Last Sunday we paused for reflection on the year ahead, particularly how our lasting purpose in Christ shapes the here and now for us. As believers, we can come to similar conclusions to that of the Preacher in Ecclesiastes 1 – all is meaningless, all is vanity and a striving after the wind. But as people under the new covenant, following Christ, being redeemed by Him, His death and resurrection, we have been transformed into a new people.

1 Peter 2:9-10

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

So the challenge remains: as new creations, a new community of people following Jesus, what we will look like?

How will gospel community play out at Factory Night Church?

What are we doing well?

What could we be doing better?

Please comment below and share your thoughts. What use is it if we merely have a catchy vision statement and do nothing about living it out?

May God work his Spirit through the Word to transform us into a close-knit, mission-centred community, intent on being holy, and declaring the praises of him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light.