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Something to Think About Networking:

One of the catchwords of our day is "networking."  Many, especially young people, but not a few gray-heads, are connected almost constantly.  They Tweet, Post, and regularly login to their social media accounts.  While the technology is something that is a product of the last few decades the concept of networking is not new.  The New Testament is full of a web of relationships.  Note how the Apostle Paul always seems to be in the center of a crowd.  Track some lesser known folk, like John Mark, Apollos, or Aquila and Priscilla, through the pages of the New Testament and you'll note a pattern of many intersections. One of the features of this networking done right is a concept that is often called fellowship.  In the Greek of the New Testament it is koinonia.  We find an example in the book of Philippians.  ". . .     you have done well to share with me in my affliction.  You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the firstpreaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs.  (Php 4:14–16)  Clearly the fellowship being spoken of was not a recreational matter.  It was a vital part of getting the work of spreading the Gospel done.  The people in the little church in the town of Philippi were partners (1:5) with the Apostle in the great work. Biblical fellowship does not always involve passing money from one person to another, but it always will help those who are doing the task to do it better. It’s STTA.   I've been experiencing more of the wonder and encouragement of fellowship in my post-retirement career.  You can read more about it here.