Step Up — Koinonia

This message centers on koinonia , a Greek word too rich for a single English equivalent, drawn from Acts 2:42–47 . The early church did not merely gather; it devoted itself to the koinonia — the difference, as the illustration goes, between a potluck and a sword pledged to a shared mission. The radical sharing of Acts 2 and 4 frames a question: how big is the community that can say “I need you” and “I got you” and mean it? Three Greek words for life — bios, zoe, and a third — distinguish the life we create from the life we were created for. The woman at the well illustrates that koinonia with others flows from koinonia with God: to be known is to be loved. The call is to pray, then act — surrendering, joining, serving, and reconciling within the body.