Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Reasons Why I Think Everyone Needs a Home Church (or something like it!)
(as usual, in no particular order)

1. To learn and grow in community and meet Christ in new ways.
2. To share burdens, struggles and joys with.
3. To be challenged (you know, the ol' iron sharpens iron deal)
4. To be able to journey through Scripture within community (I just taught this to Jr Highers - "community hermeneutic"...they loved that they learned that word!)
5. To encounter people who are liked-minded, and quite the opposite from you!
6. To get to know brothers and sisters in a safe, welcoming, and open setting.
7. To have someone watch your house when you go on vacation (...I kid, but they are trustworthy people!)
8. To know a consistent group of people are journeying with you and praying for you.
9. To be able to sit (uncomfortably at times) in the middle of a community setting that will force you to have an active faith
10. To "be" with, to go out and do works of compassion, to do life with, to have fun with, to hang out with, to call when you're having a bad day, to pray for you/your family when life kicks you in the teeth, to hold you accountable, to hold you up, to love on you and to love.

I could go on.  I think a Home Church community is something beyond a group of solid friends. It's a clear extension of the family of God and I love mine.