We long for God to form us into a people who love and belong as we Live in Community, and keep us rooted in Jesus as we Be Faithfully Present wherever God has placed us. But when the Bible has been used against people, or we find it hard to understand, how do me make it an anchor in our lives?

As Pastor Paul Morgun continues to take us through the Anchors series, we continue to discuss why the Bible is an important anchor to ground us in the truth and practices that help us Grow Spiritually. We are invited to wrestle with what that entails and how we make it a practice and foundation for our lives.

Pastor Paul Morgun uses this movement to remind us that the Christian life was never intended to be lived alone. From the beginning, Jesus formed a community around Himself. The early church did not simply gather for teaching once a week; they shared meals, prayed together, cared for one another, practiced generosity, carried one another's burdens, and opened their lives to each other.

This Movement is reflected in nurturing a culture of connection, where people are known and relationships can form, and cultivating communities of trust and belonging, where deeper relationships allow us to be vulnerable and grow together. There is a difference between attending a church and belonging to a community.

Pastor Curtis Anderson takes us through the final movement regarding embodying the love of Jesus wherever God has placed us. Jesus continually noticed the people around Him. He ate with outsiders, touched those others avoided, welcomed children, dignified the forgotten, cared for the poor, and moved toward people with compassion.

To be faithfully present means learning to live with that same posture.

This Movement is about learning to be faithfully present to the people and places God has already given us, paying attention to where God is at work and joining Him there. We embody the gospel through ordinary, tangible acts of presence, hospitality, love, and generosity in our neighbourhoods and networks, while intentionally moving toward those who are vulnerable. Cultivating relationships, sharing life, extending compassion, and seeking justice together.