Good Food with Good Company

The Christmas season is here and with it comes delicious Holiday meals. Families everywhere are already beginning to make preparations for family and friends to come over and share a meal together while celebrating the birth of our savior, Jesus. Dinner tables around the world will be crowded, inside jokes will be said, patience may be tested, and love will be shared.

In the early church, the apostles used the dinner table as a meeting place for evangelism. Jesus sat down and ate food with sinners. Something about sharing a meal with others at the table naturally invites conversation. Positive conversation leads to positive relationship building. As disciples of Christ we are called to love our neighbors. What better way to love our neighbor than to invite them to a meal where we can sit down and get to know them better.

Being invited to share a meal feels great. Knowing that you have a place at the dinner table and a plate of food saved specifically for you is honoring. We worship a savior who is the most gracious host and invites us daily to take our seat at his table, where everyone is welcome. Let’s do our best to encourage our neighbors to come to our Holiday meal Wednesday night, December 7th at 6pm to show that they are welcome and will always have a seat available to them.