08/17/2026
What you are seeing is 1 Corinthians 14.34-15.5; 15.6-15 written sometime near 200 ad. This is one of the earliest copies of Paul's manuscripts to the Corinthian churches that we have. This is what would have arrived to your church as a letter from the Apostle to the Gentile nations.
"6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised."
The church would gather and read the letter as well as encourage one another with scriptural reading from the Greek old testament, sing hymns, recite psalms, break bread, and give testimony to what Jesus had done in their lives.
This Wednesday our high school group will prepare personal reflections on scripture, bring songs they have written, share encouraging testimonies, share needs of prayer with one another, and most importantly, gather as we have done for centuries to bless God by bringing blessing, honor, and glory to Jesus the Christ.
Pray for us as we endeavor to know and experience the Risen Christ in our lives and our youth group!
