Day 2 – One Body, Many Parts Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12–14 Focus: Everyone belongs and everyone is needed. Move + Reflect 1.Stretch your arms and legs and ask: What role has God given me in the body of Christ? 2.While moving, thank God for a different gift you see in someone else. Action plan: Serve in one small but intentional way today—at church, work, or home. Short Prayer “God, thank You that I belong and that my role matters. Amen. Affirmation to Share “You bring something special that no one else can replace.”

Name someone on the fringes of your church community- what specific action could you take this week to help them feel more connected?

Paul’s metaphor of the church as a body (1 Corinthians 12:12-14) revolutionizes how we view both unity and diversity in the church. Like a physical body, each part is different yet essential, independent yet interconnected. This image confronts both our tendency toward individualism (“I don’t need the church”)and our pressure toward uniformity(“everyone should serve like I do”). In God’s design, diversity strengthens rather than threatens unity.

1 Corinthians 12:12-14 Unity and Diversity in the Body 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[a] one Spirit so as to form one body— whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.

What one gift or skill do you have that could serve your church community this week? Who could you contact about using it?