When the church is thriving, curious neighbors take notice; but when the believing community itself becomes a curious neighbor, it leads to an incarnate embrace that embodies the love of Jesus through the proximity of local, everyday relationships.
When we commit to sharing meals together, Jesus, the Lord of the Table, gets into the midst of our table fellowship by his Spirit, and works in powerful ways to unite us together as a church family, and to draw outsiders to himself.
All of us need to show up and be ready to worship together on Sunday for sure – but every day of the week is a dress rehearsal for the peak moment of corporate gathering, when we celebrate God and enable each other to have fresh encounters with the Almighty.