Every Sunday we gather for worship and as a part of that, we read a passage from the Bible together. Reading scripture is an integral part of what the church does week in and week out. Reading scripture is one of the things that makes the church the church. We hear the stories of what God has done through Israel, in the life of Jesus and in the early church. Scripture is one of the things that we build our community around. In our passage from Nehemiah this week, we’ll see the people of Jerusalem begin a new pattern of centering their community around God’s Word.