God created man in His own image and since God has always existed as a community; one God, in three distinct persons, it should not surprise us that we were created to dwell in community as well. One of the most heinous results of the fall is that sin divides us from one another. We see these separations at every level; separations based 
on race, age, gender, socio-economic status and political affiliation.
Yet the Bible teaches, “For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.” Christ came to break down the walls that separate us and to reveal Himself to the world in the establishing of His Body on earth; the church. Because Christ’s body is one, we seek to be one.
Therefore at Providence we do not break our services apart according to peer or social groups, but rather worship as a congregation; the young and the old, the contemporary and the traditional, the white collar and the blue collar, those who seemingly have it together and those who do not. For in each of these the riches of Christ’s grace are shown forth.
Christ makes himself known in the present world through the ministry of the church and through the existence of a people living in restored fellowship with God and in harmony with one another.
Therefore at Providence we seek to be a community that makes Christ known by sharing our lives and our gifts with “one another,” bearing with “one another,” and forgiving “one another” as visible manifestations of Christ’s work in us out of gratitude for what He has done for us.
