Why Is Church Unity So Much More Than Friendships & Shared Personal Interests?
Text: Ephesians 4:1-6 In the name of Jesus: Amen. I don’t feel like I fit in. There are so many new people that I don’t know. I don’t recognize familiar faces in the pews anymore. Maybe I don’t really fit in. * * * I don’t feel like I belong. The music is different. The feeling of the church isn’t what it used to be. It used to feel so warm, but not that feeling is gone. It just feels different. * * * I don’t think I am accepted anymore, for I don’t have any close friends in the church, and there aren’t any activities I can do with people my age. There is nobody that I can relate to. Maybe I’m not accepted. * * * There is no doubt about it that friendships unite people together, and it sure feels nice to have friends in church. It also feels good to have the kind of music a person likes in church - to be able to sing familiar songs with familiar people. And, it sure feels great to have people of the same age and generation in church - it just feels right to be surrounde
