The Apostles' Creed: The Holy Universal Church and the Communion of Saints

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic* church, the communion of saints,                                                             *universal When we affirm each week in the words of the Apostles’ Creed that we believe in the holy universal church we are affirming something astounding.  We are affirming that we believe we are better together than we are apart.  We are affirming that the Church, broken and dysfunctional as it is, truly is the living body of Christ.  We are affirming that God somehow miraculously works through the Church.  We are affirming the faiths of other Christians in other churches.  Matthew Henry, the great 17th century minister and author said, “When we take God for our God, we take His people for our people.”  The Church is our people. This Palm Sunday at OKC First Church we are going to examine the Church universal, its role in our world today, and its place in our faith journeys.  This is an important message in this season of distant digital worship in which we are unable to physically gather together.  You won’t want to miss this Palm Sunday with your OKC First Church family. Pastor Lesly