我喜爱社群这个观念。在我事奉的第一间教会，我时常都会教导关于社群的功课，以致每当我提起社群这个名词时，学生们便开始翻白眼表示不耐烦了；然而，在每一次的讨论中，我们都会谈及某些与之前不同的内容，它可以应用在我们做的每一件事上面。玩游戏时，我们是在建造社群；一同吃饭时，我们是在建造社群；研读神的话语、或把我们的信仰应用在时事谈论上时，我们是在建造社群；在我们教会或邻近地方一起服事别人时，我们是在建造社群；一起祷告时，我们是在建造社群。
使徒行传2章描述的初期教会，也是这种社群的好榜样。无论做什么事，信徒们都一起去做，在这过程中，他们便是在建造社群了。日常生活上的事情从大到小，他们都一起去做，藉此他们既认识到自己是谁，同时也认识了神是谁。
成为一个社群的一员是重要的。参与社群容许我们坦诚相待和表露脆弱的一面。在激励别人时，我们也受到激励；在帮助别人发掘恩赐时，我们同样寻获我们自身的恩赐和才干；我们在别人身上学习，而他们也在我们身上学习；我们看到一幅更完整的图景，包括我们身处的这个世界和在我们里面的神是怎样的。
让我们一起来探索什么是社群吧。
父啊，在我们踏上一同思考什么是社群的学习旅程时，求你帮助我们。奉耶稣名祈求，阿们。
使徒行传 2:42-47
42都恒心遵守使徒的教训，彼此交接、掰饼、祈祷。
43众人都惧怕，使徒又行了许多奇事神迹。
44信的人都在一处，凡物公用，
45并且卖了田产、家业，照各人所需用的分给各人。
46他们天天同心合意恒切地在殿里，且在家中掰饼，存着欢喜、诚实的心用饭，
47赞美神，得众民的喜爱。主将得救的人天天加给他们。
"All the believers were together and had everything in common." - Acts 2:44
I love the idea of community. At the first church where I worked, I taught about community so much that the students started to roll their eyes whenever I said the word. And yet, every time we discussed it, we would talk about something different. It also applied to everything that we did. When we played games together, we were building community. When we ate together, we were building community. When we studied God’s Word or talked about a current topic and applied our faith to it, we were building community. When we served others in our church or neighborhood together, we were building community. When we prayed together, we were building community.
The early church, described in Acts 2, is a great example of this as well. Whatever the believers did, they did it together and built community in the process. From the big things in life to the small things, they did them together and learned about who they were and who God is at the same time.
Being part of a community is important. It gives us the opportunity to be honest and vulnerable. To build others up as we are being built up. To discover our gifts and talents as we help others do the same. To learn from others as they learn from us. And to see a larger picture of who God is in the world around us and in ourselves.
Let’s explore together what community is.
Father, help us on this journey of learning together as we think about community. In Jesus, Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
