When asked, what is the most important command in the Bible, Jesus responded by saying, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31 Jesus has commanded us to love our neighbors, the question is, are we willing to do it!? We as a church family want to prayerfully and intentionally move towards our neighbors. We believe that Jesus will use this labor to not only impact others, but grow, shape and transform us.

Why Would we Love Thy Neighbor?

We live in a culture that is often anxious and isolated. We live in a city where neighbors often live next to one another but are not known by one another. Co-workers collaborate on projects but often remain guarded. Often, parents sit next to one another as their kids engage in activities but only polite gestures are exchanged. What if God wanted to use us to know, care for, encourage, pray with, and bless those around us? What if those that we live, work, and do life with could experience, in part, the love, grace, and hope of Jesus through us? What if the isolated found a friend, the weary received a word of hope, the outcast got invited in, and the guarded started to trust and open up about their worst? Citylight, we believe God has given us an opportunity to display His Kingdom to our neighbors!

Who is My neighbor?

The age-old question is, who is my neighbor? Your neighbor is anyone you live next to, work with, or regularly do life with. We believe God has assigned our lots in life and put us in proximity to others who may be near to us, but far from Him. What if instead of just inviting our neighbors to church, we decided to care for people where they are, listen to them, learn their names, and looked to display the love of Jesus to them? How could doing what Jesus called us to and loving our neighbor impact peoples' lives and potentially transform our city?