Tomorrow night is the First Friday of the month Potluck at Calvary Chapel East Campus starting at 6pm. {8711 East Speedway in the playground area.) This one is special to my family because we will also be celebrating Trinytee’s 11th birthday, who is my daughter Tiasia’s oldest child. These Potlucks are a time to come together as a community and share our lives, our individualized contributions, conversation, and something that I believe that has been taken for granted, the presence of other saints that are living in the same type of joys and struggles that we are. I have heard it said that we all may be in the same storm but we are not all in the same boat. Some have yachts, others may have canoes, while others are barely holding on to a life buoy. While in fellowship we get to know each other on a more personal level, not just in passing during service while on our way to the coffee shop or the bathroom. I consider how the first century church gathered and desired to have the same type of “koinonia,” an intimate spiritual communion and participative sharing in a common religious commitment and spiritual community. It is written in *Acts 2:46 Day after day they met in the temple [area] continuing with one mind, and breaking bread in various private homes. They were eating their meals together with joy and generous hearts, 47 praising God continually, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were being saved.* I have deeply enjoyed that type of fellowship. There are few opportunities these days for people who are not family to share a meal and more importantly come together in Christ and not in crisis. It’s easy to get lost in the crowd of a ““big church”, but we can connect intimately in community while in a small group setting. It’s the relationships we make within the context of the small groups that help keep us closer to Jesus and help draw others to Him as well. This is our way to live out what the Lord Jesus was talking about in *John 13:35 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.* If you can’t come please be praying for us, and if you happened to see Trinytee whether at the potluck or just walking about, please wish her a “Happy Day”, I am sure she would appreciate it, no matter what day it is. A little encouragement really can change someone’s life forever. Thank you my Beloved, looking forward to seeing you soon.