An Open Letter to Prospective Visitors 

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Thank you for your interest in our home fellowships.

Our churches are relationship-based. We intentionally pattern our meetings after the way that the early church met during the time of the apostles. This way of meeting is very conducive to fellowship and mutual participation, and is in accord with the doctrine of the priesthood of the believer. Here are some characteristics of our meetings.

We dress casually.  Please come dressed comfortably, but modestly. Blue jeans or khakis are just fine. You will feel out of place wearing a coat and tie!

We gather on the Lord’s Day. Following the pattern of the New Testament, we meet together together regularly on the first day of each week, although we have been know to meet a few Saturdays on occasion. Sunday is known in Scripture as the Lord’s Day, the day Jesus conquered death and rose from the grave. We do not, however, see this as any type of Sabbath day. Every day is a holy day under the New Covenant (Heb 4, Col 2:16 - 17, Gal 4:8 -11).

We celebrate the Lord's Supper as a fellowship meal. Generally our meetings begin with a rehearsal of the Wedding Feast of the Lamb. The early church celebrated the Lord's Supper, not just with bread and wine, but also as a fellowship meal (the Agape Feast), just as Jesus celebrated it in the context of the Passover meal with his disciples. Each week when we meet, each family brings a dish, and we enjoy wonderful fellowship at this meal. The Communion portion is usually done at the beginning, but sometimes during the middle or at the end.

We consider the fellowship that takes place around the Lord's Supper to be a vitally important part of our meeting. We believe that the Lord's Supper typifies past, present, and future aspects of the Christian experience. Past, because He died and suffered for our sins; present, because we enjoy communion and fellowship with Him and with one another; and future, because we await the Wedding Feast of the Lamb.

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