Elkhart, IN – When Three Are Gathered

 Elkhart, IN – When Three Are Gathered

📍 Worship/Bible Study, Rec Center North End – Sundays, 11:30 AM

On Sunday, I told Ron that I wanted to go to the worship and Bible study session offered right here at the Elkhart Campground. It felt like such a gift — a spiritual gathering just steps from Lucy, no long drive or formal dress code required. We had an early lunch, and I walked over to the Rec Center with an open heart.

The room I entered was simple — just an oval table in a modest space. At one end sat the pastor, and to his left, a woman I had never met. That woman and I turned out to be the entire congregation that day. Three of us, total.

The pastor smiled kindly and explained that we would read four scriptures. After each one, we could either pause to discuss or move along quietly. The service, he said, would last about an hour.

Well… two hours later, we had only made it through two passages, and not a single one of us minded. We talked. We listened. We shared. We laughed. The fellowship around that oval table was one of the most heartfelt and honest I’ve experienced in a long time. We covered scripture, but also life — our struggles, our doubts, and even our hope.

At the beginning, the pastor had expressed sadness that attendance had been so low in recent weeks. But by the end, I think we all felt quite the opposite: full, nourished, and grateful. As we left, we joked that we had just solved all the world’s problems in two hours — not bad for a Sunday afternoon with three people and a Bible.

Sometimes, sacred moments arrive not in numbers, but in presence. And that day, presence was enough.