Who We Are - People of Love - Hebrews 13:1-8 Core Value: Caring Community

The church is supposed to be a caring community. Yet, we often come off callous, uncaring, and ambivalent to the needs of each other and our neighbors. People come expecting a caring community, and yet no one greets them or shows them hospitality. People need help, but feel they cannot ask for it, and no one asks them if they need it. Our individualism and self-centeredness outweighs Jesus' call to care for one another. The church is not a normal club or group. We are those who have received a love that is unlike any love you or I could express. Jesus has shown us what true love looks like, and we are called by the Spirit to share a mere shadow of his love with those around us. To emulate the love of Christ in our interactions with the brother and sister, the stranger, the marginalized, the needy, and to follow the example of those who came before us. We do so not on our own power or strength but by the love of Jesus, and we share that love with those around us, that they may know his love for them too.