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Jose initially believes he can worship God alone without a building or group, reading the Bible privately. Rita and Carlos explain that the church is a community that worships, learns, and studies Scripture together, especially by seeking the Holy Spirit for understanding. They compare Bible passages to a jewel illuminated from many directions, and emphasize loving correction, guidance in decisions, and deeper shared insight.","Literacy International: Why Go to Church?  \nCopyright © 2013 Literacy International [info@LiteracyInternational.net](info@LiteracyInternational.net)  \nEnglish Spiritual  \nLiteracy International: Why Go to Church?  \nCopyright © 2013 Literacy International [info@LiteracyInternational.net](info@LiteracyInternational.net)  \nEnglish  \nCopyright © 2013, Literacy International  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nThe sun was rising high in the pale gray sky. Dewdrops shone on blades of grass. A crow shouted. Maybe it was happy. It soared above the eucalyptus trees.  \nCarlos and his wife Rita were walking along the dirt road of their small town. It was Sunday morning.  \n“We’ll have a report from the Youth Mission today,”Carlos said.“They just came back from teaching a children’s Bible school. And they took clothes to the people on the hillside.”  \n“That’s good,” Rita answered.“It’s important to give to others. I’m glad our young people are learning that.”  \n“Our church has always been kind to people in need,”her husband said.“Remember how everyone gave food and dishes and other things when the Munoz family’s house burned down? That was six years ago, when we first started going to this church.”  \n“Yes, I remember it well,” answered Rita.  \nust then a slim figure appeared up ahead of them. It was a tall, straight man, walking fast. He came closer. Carlos recognized him.“That’s Jose!”  \n“Good morning, Carlos. Good morning, Rita,” Jose said cheerfully.“How are you?”  \n“We are well. And you?”  \n“Yes, yes. Everything’s fine with me,” Jose answered.“Our potatoes and onions are growing. I’ll be able to harvest some next month.” He was standing beside them now.“Where are you two going?”  \n“To church,” answered Rita.“Do you want to come? The service starts at 9:00 .”  \n“Oh no,” Jose laughed.“No, thanks, I don’t need that. I can worship God on my own. God has been good enough to me. I don’t have to be in a group or a special building.”  \n“Well, that’s true,” said Rita.“A church doesn’t really have to have a building. The church is a group of people who come together. They worship God and learn about Him.”  \n“Hm-m-m,” said Jose.  \nRita went on.“Some churches have big fancy buildings; some have very simple buildings; some don’t have any buildings at all. The important thing is that it’s a group of people that meet together. And they all believe in Jesus.”  \n“Bah!” said Jose.“I can just read the Bible for myself. That way I can learn all I need to know. I don’t need any group to teach me. And I can worship God in the out-of-doors. I look at the trees and sky and think of the One Who created them.”  \n“Yes, that’s good,” Rita said.“The world is amazing and wonderful. God is amazing and wonderful, too. But we should worship Him only. Some people worship nature. They can get in trouble. They can get very confused.”  \nThen Carlos spoke up.“We Christians need eachother, Jose. We can study the Bible by ourselves as you say. We can ask the Holy Spirit to help us understand it and He will. But sometimes we forget to ask Him and we get some wrong ideas. When we meet with other Christians they can share their ideas with us. They tell us what the Bible verses mean to them. It may be a meaning we never thought of ourselves.”  \n“Yes,” added Rita.“A Bible passage is like a jewel, you know. When light shines on a jewel from only one direction, it’s pretty. But if light shines on it from many different directions, it’s much prettier. It’s beautiful. Different people in the church can tell us their ideas about a Bible verse. They can shine like the lights on a jewel. Then we’ll have a rich understanding. 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