It's an impossible task to condense 33 years of a church's history into 10 min; it's an impossible task to tell a story that is still being written. Nonetheless, I will give you this outline of our church life.

From the time Bishop Bill came to Lincoln, he knew that God was calling him, and everyone, to have a deeper devotion to Him. The description of the church in Acts 2: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teachings and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people." was our guide. As in Acts, the Lord added to our numbers daily, or weekly, bringing together those who desired to devote themselves to God and worship Him. We grew from a bible study overflowing out of my living room to a church in a storefront to our present building where we presently worship and gather daily for vespers and matins.

We live in the glory of God. Each day we are thankful and joyous. We have tests and trials. We love one another. We see each other grow and change in the Lord. We have a good life in Christ. We purposely sought community in living close to each other, working in Lincoln as much as possible, and meeting at vespers nightly. We have taken to heart the lessons in scripture, "Make it as I have loved you." We have suffered losses and troubles but God is always still growing and changing. That is what God calls for us to do. We continue to strive to grow into the stature of Christ and worship Him in Spirit and truth.

Jean Blythe