Everyone Connected | Scott Neal | This Is Ours (Part 2)

We were never meant to do life alone. In this message from our This Is Ours series, we unpack why real connection is not optional, but essential to our faith, our growth, and our healing. While isolation promises safety and independence, it quietly leads to loneliness, burnout, and spiritual drift. Scripture paints a different picture. We are designed to belong to one another, to carry each other’s burdens, and to grow stronger together.

This message explores why connection is part of God’s design for the Church, how isolation slowly wears us down, and why many of us crave connection but resist it when it is offered. You will hear a hopeful invitation to move from consuming church to participating in community, from accidental relationships to intentional connection, and from isolation into life-giving relationships.

If you have ever felt alone in your faith, hesitant to open up, or unsure where you belong, this message is for you. Forest Park is not a perfect church, but it is our church. And this is a place where no one has to walk alone.