at the Lord's Supper. So I'll just read that verses 11 or chapter 11 verses 17 to 18. But in the following instructions I do not commend you because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For in the first place when you come together as a church I hear that there are divisions among you and I believe it in part. And then he goes on with the example of some of you come to the Lord's Supper and you eat all the good food before everybody else gets there. You know, you're just being selfish and worse than that, you're not recognizing the body and blood of Christ, the whole purpose of the meal. So then you get this great theological reminder of what it's really all about. But if you kind of back up to, well, you know, what if, each person just in the priest or the pastor or the bishop had their own private communion, then you wouldn't have that problem, right? So the point is, today, they're supposed to be all together and sharing the meal, that sort of thing. All these problems that Paul writes about, why didn't he just say, everybody stay home, pray, read your Bibles, think about all that God's done for you, and then that would eliminate half the problems, right? I'm being kind of silly, but you get the point. I hope that there's an expectation, there's spiritual realities being reflected in the fact that Christians are to gather together. So let's do read, if somebody will, they might know it by memory, but if somebody will read Hebrews 10, 24, and let's get the microphone Somebody, just pick somebody, Barry. Hebrews 10, 24. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works. Unless I wrote it down wrong, maybe it's two verses. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching. Thank you. So kind of a classic text there, usually used to say certainly do not neglect coming to the formal regular corporate worship, which we'll have here at 11 o'clock, right? That's what we typically think of with that verse. And I agree with that, but I would say it perhaps means more than just that. So obviously, God expects us to gather together and especially to worship him formally. And just me thinking about when that was written, why it might have been written, I suspect the fear of persecution might have been a real reason back then that you would neglect gathering together in Christ's name. And that's still the case today, right, around the world, not here, thankfully. So in either case, whether there's the political freedom or the cultural freedom to gather in Christ's name, it's expected. God expects us to do it. Obviously, there will be times where there's circumstances outside our control, including maybe our own health that we can't, but the expectation is there. But today, so obviously the formal worship of God is very important, no doubt about it, but today we're gonna kind of look into some of the other times we gather and how those are also expected and a blessing. So in thinking about the Corinthian church, because we've been studying them, I didn't read every verse again, the first and second Corinthians, but skimmed through them. I didn't really find some specific examples of like, church gathering other than the regular formal worship. I might have missed them, but let's do read a little bit of the First Corinthians and just think about what I'm gonna say is the fact, or I guess you could say probability, that they were interacting more than just that formal hour, or however many hours it was, once a week. So turn to First Corinthians chapter 12. We'll look at verses 21 to 26. So, Barry, if you'll get a volunteer. Thank you, Erica. 21 to 26. The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you, nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable, we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together. If one member is honored, all rejoice together. Thank you. Especially that last line there, there's just that implication that the members of the church were to really know each other well, They know each other's needs, they're trying to meet each other's needs. So we know at least mercy ministry, and not so much in the Corinthians letters to the Corinthians, but more like in the letter to the Romans and maybe some other places, the eating together in the homes, because you have the whole issue with meat sacrifice to idols. So we know they're at least doing that, the emergency ministry and having meals together in the homes. But you get the idea here, these people knew each other and spent time together. A lot of these divisions and conflicts did arise in the actual worship service, the communion service we've already talked about. And then there's all the speaking in tongues and all those issues, so very much That applies very much to that hour as well. But I think you get the idea that these people knew each other more than just that one hour or two a week. So we do have an example in the New Testament of people, the church, basically camping out together. Turn to Acts 2, and we'll read verses 42 to 47. If I can get a volunteer to read that. to 42 to 47. So this would be after the day of Pentecost and Peter's preaching and many people are coming to Christ. And this talks about how they spent their time. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers and fear came upon every soul and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. and all that believe were together and had all things common and sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all men as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. Thank you. Now soon after this, there was the stoning of Stephen, and then they were scattered. As part of God's providence, obviously, send the word out throughout the civilized world. But for a time, they were just all gathered together. Spent a lot of time together, and it was focused on God's word, to be sure. But as we know, the first deacons, why were they needed? Because there was this mercy ministry going on of sharing food and making sure the people that didn't have much got enough. So they're looking after each other. So these are some examples of how early Christians spent their time together. And of course, we looked at Hebrews, that it is an actual command that we gather together. But let's look at some more, I guess, theological reasons, you know, why we're a body and not just isolated individuals. And so I wrote down some myself, but before that, I'm just curious, what comes to your mind when you think about why we're supposed to gather together? building one another up. Thank you. Absolutely. Yes, Christian. Absolutely, I'll summarize it. So the accountability, if you just kind of live your own private Christian life, or maybe just have one or two people you, other Christians you interact with, you're not going to get the same accountability, kind of feedback on how your life really is. So if you would give the mic to Nathan. Yeah, Arvids, real quick one, go ahead. I was just going to say, for educational purposes, because we teach each other and learn from each other about the faith, like Paul talks about in Romans 1, 11, I think it is, you know, where, you know, I can feed you and you can feed me as well. That's right. from going your own way down the wrong path. Good. Keeps you from error, which these days you can find any teaching you want on the internet. So obviously, of course, you can go to different churches and hear what they have, how they're interpreting the Bible. So in one aspect, you could say you have to be vigilant for yourself, you do have to be very careful. But once you do find that good teaching, you're right, we need to stick with it, not just float around and certainly not neglect it. Go ahead, Robin. I was gonna say, it's good for our, we need it for our sanctification too. We tend to rub each other in wrong ways all the time. I think God uses relationships and difficult relationships sometimes to show us our own weaknesses and our need for him and for each other. Amen. Anything else come to mind? I've just got three or four items I'm gonna emphasize. Well, that's good. Thank you. So there'll be some overlap, I'm sure, with some of the things you all say and what I'm saying. So one I wrote down is believers in the Lord Jesus Christ have a new identity. So once you were in the kingdom of Satan and of darkness, now you're in the kingdom of light. Now you have been adopted by God. So once you're adopted, then you automatically have millions of siblings who are also adopted, right? Some of the word pictures in the Bible are now living stones in God's temple. You're now the hands and feet, arms and legs of Jesus. You're the body of Christ. A kingdom of priests. Sheep in the sheep pen of the good shepherd. God's Word gives us these symbols to teach us that as soon as the Holy Spirit unites us to Christ, we automatically have a new family with many brothers and sisters who are also united to Christ. So the point here is that And you think about a family, a human family, a mother, father, and children. It's right, it's good, it's healthy for them to spend time together, right? That's very intuitive. It would be very unhealthy if they're living isolated lives from each other. So the spiritual family is the same way, right? And it's just kind of automatic is the word I'm using. It helps me, may be helpful to you. You know, like you're born into a family, you didn't choose to be born in that family. So you could say you chose, which we here do emphasize that God chose you, but in a sense you also chose to be in the spiritual family of God. But it wasn't just between you and God, you're now united to every other believer. So it's just a spiritual fact, and you're not going to get around it. And you don't want to get around it. It's a blessing, really, but of course, it can be a pain can come along with it. So just like being in a human family with all the trials that go along with that, you're in the church. If you're a believer in Jesus Christ, you are a member of his church. And we are going to emphasize. The implications that in the local church, but. Right away, you are a member of. the greater church, God's people. All right. Secondly, I wrote down that human beings are made in the image of God. And as Christians, we're being remade or that the brokenness of that image is being restored. So that means we are and we're supposed to and we are imitating God's character. We're like him and he is a Trinity. There's God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. And they've always been together and always will, always loving each other. God himself has perfect fellowship. And the wonderful grace of Jesus brings us into fellowship with God. But it also restores our fellowship with all the other people of God. So similar to the persons in the Trinity, we are distinct persons, and yet we're inseparably connected. And then the third thing I put down is just all the commands to love one another. How can you love one another if you don't even spend time together and interact? So let's look at some of those in the Bible. Let's, if Barry picks somebody else, let's read Romans 12, nine to 13. This is the passage where Paul's saying, now that you've heard all this great theology about your salvation, here's how you can worship God as a living sacrifice. Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil. Hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful and zeal. Be fervent in spirit. Serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope. Be patient in tribulation. Be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Thank you. A long list there, and it can be overwhelming at times, but yeah, that's We're going to talk about that in a minute. You can't love everybody, right? This day, if you're hearing about news all over the world and your heart kind of goes out to lots of different people, but all right, sis, God tells us we ought to be doing these things. And so I'm saying it's the local church where you can mainly do that. All right, somebody read 1 John 1, 6 to 7. Thank you, Barry, for just picking people. Yes, sir. If we claim to have fellowship with him, yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another. In the blood of Jesus, his son purifies us from all sin. Thank you. So yeah, there it's real brief, but it's tying together this whole idea that if we are new creatures in Christ, we're no longer in darkness, then one of the implications is we have fellowship with one another. It's not just about between us and God, that vertical relationship, it's the horizontal comes along with it between us and all the other Christians. All right, somebody go back to 1 Corinthians 13. So we think about this in weddings, love, and you know, all this applies really to the husband-wife relationship as well. But it's more than just the husband-wife relationship. So 1 Corinthians 13, four to seven. Love is patient and kind. Love does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way. It is not irritable or resentful. It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Thank you. So if you're not arrogant or rude, You know, that's easy if you're just by yourself. But if you're married or if you have children, automatically you've got to practice that. And what we're saying today is, I think God intends us to practice that in the local church also. All right, and then Ephesians chapter four, somebody will read, and we're about done with this list, verses 24 to 32. Ephesians 4, 24 to 32. that you put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness wherefore putting away lying speak every man truth with his neighbor for we are members one of another be angry and sin not let not the sun go down upon your wrath neither give place to the devil let him that stole still no more but rather let him labor working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice, and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Thank you. That was a long one. And. You know, in Ephesians, just like a lot of Paul's letters. You know, he's he's instructing the church how to love each other, a lot of things he's he's instructing husbands and wives, parents and children, slaves and masters. and how you relate to people outside the church, unbelievers. There's a lot more than just the love between non-family members in the church, but I think you can see it here, and if you get it from the context, that is a big part of it. All right, and then the last one is Galatians 6.10. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. Thanks. So as a young Christian, when I first read that, I was like, what? It seems like it'd be more important to reach the loss and put more of a priority on those outside the household of faith, because they're the ones who need what we have. And there's some truth to that, but this is another example, really, of the love within the church, loving your fellow church members is a priority. And I think that kind of gets back to the character of God and who we are. I mean, that's what we're going to be doing for all eternity. We will be separated from those who are not in Christ. And that's sad to think about, but it is. It's the truth, and that's. Who we are and that's our future, we're going to be with God and each other forever. But it's not just that, and we'll get to this in a minute, as we love each other well, that is a way of reaching the lost. So we'll get to that in a minute. So in summary about just kind of some of the reasons why we're supposed to gather and love each other. So it's a command or you can also say it's an opportunity to be loving. It applies to every believer and it's to be carried out toward every other believer. But as finite creatures, we can only know well and love well a certain number of people. The local church is the primary place where God assigns us to carry out this mandate to love. We can carry out this command to love during the worship hour, and there's a lot of examples of that in the New Testament, such as not eating the communion meal before everyone else gets there, 1 Corinthians 11. James 2, he talks about not showing partiality, giving the rich the better seats, having the poor sit on the floor. So things like that are important too. But I'm saying obviously people have to spend more time together than just that one hour on Sunday if there's to be the kind of building up and helping and forgiving and so forth that the New Testament prescribes. So now we'll kind of move on to like how can we practically do that here. So Christian fellowship in the broadest sense occurs in innumerable ways. I've made a list up here and we'll talk about that in a minute. But that's really just more of the kind of the observable gatherings. Some ways, but you know, Christian fellowship does include the family life. So we're not to neglect time with your spouse and with your children or the corporate worship. Those would be the higher priorities, generally speaking. But the next priority I think would be fellowship with your local church. And they're not necessarily like I'm going to spend one hour here and then I'm going to spend another hour here with family, church. There can definitely be overlap. The church picnic's coming up, or VBS is coming up, but then church picnic. You know, if you're bringing your spouse and your children to these events, then you're interacting with your family and with your church all at the same time. And it's good to spend time with other believers outside your local church. I'm not saying you shouldn't do that. So in open, I do some of that. A lot of people do. Examples would be Bible study fellowship. There's the prayer on the square every Thursday at noon. There's community Bible studies. Those are great. So I'm really just saying there is a priority, I think, and that the higher priority should be the fellowship with your local church. Now, for one thing, we've all here, if you're a member of the church, you've taken vows to support the worship and work of this church. It's the church, so you could say it's all of Christ's people everywhere, but you have, there's an expectation that it's particularly for this particular church. So now, these times of fellowship, they can entail, obviously, Bible study and prayer. That's very good. use of that time, but it can include really any kind of activity, even just hanging out. Anytime two people gather for coffee, I would say that's Christian fellowship if they're two members from the church. If you go on a West Virginia mission trip, you're really spending a lot of time together and getting to know each other well. That's definitely Christian fellowship. So I think there's a wide range of categories that fall under that. And here's where I wrote down, what about spending time with unbelievers? So absolutely, God calls us to do that. And that tends to be, you know, God provides for that in just your workplace, your school, going to the marketplace, you're gonna have those opportunities automatically. But even in the case of choosing to spend time reaching the loss, the scriptures do teach that what we do amongst ourselves is part of that reaching the lost. So in John 13 35 Jesus says, by this all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another. So with these things in mind, I'm gonna ask you guys, at first I was gonna say, tell me what you can remember that we do here already. But I thought that'd be pretty slow. And so I just went and wrote down everything I could think of. And I know a lot of you probably can't read, I'll read it for those who can't see it. Then I want you to tell me, this is gonna be like a work session. What do we got here? We got plenty of time. So, and, You may not think of anything today, but by all means, think of it in the future and write it down and tell the session, you know, what are the activities we do that you think, yep, that really is good, that's helping us to practice the fellowship God wants us to practice? Or what are some things we should drop off? And then what are some new ideas that maybe we should add? I don't skip anything. Yeah, I just wanna say, I just decided to do this as part of the Sunday school, so this is not the official session, or request from the session. There will, Danny started on it, hopefully it'll come out soon. There will be a survey to say, like, these are the things where I feel I'm gifted and where I would like to serve, and, or, these are things I'd like to see happen in our church. So hopefully that'll be coming out soon. So this is kind of a plug to please respond to that, take it seriously and fill it out. And having said all that, when I wrote all this, I'm like, well, we do a lot. As a small church, I've been here 34 years. Yeah, a long time. So we've always kind of de-emphasized programs, like having a bunch of different programs that meet every week and require a lot of time on people's part, because we do want to emphasize the family. We don't want to be having you coming to church two or three times a week and with lots of prep time ahead of time and neglecting just that quality time with your family. So we're not looking for big programs, but there are I think the idea here is we can, especially in this internet age, we can tend to be, live kind of isolated. And that we're just trying to find ways to get together and talk and get to know each other and help each other. So with that being said, I'm gonna read these. We got up here, Sunday Schools. Everybody gets credit for being here today, if you're here. Thank you. So Sunday School, and that, what little history I know, I think it's only about 100 years old or so. It's an American thing. It's not something the church for centuries has done. So this is an example of a, something in addition to the formal corporate worship, where you just take an extra time. So this is more teacher, student kind of thing. But Mike does a really good job with getting everybody involved. And we've had times in this class where people speak for a while about their personal lives, you know, to share that with everybody. And that's part of getting to know each other. And I would call that fellowship. So obviously, small group Bible studies is probably one of the best ways to get us You got a smaller group where you can talk to each other, pray for each other, and it's a good environment for that. But then, you know, hikes, that's something we usually do every year. Love One Another was a title we've used a few times, but it was like a Valentine's dinner. Easter breakfast. Graduation luncheon. BBS. canoe trip, that's coming up soon, a fall festival, and what was it, this past fall, Scott did a shrimp boil, had a little different twist to it. All right, West Virginia trip, I think that's a major one, like I said, because you're actually camping out for a weekend and working hard together. The summer picnic, The CELO retreat and other youth retreats. Reformation Day. We haven't done this lately, but Sports Day we've done a few times. We're just gathering the field back here and have some team sports. Caroling, I don't think we've done that the last couple of years, but for years we've done that. Going around and singing Christmas carols in people's homes or at nursing homes. There's the Women's Christmas Party. Game nights, that's the kind of thing that people just kind of spontaneously say, let's do it. Phillip and Addison have been doing that lately. I really appreciate that. Local service projects. So in addition to West Virginia, we've typically done one or more. And lately it's been at Tanya's house. But over the years, we've done people outside of the church. We've worked on their homes and people's in the church. But that's kind of like West Virginia. It's not overnight, but you're getting together and working hard together. The church property here, work days for the church property. Women's regular meetings, which lately it's been Bible studies, in the past it was like a monthly meeting for all the women. Conferences, like marriage conferences, parenting conferences. Missionary visit, a missionary comes here and shares about the ministry, and then you gather for a meal after that and talk to each other and talk to them. Men's and women's retreats, baby showers and bridal showers, and visitation, just people going to other people's homes, especially if it's people who have a hard time getting to the other events. Doing any of these would be difficult for them. So if you're just going to their house and spending time with them, that is absolutely Christian fellowship. So that's the list I came up with. You guys helped me. I'd like to hear, say, yeah, I really like this one, and that one needs to go. Or you can tell me that privately if you want to. No, we're not eliminating BBS. We're committed to that. Go ahead, Nathan. The one that I don't see up there for sure is the Wednesday night youth group with the kids. Yeah, right. Absolutely. Thank you. And something that I like and enjoy is Mike and I will go shooting at the club. We could always, I know there's a lot of people interested in that type of thing at the church. Yeah, and so that, a lot of people do a lot of things that, behind the scenes, so to speak, and I encourage that. So really what I wanna come out of this lesson is, I think most of us already do this, but just a reminder, especially if you have, friends outside the church that you know, like if you grew up here, you might have a lot of other friends, but just to kind of say, hey, I should invite so-and-so from my local church this time when I haven't in the past, that kind of thing, just to make it a priority to include people here. And it may be you don't want to open that up to 10 people, Maybe you just invite somebody, or maybe you do open it, it's an old church. And all that's really very flexible. It's just the idea of that's part of God's purpose for me is to be connected and invest in the people right here. Nathan's stretching or is he raising his hand? Nathan? Yeah, all right, Nathan. Say it one more time. I couldn't hear you. Cigar night, all right. That'll be on the private list, the hidden list. All right, did Eric have one? Go ahead. I don't think I see it up there either, but the prayers for the next generation and the men's gatherings for prayer. I haven't gotten to go to that in a long time, but that was always such a blessing and still a blessing to know that people are gathering to pray. Yeah, actually, I got it here, but it missed getting up there. Thank you. Yes, prayer meetings, absolutely. Christian's got one. Barry's going to have to come back. I just want to say that something that came to mind before is that all these events, like, I would hope that someone would be considering the time of people. So, like, if, like, the canoe trip, you know, that one usually is on a Saturday, but I remember in the past when, especially when I was working at a different place where I had a job from, you know, eight to five, and I couldn't assist to some of this stuff. I wanted to, but I could not show up because of my work schedule. Now I'm blessed that I own my company, but I can take off. But, you know, I would hope that someone would consider these times for other folks to maybe come to these events and not just do them like Monday morning or, you know, Wednesday 1 p.m. and things like that. Just considering the rest of the church too. Are you saying that Saturday is typically better than other days? Saturday is a good day, you know, but I've seen things scheduled in a time that, you know, Even for me, it would be difficult to show up because of, you know, busy schedule. And I know we have to make time and stuff like that, but just be considerate of time. Absolutely. Okay. What else comes to mind? But yeah, obviously you just showed up today and didn't know I was gonna be talking about this, but hopefully I've generated some interest and that you'd be looking for that survey. And then fill it out. Um, yeah, and I, of course, actually wrote that down. So I don't want you to hear this as a call to get busier. I mean, most of us are plenty busy. Um, it's really just a call to choose the better over the good and how you spend your spare time. Uh, make it a priority to fellowship with your own church. If your best friend is somebody from another church, that is fine, but choose sometimes to spend time with people in this church when you otherwise would have spent it with your best friend. Also, as you gather with the church at the various activities, which that even includes, obviously, every Sunday after worship, and this church is good at that, and Pastor Sandy always encouraged that. And I think he even helped increase it. Rather than just going home right after the blessing, hang around and visit. So whether it's some of these times or whether it's just after corporate worship, standing around, just be intentional about getting to know people that you don't yet know. And if you are planning a fun outing or a shooting or whatever, invite some people from the church to go with you. So hopefully you get the idea. Barry? I was just going to say, thank you for doing this lesson on that and your last comment about just being intentional about who you're doing things with. I've really been thinking about that lately because with the kids especially, we have a lot of kid activities that we're trying to get to and do. Luca, I'm so thankful for him. He brought to my attention that we're spending a lot of time with and like he says not wrong, but there's a little friend of his that I mean has already just started talking to Luca about God's not real and I don't believe in Jesus and Luca's heartbroken and says How could you not believe in Jesus? And we can't be friends anymore. So it's been interesting to have that talk with them. It's not that we can't spend time with them ever, but it was a wake-up call to me that, you know what, why am I trying to make every intention to be going to these groups where we're having this kind of interaction? And so it made me back off of that and be more intentional in saying, there's kids, friends that we could be spending time with right here in this church and getting together with them. And one little way that we started doing that is Pastor Mike has been meeting with some of the little, you know, little guys, eight to 11, 10 ish age to play basketball together. And so just, you know, building those little friendships with believers, believer families. And that's just been on my mind lately. Thank you. And all these things, of course, there needs to be balance. Like we said, don't neglect spending time with unbelievers. We need to do that. But the goal is to bring them into this fellowship that is the body of Christ, and we're reflecting God's image, and we're practicing what we're going to be doing for eternity. We want to bring people into it. That's the goal. But if we neglect what's going on here amongst ourselves, what are we bringing people into? Obviously, the preaching of the word is central, but that's not everything. So the planned activities are, you know, there's people, and obviously if you text each other, call each other, I mean, that's Christian fellowship. You're being intentional about getting to know and loving the people in your own church. But these planned activities are just kind of a way to get something on our calendars so that the weeks don't turn into months, turn into years, that you just don't get to know each other. So, but spontaneous gatherings are also very good, obviously. So, in conclusion, just consider volunteering, or like, do one of these activities to help this planet, see it happen, and definitely to show up and invite friends and respond to this survey if it comes out. So, hey, we've got five minutes early. Dan? Here comes the mic. All right. Part of the fellowship is a, can be and should be, I think, a secondary consequence of just doing the business of the church. And not all of that business is, necessarily what we have going on right now that someone might come up with an idea uh... will advance the kingdom of god some way whether it's an evangelism type program or whether it's uh... whatever it might be and uh... and uh... i'd i think it would be good to encourage uh... each other uh... to to assess what your talents are and make sure that your uh... and pray about make sure that your plugging in your desires and talents into some of these items that are up here or maybe something else. And I think the main thing is that we want to make sure those talents are being put to use in a positive way. And when they are, inevitably you're interacting with others in the church and you're having some fellowship. So whether that's a work project, whether it's working with youth, you know, whatever that might be, whether it's teaching Sunday school, That's what comes to mind to me, anyway. You've already covered a lot of that, and I came in late. That's fine, yeah. And I'm not trying to make a big distinction between formal corporate worship and all these other things. It's really, we're worshiping God, should be every second of the day in all that we do. The corporate worship is just a special time, particularly focused on God. but the fact that we're doing it together, because we are his body. But thank you for that, Dan. So I'm gonna close with, this is picking up from where Danny kind of left off, 2 Corinthians 5, 16 to 17. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh, like Jew or Gentile, American or You know, all the different distinctions that might be out there. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come. The part of that is every one of us is a new creation if we're in Christ. We're automatically brothers and sisters in Christ. We're a family that we need to love each other and we will and we can by God's grace. All right, let's pray. Lord, we thank you so much for saving us. And that means more than we even realize, but there's major things it means that you've revealed to us and you're working out in us. Thank you for that. Thank you. You've restored. our relationship with you and that you've restored our relationship with all your people. And you will complete that good work you've begun. So we ask for your help to love each other well, not neglect meeting together. In Christ's name we pray, amen.