❌ Church is for putting on your best clothes, your best smile, acting all spiritual, and … just kidding!!!​​

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👥 🌎 Actually, it is just the opposite! Church is a place where we can be real with each other, support one another through this challenging life, and encourage each other as we walk with Jesus and carry out His mission.​

• See what the very first church was like (this is after Jesus ascended to heaven and sent the Holy Spirit and Peter preached and many believed in Jesus): Acts 2:42-47, Acts 4:23-37 .

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👥 David declares how good it is to have a supportive group: Psalm 133:1-3 .

• When we come together to worship the Lord in joy and celebration, it encourages us all to worship the Lord throughout the week.

• We celebrate the Lord's supper to remember together the great sacrifice Jesus made to save us: Matthew 26:26-28, 1 Corinthians 11:23-28 .

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👥 In fact, God knows it is so beneficial for us that he commands us to continue meeting together: Hebrews 10:19-25 .