According to Acts 2:42, it says "all the believers devot4ed themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer." (NLT). If these were what the early Christians did to worship, why we do not share in meals as part of the worship service today? Why is Lord's Supper not an actual meal today? Julie Hwang challenges Christians today to bring back having a meal together as a regular part of the worship service, remembering what Christ has done for us as we break bread together.  

According to Will Manchini in his new book, Future Church, people come to church because of either People, Programs, Personality, or Place. Pastor Joon Hwang asks, "Why do you attend our church?" He argues that even though people might initially start coming because of one of these four reasons, what keeps them must be that they experience the Presence of God at the church. Continuing the "Let us Grow Up Together" series, Pastor Joon challenges people to grow up in this area that we attend, stay, and commit to the local church because we experience the presence of God.

In Colossians 1:28-29, Paul says, "We proclaim Him, admonishing every person and teaching every person with all wisdom, so that we may present every person complete in Christ. For this purpose, I also labor, striving according to His power which works mightily within me" (NASB).  Paul is striving and laboring in proclaiming Jesus so that people become complete in Christ. "Complete in Christ" can also mean "mature" or "fully trained".  What area(s) are we not complete, mature, or fully trained in Christ? These areas need to be discovered in our lives so that we can continue to work with the Holy Spirit to become more mature in Christ, so that we resemble Him more and more each day.