Here are some quotes from our worship gathering tonight. We had a panel discussion on "community":

"Community is a sense of place, or in more intimate circumstances, a sense of home. Shared experiences... to me, that's the part that needs the most emphasis."

"A community is often difficult to really join. It has rules that can be enforced, and occasionally cheated. It means something to its members... they're invested in it, via cash, sweat or time. It feels like a territory worth defending, if necessary."

"A community is a place that feels like it's been around for a while. The place has a back story that you want to discover."

"I suspect a community is a group of people who combine selfish motives for the common good."

"The highest ideals of community involve classical ideas like loyalty, sacrifice, trust, respect, and unconditional commitment."

More on our "community" panel tomorrow.

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