Anthropologist Robert Yerkes, who spent years studying chimpanzees in the wild once wrote, “One chimpanzee is not a chimpanzee.” That is, a lone chimpanzee in a zoo may survive, but will never become its real self.
From my observation of people, the human experience and the world we live in, I would paraphrase that insight this way: “One human being is no human being.”
None of us become our true selves in isolation. When we are separated from meaningful community, something essential is missing.  The Bible tells us that from the beginning, God created us for relationship. In fact, the first thing God called “not good” was not sin—but solitude.
Join us this Sunday as we explore the powerful truth that we are created for community—and how who we are is shaped, formed, and revealed in the way we relate to others.  Worship services are at 8:30 and 10am.  Live Streaming available at 10am.

Pastor Steve Trewartha