By Stefanie Cassetto It was the second weekend of November last year, and the city of Manchester, New Hampshire, was getting a taste of what a local church in action looks and feels like. Manchester Christian Church was stretching its serving muscles in a new and big way, and an ordinary weekend was turning into something extraordinary. A teaching series on Sunday mornings and in our small groups had been taking a close look at the purpose of the community of believers. We were being challenged to look beyond ourselves and consider what it means to authentically live out that