01
Jul '25

Friendship Class – July 2025
01
Jul '25

by Melinda Cox
The Friendship Class at Trinity is a Bible Study Class that enjoys delving in depth into the previous week’s sermon passage of the Bible, although on occasion we study other Biblical topics. Often Greek and Hebrew words from the scripture passage are further analyzed to help explain the meaning of the passage. After the lesson has been presented, prayer requests are solicited from the group and those requests are then prayed over before being sent out to the class via email so the needs can be prayed over during the week. These prayer requests have been sent to Heaven to the Father through Jesus Christ. What a joy it is to our class that we have a Heavenly Father that listens to our prayers!
Koinonia, a Greek word used in the New Testament, which translates as fellowship, describes our enjoyment with one another when there is a gathering of class members for a social. The koinonia of our class is strengthened when we gather together to break bread, laugh and enjoy one another’s company. “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer” (Acts 2:42).
What a delight it has been for our class this school year to pray over Adopt-a-Grad students who have graduated from high school and left their “comfort zones” with family and friends to travel off to college to meet new friends. It is with extreme joy to know that these Adopt-A-Grads felt our prayers when that first wave of college tests hit all at once, when there seemed that the week would not end and perhaps a little bit of rest would happen over the weekend, and that Thanksgiving now appeared on the horizon. Coming alongside of these recent grads with prayer has not only been a delight but a calling to equip these young men and women to follow Christ wherever they are asked to go.