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Friends, At our common life gatherings the topic of how we pray and read Scripture throughout the week has been an important part of our conversations. Some among us are drawn to the idea of a covenant, or commitment to pray and the reading of Scripture daily. All who feel called are invited to commit to the covenant below throughout the summer of 2011. Hopwood Christian Church Summer (May-August) 2011 Covenant • We commit to daily prayer at 9am, 12noon, and 6pm daily. Praying the Lord's Prayer and praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ at these times is encouraged.

Many of us drive I-26 through Johnson City on a daily basis to shop, to work, to play. As we pass by the old downtown section, the skyline of Johnson City is in plain view. Perhaps the most distinguishable building in that part of town is unique because of its height and art-deco trim along the roof.

     Adoration services are underway at 9:00PM on Tuesdays. This service consists of an hour of singing, prayer, preaching, meditation, Communion, ministry to those with needs, and fellowship. It’s completely understandable that many at Hopwood have only heard tales of these Tuesday nights when our little church is filled with worshipers from neighboring campuses and churches. Some of us look back on our college years and wonder how it was we were able to cram all sorts of study and activities into the late watches of the night, and still get up for class the next morning! Ah, Youth!

Kindness and forgiveness and tenderheartedness. These are not our society’s virtues. Together they create a pattern for the perfect doormat. Left to our own devises perhaps that is precisely what such characteristics would weave.

“Be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.