Years ago, I had just started my work as Minister of Music and Education at First Baptist Church, Alamogordo, NM. Almost every Sunday night some of our church members would get together after church for a “spontaneous” fellowship. Someone would bake a cake or some cookies and after the final amen, would call out, “Everyone come over to our house.” Often it was Graham and Jane Earl Hall who welcomed us.
We had not yet hosted the party, since we were still getting settled. But one Sunday night, Graham yelled out, “Hey everyone, we’re going to John and Marion’s house. That was fine, except Marion had not prepared any snacks. “That’s okay,” Graham responded. “Do you have any peanut butter and crackers? We did.
After that, any time there was no prepared snack, we’d jokingly say, “we can have peanut butter and crackers.” It became evident the purpose of getting together was not the food, but the fellowship.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. I John 1:7 (KJV)
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