at the St. John Church of Christ
Spiritual Discipline: Unity
In the hours before his death Jesus prays a remarkable prayer. He says, “I pray also for those who believe in me, …that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me” (John 17:20-21). Jesus’ longest recorded prayer is all about oneness with God and one another. Oneness with another is a lot different than simply knowing another. Oneness is a participation in the core of another’s being. Peter explains oneness with God as participation in the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4). Paul calls this mysterious oneness “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). The life of God is riding in us, coursing through our bodies.
The discipline of unity is the desire to live in harmony with Christ’s desire for the church to be one; to be a bridge-builder and peacemaker in the body of Christ. Unity is the mark that demonstrates to the world that the body of Christ is one organism, with one faith, one hope, one baptism, and one God and Father of all. Unity lives out the reality that Christ has already reconciled all things to himself. So in him we belong to one another.
God reconciled the world to himself. And the multiethnic, socially diverse community of faith that still names Jesus as Lord is a miracle. So let’s heed the Holy Spirit’s call to live as children of God, brothers and sisters of Jesus, and as family of our Father who is in heaven. “As far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone” (Romans 12:18).
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Worship Times
We meet together regularly on Sunday mornings. We would love to have you join us!
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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