“The Greek word adelphoi often translated as “brothers" refers to "all the children of a family." When Paul calls the gathered Corinthian church "brothers" (e.g., 1 Cor. 1:10), "my brothers" (e.g., 1 Cor. 1:11), "your own brothers" (1 Cor. 6:8), and "my beloved brothers" (1 Cor. 15 :58), he affirms the close, familial relationship of every member of the church-whether male or female, Jew or Gentile, slave or free. Because we have Christ as our brother and God as our father, we have a sibling relationship with everyone who also belongs to the covenant family.

This means that just as in a biological family, the members of the church family have a common life together. We have mutual responsibilities toward one another, and as we care for one another, we experience–and display–the sibling love of Christ himself. In the local church, we are brothers and sisters. Welcome to the family.”

(Megan Hill, A Place to Belong)

This fall, we are rolling out a new distinctive value at Summit - the value of Family. At Summit, this means…

FAMILY
We are committed to resting in our identity as adopted children of God, caring for one another, and living in biblical community.

As we teach through this in our upcoming series, we’ll take this time in our Reading Plan to highlight the scriptures that point us toward our identity and glorious reality: we are the family of God.

August 1 - Genesis 12:1-9

August 2 - Mark 3

August 3 - Ephesians 1

August 4 - Romans 8:1-17

August 5 - Romans 8:18-39

August 6 - Ephesians 2

August 7 - Romans 15:1-13

August 8 - Colossians 3:12-17

August 9 - 1 John 3:1-10

August 10 - 1 John 3:11-24

August 11 - Galatians 6:1-10

August 12 - James 5:13-20