On March 14th Grace Klein Community held their first Agape Love Feast. With 3 host families and a total of 35 guests, the evening was such a success! Even though we had suggested “guidelines” for the host families, each family relied fully on Father God’s guidance for the evening, and allowed the Holy Spirit to move in and through them.

Hear from some of the hearts of guests who attended the evening:

The Agape Feast was such a beautiful picture of members of the body of Christ coming together out of no common bond except for Jesus Christ. In our group, hosted by April Jones, few of the guests had actually met before. And while we all had a connection with Grace Klein Community in one way or another it was the common bond of Christ that made the fellowship so sweet. We shared a meal, we shared conversation, but must importantly we shared what God was doing in each of our lives. It was so beautiful to see how different people from different walks of life across multiple generations were actively living out walks of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. The stories were different but the hearts were the same. A desire to be surrendered to God and allow Him to use them for His glory! Such a beautiful night of fellowship together and communion with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! – Bobi Ezell

It was cool how even though none of us spoke before hand, we all ended up bringing all the courses for a meal: bread, salad, main course, and dessert. It ended up that every person in attendance had been to Africa for ministry purposes so there were many stories shared about experiences and life change while there. Each person began sharing a range of things from current life struggles to stories of God’s provision. It was as if everyone in the room was having a one on one conversation with everyone else, but the room was silent as each person shared. I learned so much about the lives and personalities of the entire group. We stayed there talking until 1:00 am, pouring into each other’s lives, sharing wisdom, encouragement, and laughs. We talked about each others giftings and favorite ways of worship. What is your go-to worship song when you are just dying to cry out to Jesus and what is the reason behind that? Just so many conversations and so many relationship and family enriching moments. The conversation lead to faults and failures. What is our first thought towards God when we wake up and what do we do with that? How do we fit in the mix of the changes we are seeing in our generations right now, how can we help them? Where do we find our comforts? Where do we find our value and significance? So many conversations around growth and our relationships in the Lord. No fake answers, just a realness. I loved it. I loved it. I loved it. None of it was planned. It was such a wonderful picture of the Body of Christ focusing on our desperate and daily need for Salvation.  – Cameron Hardy

I loved listening to Robert Scott (12 years old), talk about his fascination with The Lord. His heart was so pure as he shared about how amazed He is at knowing The Lord so deeply and how he feels so blessed to know that God plans his every step. He might know what he wants to be when he grows up, but God already has it planned. It was so sweet to watch his little heart in fascination with our God. - Hollie Farrell

 

On March 14th Grace Klein Community held their first Agape Love Feast. With 3 host families and a total of 35 guests, the evening was such a success! Even though we had suggested “guidelines” for the host families, each family relied fully on Father God’s guidance for the evening, and allowed the Holy Spirit to move in and through them.

Hear from some of the hearts of guests who attended the evening:

The Agape Feast was such a beautiful picture of members of the body of Christ coming together out of no common bond except for Jesus Christ. In our group, hosted by April Jones, few of the guests had actually met before. And while we all had a connection with Grace Klein Community in one way or another it was the common bond of Christ that made the fellowship so sweet. We shared a meal, we shared conversation, but must importantly we shared what God was doing in each of our lives. It was so beautiful to see how different people from different walks of life across multiple generations were actively living out walks of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. The stories were different but the hearts were the same. A desire to be surrendered to God and allow Him to use them for His glory! Such a beautiful night of fellowship together and communion with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! – Bobi Ezell

It was cool how even though none of us spoke before hand, we all ended up bringing all the courses for a meal: bread, salad, main course, and dessert. It ended up that every person in attendance had been to Africa for ministry purposes so there were many stories shared about experiences and life change while there. Each person began sharing a range of things from current life struggles to stories of God’s provision. It was as if everyone in the room was having a one on one conversation with everyone else, but the room was silent as each person shared. I learned so much about the lives and personalities of the entire group. We stayed there talking until 1:00 am, pouring into each other’s lives, sharing wisdom, encouragement, and laughs. We talked about each others giftings and favorite ways of worship. What is your go-to worship song when you are just dying to cry out to Jesus and what is the reason behind that? Just so many conversations and so many relationship and family enriching moments. The conversation lead to faults and failures. What is our first thought towards God when we wake up and what do we do with that? How do we fit in the mix of the changes we are seeing in our generations right now, how can we help them? Where do we find our comforts? Where do we find our value and significance? So many conversations around growth and our relationships in the Lord. No fake answers, just a realness. I loved it. I loved it. I loved it. None of it was planned. It was such a wonderful picture of the Body of Christ focusing on our desperate and daily need for Salvation.  – Cameron Hardy

I loved listening to Robert Scott (12 years old), talk about his fascination with The Lord. His heart was so pure as he shared about how amazed He is at knowing The Lord so deeply and how he feels so blessed to know that God plans his every step. He might know what he wants to be when he grows up, but God already has it planned. It was so sweet to watch his little heart in fascination with our God. - Hollie Farrell