communited

i have been thinking a lot about about community. how is it made up? how does a church reach that point? how is one to now when a church reaches a good sense of community? i have thought about family and what it takes to be a family. why is family so committed to each other?the commitment factor plays a lot into this idea of family and community. family will always be there for you. helping you out no matter what. family can be the greatest sense of community that anyone will ever have. however in the world today families are falling apart. or atleast held together by different standard and possibly non existent. a family that receives the greatest sense of community is one that worships and prays together. everyone has heard the quote "a family that prays together stays together."i think this can be the same in the idea of a church. how many times are we apart of corporate prayer that is really united. people will pray seperately and in different groups but the only time everyone is included is during the prayers of the services. so we might here some prayer but can one really base that the whole church is praying together with unity and in agreement.i think a church needs more. to stay united and together, a church needs to pray in agreement. how does a church pray as one. the pastor clearly showing vision helps. communiction is a big sense. if we know where we are going but the laity do not how can we pray together. if we never hear the laity pray then how do we know what they are thinking. we need to come together and pray together.a chuch family that prays together will better benefit God's kingdom together