I once heard that calories at potluck's don't count. Don't we all wish that were true! But we all realize that the best fellowship and community building happens over food. Quality family time is obtained sitting around the kitchen table. I can't think of any Christian friends with whom I haven't shared a meal or at least a cup of coffee/tea. We are made for relationship and one of the best ways to do that is over a meal. The early church understood this well and embodied hospitality in who they are and how they communed together.
I will leave you with Acts 2:42-47 and the challenge to share in community, over a meal, with your Christian family sometime this weekend.
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. (Acts 2:42-47 NIV)