Athens - Worship and Acropolis

We began the morning at International Christian Fellowship in Athens, a small but vibrant congregation of about 60 people. The pastor preached about serving others with both our deeds and the gospel, and he challenged the church to help at the Malakasa Camp near Athens. On December 6 they’ll be giving out food and toys — a reminder that the call to love God with “all our everything” always overflows in love for others.

From there we walked 20 minutes up to the Acropolis, standing among the stones of the Parthenon. Built as a monument to Athena after Athens’ victory over Persia, it still tells the story of human glory, beauty, and the search for meaning. The temple, the Propylaea, the Erechtheion, the sweeping view over the city — everything points to a people reaching upward for the divine.

And then we walked down to Mars Hill, where Paul once stood among these same monuments. Sophia read from Acts 17 and shared how the Athenians tried to fill the “deep dark void” within them with knowledge, idols, and endless searching — but never found satisfaction. Paul pointed them to the Unknown God, the One who actually does fill the void.

A day of worship, history, Scripture, and the reminder that God is not found in temples made by hands.
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