1 Peter 4:8-11

1) In your own words, what is a “gospel community”?
2) What’s one way you can help build a “gospel community” at Grace
Meridian Hill?

Our Vision: A True Neighborhood
Our Mission: To build a gospel community that is
intentionally “spiritually diverse,” cross-cultural, and
neighborhood-centered for the good of our neighbors and
the glory of Jesus Christ in Columbia Heights, Mount
Pleasant, Adams Morgan, and beyond.

This side of heaven, relationships and ministry are always shaped in the
forge of struggle. None of us get to relate to perfect people or avoid the
effects of the fall on the work we attempt to do. Yet amid the mess, we find
the highest joys of relationship and ministry.
Timothy Lane, Relationships: A Mess Worth Making

Although we often think of hospitality as a tame and pleasant practice,
Christian hospitality has always had a subversive, countercultural dimension.
Christine Pohl, Making Room

Because you have the gift of grace from Christ, you are a gift to the body.
Seen this way, ministry is a natural and delightful duty. In a church that
recognizes that every member is given grace from Christ, every member will
be prized, every ministry will be appreciated, every differing experience of
the grace of Christ will be treasured. Such an environment will communicate
“we need you!”
R. Paul Stevens, Liberating the Laity

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