There is something special about the number three. There are three goals in a hat trick, three primary colors, Three Stooges, three flavors in Neapolitan ice cream, three pieces to a classic suit, and three choices in a game of rock, paper, scissors. The “Rule of Three,” a renowned writing principle, suggests that when things come in threes, they are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things. Think of a famous phrase or slogan and chances are it’s structured in three.

In week three of The Power of Three we explored our second part of our vision Build a Family while looking at the measure of Our people are friends outside of the Sunday morning worship gathering. Our text for the morning was 1 Samuel 20.