Lessons in Faith - 2 ----------------

     "Mom, why do we have go to church?" 
     "We go to church to pray and worship God!" 
     "But we can do that at home. I say my prayers before I go to 
bed, and Dad thanks God for food before supper." 
     "At church we have fellowship with other people who ˙believe 
in God." 
     "What is 'fellowship'?" 
     "Fellowship is caring about other believers and sharing news 
about what God has done." 
     "Is that like when I told my friend about Jesus?" 
     "Not quite, ˙that is called witnessing. ˙Fellowship is ˙more 
like ˙going to a party where everyone knows your name, ˙˙everyone 
believes ˙in God and his son Jesus, ˙and everyone is always ready 
and ˙happy to help you in any way. ˙Everyone cares about what ˙is 
happening ˙in your life, ˙and is ready to listen if you ˙need ˙to 
talk, ˙˙and ready to pray with you about your or ˙someone ˙else's 
needs." 
     "That ˙sounds like the Bible study you have here on Tuesdays 
with all those ladies!" 
     "That's right! ˙We all share God in common, ˙and are ˙always 
ready to share him and what he has done!" 
     "My teacher in Sunday School always asks 'What did God do in 
your ˙life this past week?' ˙Once Joey said that God gave him ˙an 
'A' on his math quiz!" 
     "Your Sunday School class is a fellowship!" 
     "Mom, is fellowshiping important?" 
     "Yes. ˙Without fellowship, ˙a ˙believer might start to ˙feel 
alone in the world. ˙Believers need to share, to know that God is 
working in our, and other people's lives." 
     "Mom, ˙˙I ˙˙know it's Friday, ˙but could we go to church ˙to 
fellowship now?" 

                                                  LRH 11/09/85