If you've ever left your phone at home, you know what it's like when the beginning stage of withdrawal sets in. You panic. You compulsively check your pockets, wondering if someone has texted you. But your pockets are empty. You're disconnected.
The difficulty of going "unplugged," even for a day, is that we crave connection. From our earliest years, the need to belong drives many of our choices. Whether it's an exchanged smile or a Facebook "like," we are thrilled when someone notices and includes us.
As primal as our need for food and shelter, our need to belong is part of what makes us human. Yet belonging easily escapes us. We are often disappointed by the very people we thought we were most strongly connected to.
What if you found a community that would include you - a place that didn't just welcome you, but valued you as you are?
First Alliance Church is that kind of place. Welcome home. You belong here.
