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Relating Together for Tomorrow: Day 1

How many examples of relational unity can you find in Acts 1 and 2? Which of your friends is the most unlikely one?

by David Joynt on October 02, 2016


ACTS 1 AND 2

Church Challenge Week Three: Richer Relationships 

The world divides us. Marketers segment us. Sociologists identify us by ethnicity, race, gender, age, origin, and economic standing. But God’s Spirit, in the name of God’s unifying purpose, overcomes all these differences in a unity that accommodates uniqueness.

Pentecost was a preview of this amazing possibility, a precursor of the barrier-breaking, culture-embracing Christian movement. In every generation, the Church has to meet the challenge of fostering richer relationships among God’s diverse children.

How many examples of relational unity can you find in Acts 1 and 2?

Which of your friends is the most unlikely one?

Family Focus: Discuss how to pick friends. What makes a good friend? We often like people who are similar, but what is great about having friends who are different? 

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About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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