In our final week of "For the Bible Tells Me So", and we're asking one of the biggest questions for those of us who want to take scripture seriously if not literally. How does the Bible tell us to be church? Scripture seems pretty clear that we are to gather together, but why, and in what way? For thousands of years, people have been gathering around this one book and using it to inform how they are to function as a community. Entire communities have been created and split over the translation of one word from scripture. People meet on different days of the week all dependent on how they interpret what scripture is saying about church. Clearly, there are lots of ways to understand what "church" should look like. 

Scripture both invites us into a beautiful family-like community, but it also contains some disturbing community practices (slaves obey your masters!). This week, Pastor Sarah shares about the different ways scripture guides us toward being an authentic community that follows the way of Jesus and why we don't have to disregard all of its teachings when we come across things that seem antithetical to that way. This is going to be a powerful time as we talk about church and why First United exists.