When I was growing up, we went twice every Sunday to a small church in the heart of Paterson, New Jersey, for services and Sunday School. Weekdays we went to catechism, Vacation Bible School, and Men’s and Women’s Society gatherings. Our church was small, a mission church in a ghetto, surrounded by tenement buildings, industrial buildings and millions of people. Our mission was simple: reach out in love and bring in our neighbors. Each Sunday we recited the Apostle’s Creed out loud. When I was little, I thought that the communion of saints had to do with the drinking of the wine and the eating of the bread with fellow Christians at that church. As I grew up, I came to realize that communion had a different meaning; one of gathering together, worshiping together, and being together as Christians. The communion of saints gave us the love to reach out to our community. This included the African American people who joined our church of Dutch immigrants. It meant all of us together were the church, as opposed to the church simply being the building or the programs. And so we set out to integrate our church in the 1950’s and to love to our neighbors and bring them to Christ. The integration was a slow, uneven process, but love for our neighbors was constant. We were imperfect people, but we understood that we were to witness as a community. We persevered and today the church still exists and is now a multi-ethnic community, triple the size of our 1952 congregation. This lesson will explore what it means for God’s people to be one body. As you reflect on this subject, open yourself to how God is calling you to participate more fully in the body of Christ.