Illustrations About Community

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Vulnerable and Lonely

“Our report suggests that 36% of all Americans—including 61% of young adultsand 51% of mothers with young children—feel ‘serious loneliness.’ Notsurprisingly, loneliness appears to have

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Church DNA

DNA is the code of life. Your DNA defines (physically) who you are. It not only defines who you are but also tells where you

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Created for Community

The COVID-19 pandemic created a situation many people had never considered:forced separation from one another—and for some, total isolation. This situation resulted in a variety

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Chosen Family

In the last few years, the media has given attention to the notion of chosen family, with traditions such as Friendsgiving gaining momentum. Friendsgiving acknowledges

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Connected

“Within a shrouded New Zealand forest, a tree stump keeps itself alive by holding onto the roots of its neighboring trees, exchanging water and resources

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Church Family Sermon Illustration

Church Family

The human family unit is meant to be a small model of how the family of God works. Christians are called to treat each other

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Family Is Family Sermon Illustration

Family Is Family

Church is a bit like a family reunion. You don’t get to pick who is invited. Family is family. The church family is sometimes just

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The Perfect Place to Hide

Social media has become the photo album of the day, highlighting everyone’s best times and memories—and it feels upsetting. Why isn’t anyone being real? Everything

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Costume Party

Can you imagine hosting a dinner party where instead of having friends come over and share their lives with you, they came dressed for a

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In Person

While the internet provides very valuable tools, tutoring for our children, directions on fixing the washing machine, and online Bible studies galore, nothing can replace

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Better Together

We are in a spiritual war (Ephesians 6:12–18) against our Enemy, the devil, who is out to devour us (1 Peter 5:8–9). If we isolate

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A Foretaste

Christian communities are a place where we can have a foretaste of heaven here on earth. What’s a foretaste? Have you ever cooked bacon before?

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