Our Fellowship Groups

Within the Church-life, there are fellowship groups that pertain to necessities for our growth in Christ. Currently, we have established three meeting groups for the believers, that help with some of the basic needs for the believers. These groups meet separately for the Lord's table and weekly fellowship meetings in order to build the body as a whole. It may appear segregated, that we meet as separate groups, but in actuality we stand together as one Body with similar portions.     The young adults group or also known as Synclesia, is tailored for the spiritual growth of the saints from their teenage years to their working years after graduation from college. Meeting in this group allows the young ones to seek guidance from elders, to fortify their own inner speaking of the Lord through His Word, and to seek out fellowship with many other young adult Christians, regardless of denomination or background.

The Chinese speaking fellowship about the Lord and His Word through the Chinese language to help lift any communication barriers. These families, many times, meet in the meeting hall and also their homes.     The English speaking group also fellowship about the Lord and His Word through the English language. These families also meet in the meeting hall and also their homes.     Once a month, we all meet together as the church to break bread for continuing growth and fellowship among the church. Followed by a wonderful "Love feast" (potluck lunch), the corporate fellowship meeting is rich with sharing, testimony, and speaking from all groups. Click on a group below, to find out more details... Also, you can view the calendar of events for each group. We welcome all individuals with different native speaking... English and Chinese are just the ones we currently know.

	Testimony on Fellowship Groups
	"No one group is enough in itself. We need many crazy Jesus lovers to be in fellowship groups. With the group I currently fellowship with, I've found it to be a way of our serving the Lord and loving one another. Often times, our hearts are warmed up after an evening of resting in the bosom of the Father. It simply is a great way to end a busy week and gives a renewed focus to start a weekend by being connected with one another."
	Related Verses
	1 John 3:14 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life because we love the brothers. (He who does not love abides in death.)

Chinese Speaking

我們是一群在匹茲堡聚會的基督徒，我們有些人在匹茲堡大學工作或讀書，有些在卡耐基美倫大學等等。歡迎參加我們的家庭聚會和週日聚會。請和我們聯絡: mewang@gmail.com 主耶穌愛你！

English Speaking

When & Where: On the Lord’s Day at the Penn Ave. Meeting Hall, 1st Floor. We meet at 10:00 am for the Jubilee... praising the Lord! Then at 11:30 am we continue on to the ministry of the Word. We have our Lord's table in the homes, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ in smaller groups. The exception is the first Lord’s Day of the month when all of the three fellowship groups meet together.

We gather together in the homes to remember the Lord at His table. The bread and the cup remind us of the Lord’s wonderful Person and His glorious work. By partaking of these symbols we declare His death, which redeemed us. We also look forward to His coming Kingdom. After the table we read the Word of God and speak to one another the words of admonition and exhortation. In this way we feed one another, strengthen one another, encourage one another, console one another, and build up one another.     At the Lord’s table, Christ, Himself is displayed in symbols. The symbols usher us into the reality of eating and drinking the Lord as the Spirit. Christ is also the content of the living Word. By speaking to one another in spirit, we minister to one another the Christ we experience and enjoy.

	Lord's table Testimonies
	"The Lord’s table always helps refocus me every week. It is both a praise to the Lord of what I gained of Him last week, and an encouragement to gain Him the next week. The Jubilee is enlightening and feeding when many brothers and sisters speak what they have enjoyed. It also motivates me to labor in the Word of God daily, so I also will have something edifying to speak to the church."

Synclesia - Together Assembled

Purpose: synclesia
Definition: bringing together of the called out ones of God

Syn - bring together;
klesia - Greek for assembly. The word ekklesia is Greek for church, and is composed of ek, called out, and klesia, the assembly, hence the called out ones [of God]. Before the church existed, people were just the "agora", another Greek term for a motley assembly (mob). But God called out the church for Himself. Still, 2000 years later, God is calling us out to move past our differences and focus on Christ by exalting Him above all other things.
Synclesia is not our name, but the desire of our hearts. Jesus Christ said, "I will build My church." (Matt. 16:18) His church is composed of all those who have believed into Him, accepting His redeeming death on the cross and entering into a loving, obedient relationship with Him in His resurrection. Our hope is to focus our heart on Christ, exalting and loving Him above all else.
Through the centuries, Christians have been divided over teachings, practices, nationalities, and race. But the Lord desires that we would all be one. We believe there is only one church, one Body of Christ, and our desire is to help overcome the barriers between Christian groups.
We offer to students:
• Sunday morning worship, where we, in Christ, mutually enjoy and adore our Father God, and function as a Body of Christ, in a style emphasizing congregational participation.
• Home meetings, where we nourish and cherish each other in the Spirit, pray for and bear one another's burdens, impart the riches of God's word to each other, and invite our unsaved friends to know the wonderful Jesus subjectively.
• Dorm Bible studies, diving into God's Word and seeing the resulting impact in our lives.
You may be asking, "So, how can I participate?" Read more here...