Let’s play a little game of "What If" this morning. What if someone who was visiting Snow Creek Christian Church for the very first time came to you after the worship service and said something like this: "You know, I used to go to church a lot when I was a kid, but I’ve been out of the church for a long time now. It just didn’t seem that important to me, I guess. I couldn’t fit it in to my busy schedule. But now I want to come back. I feel like something is missing in my life, and I think I know what it is. So I’ve been visiting around at some of the local churches, trying to find out where I fit in. I wonder if you could tell me what would be expected of me if I joined this church?"

A word of caution: If your first thought is, "I’d send them to the preacher. That’s his department," think …