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We kick off another season of small groups at Cape Cod Church with “Small Group Sunday” and our annual Small Group Connector. You may have never thought about joining a group, or you may have ruled it out because of any number of objections, but it just may be that small groups offer the very things you come to church to get – but can’t really get just by sitting in a seat at church for an hour on Sundays. Surveys show that those things are: to be a part of a community, to become “a better person,” and to find and fulfill a higher purpose in life. Turns out, those things are exactly what our small groups are best at.

The “Road Trip,” our summer-long walk through the Apostle Paul’s missionary journeys, wraps up this week. We’ve followed Paul’s life from his early days in Tarsus, through his rising career as a young Pharisee, to the life-changing encounter with Jesus – an encounter that set him on the ultimate road trip traveling he ancient world telling all who would listen about Jesus and the life He offers. After three long journeys and countless words Paul finds himself in Rome, thinking and writing about what it all means.

We’re down to the final few weeks of our “Road Trip” with the Apostle Paul, and on that trip we’ve frequently taken the time to look at a map to give us perspective on his journeys. Maps allow us to pull back and look at the big picture, and in Paul’s case that big picture is about how God literally changed the world as Paul went from place to place in the Roman Empire teaching and preaching about Jesus.