This week, we're stepping into a message that feels both timely and deeply needed: The Church as the Body of Christ. We use that phrase often, but what does it truly mean for us to be the physical representation of Jesus on earth, together? And how do we live out an embodied faith in a world that often pressures us toward disconnection, isolation, and self-reliance?

We'll explore why the local church is not simply a gathering, a building, or a livestream link. It is a living, breathing body, a community knit together by the Spirit to reflect Jesus' presence, compassion, strength, and mission in the world.

At a time when loneliness is rising, polarization is deepening, and many wonder whether the church still matters, I believe God is inviting us to reclaim a bigger, more beautiful vision of what it means to belong to His Body.