Have you ever experienced that wonderful, secure feeling of "belongingness"? Have you felt that warm, invigorating sense that it really mattered to some other person that God created you? Some people have never had that sensation. Some people live and die feeling disconnected. They behave as if God had called them to roam the wilds as "Lone Rangers."

We long to belong. Church is not something we go to; rather, it's something we belong to - a family of God's people. This sense of family togetherness allows us to create authentic fellowship - where we are accepted, supported, and challenged to fully live out the purposes of our lives. We belong, and we help others believe that they belong.