Viva la Vida...Together

"With a big chunk of the world still ahead on the "Viva la Vida..." tour, that means Martin and the rest of Coldplay have been and will continue to spend a lot of time together. 'We've just been getting closer and closer,' Martin says. 'I think because we're in this thing together, we're becoming more and more connected... First of all, we're each other's family, really, cause we know each other really well. And second, we go through everything together. To me it's the most safe environment I can think of, within the band."
~Chris Martin of Coldplay, quoted in the Oakland Press

We joined a new 'small group' last week. Our new church is large--at the main campus they have 4 services each weekend with attendance well into the thousands. So if you want to get to know people and develop deeper relationships, you need to join a small group. These groups meet at least once or twice a month. As the KCC website states: "Each group is unique and free to create its own format - the goal is that all small groups would experience life-changing community with a vision and purpose greater than themselves."

The group we chose is doing a study the church suggested-working through a video of the Life of John and discussing what we've seen over a shared meal. It is a mixed group-married, single, and married but attending alone. We felt welcomed and comfortable with the study and the group, but it will take time to feel the connectedness that we desire. Yes, we are Christian "brothers and sisters", which gives us a tremendous head start, but it's still hard to start over. We've been a part of several groups over the years with our former church, and in the most recent groups, we already knew everyone fairly well.

Our new group is planning to do a service project soon, which I'm looking forward to--there's nothing like working toward a "purpose greater than ourselves" to draw us closer to each other. It will take time to get to the point where we feel like friends, and-hopefully-eventually like family. It's worth it though, because we all need a "band" of people that helping us to"viva la vida" or in English..."live the life."