Our summer series is "Imitate & Emulate." Whether we're aware of it or not, we live and learn by imitating. It's a necessary and good part of life. We all have mental pictures we imitate that guide our behavior - for good and for bad. The key is to constantly update our mental picture to the highest pattern or model. Eph. 5:1 says "Be imitators of God." To do that, the bible encourages us to "Follow those who follow after Christ (I Cor 11:1), i.e. copy the copy! The first "copy" I called out is Stephen, the church's first marytr. Amazing young man. To hear more of what about him is worthy of our imitation, click here for the message (Note: we're breaking in some new sound equipment; we apologize for some of the distortion in the recording).