As believers, we engage in transparent relationships that cultivate Christ’s love for each other and the world.

Fellowship:
- “koinonia” A sharing of one’s self with another.
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“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. 3 You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. 4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 
8 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father. 9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 
12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my

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if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other. —John 15:1-17

The vine and branch picture emphasizes complete

and the need for constant connection.

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is the essence of transformation in our lives.

Community is founded in

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.

Learn how to receive and

love.

The basis of community is the Spirit of

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If we walk in the

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, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship one with another —1 John 1:7
Almost all problems in the spiritual life stem from a lack of

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. —Teresa of Avila
As iron sharpens iron, so people can

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each other. —Proverbs 27:17
The Practice:
How will you share your life with another person this week?
- Slow down and be present.
- Share your fears, dreams, thoughts (into-me-see)
- Go all out in expressing love to someone else.