Living in close quarters...

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”  Proverbs 27:17 We hope that these words would frame your time on summer staff.  As we work, serve and spend time together lets take advantage of being with each other.  Each one of us brings something different to the table and by living in community we can learn and grow from each relationship.  1Peter 1:7 talks about being refined by fire, my prayer for our time together is that we would form relationships that both refine and sharpen our walk with the Lord.  For some of you August might be the only Christian community you are a part of this summer and for some of you it might be very familiar.  Wherever you come from your time in August with be a time of great community.  Jesus talks a lot about being with others.  Lets follow his lead when it comes to community, He spent much of his time with His community of disciples and when He sent them out, he sent them out in twos.  We are not meant to walk with the Lord alone.   We hope that you come into this place with an open mind and a serving attitude-keep in mind, you will be sharing space and living in close quarters with others.  A couple of words of advice:  expect to have a blast together, celebrate the opportunity to serve alongside likeminded people with the same purpose, put others before yourself, let this be an example of walking with the Lord for a lifetime.  Our prayer would be that when you leave Rockbridge at the end of the session that you would put a high value on community.  Search for people to have a blast with but more importantly refine and sharpen you as you serve the Lord together.