BREAKING BREAD IN A BROKEN WORLD(Growth Happens in Our Community)Acts 2:42-47Pastor Alan DionsonJuly 7, 2024
Introduction
1. The importance of community
2. The impact of community
A. THE FOUNDATION OF OUR COMMUNITY
1. Definition of “ecclesia” (Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:17-18)
2. Definition of “koinonia” (Acts 2:42; 1 John 1:3; Philippians 1:5)
3. Distinction between the two words
B. THE EXPRESSIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY
1. We gather in circles (Acts 2:42-43)
2. We gather with our common experience (Acts 2:44)
3. We gather and care for one another (Acts 2:45)
4. We gather continuously (Acts 2:46)
5. We gather for connection (Acts 2:47)
Conclusion
Communion as an act of our connection to the past, the present the future.(1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
