ST. J&B�FALL 2014 �

THE � LIFE �CONNECTED�

ST. J&B�FALL 2014 �

“IN HIM ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER” �Colossians 1:17 �

CHRIST�

THE NEEDS OF �THE CITY �

DAILY LIFE �

EACH OTHER �

COMMUNITY�

JUSTICE �

VOCATION�

FAITH�

TO EACH OTHER�CONNECTING �

ST. J&B�WEEK 2 �

RELATIONSHIP? � COMPANIONSHIP? � FELLOWSHIP? � FRIENDSHIP? � COMMUNITY? �

“Friendship must begin in Christ, continue with Christ, and be perfected by Christ.” �

Aelred of Rievaulx �

“Spiritual Friendship” �

SPIRITUAL �FRIENDSHIP �

FRIENDSHIP IS SOMETHING WE ALL�

NEED �

“Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; �I will make him a helper as his partner.” �

Genesis 2:18 �

“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends.” �

JOHN 15:15 �

FRIENDSHIP MUST HAVE �SOMETHING IN �

COMMON �

“That is why those pathetic people who simply “want friends” can never make any. The very condition of having friends is that we should want something else besides friends. Where the truthful answer to the question "Do you see the same truth?" would be "I see nothing and I don't care about the truth; I only want a Friend," no Friendship can arise. There would be nothing for the Friendship to be about; and Friendship must be about something, even if it were only an enthusiasm for dominoes or white mice. Those who have nothing can share nothing; those who are going nowhere can have no fellow-travellers.” �

C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves, 63 �

FRIENDSHIP REQUIRES US TO �

SHARE �

“They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” �� ACTS 2:42 �

“We looked up the disciples and stayed there for seven days.” �� ACTS 21:4 �

FRIENDSHIP IS SOMETHING THAT�

LASTS�

“When our days there were ended, we left and proceeded on our journey… we knelt down on the beach and prayed and said farewell to one another.” �

ACTS 21:5-6 �

“It seems to me to be the will of God that I must shortly leave you,” he said. “Therefore give my kindest love to my dear wife, and tell her that the uncommon union, which has so long subsisted between us, has been of such a nature as I trust is spiritual and therefore will continue for ever.” �

Jonathan Edwards: A Life�

“Friendship must begin in Christ, continue with Christ, and be perfected by Christ.” �

Aelred of Rievaulx � “Spiritual Friendship” �

GET�CONNECTED�