In our morning services recently, we’ve looked at the theme of discipleship inMatthew’s gospel, asking what we can learn from Matthew’s account of the good news that can help us to be followers of Jesus, and to be the Church of Jesus, here in Wellington in 2010.Today, we are going to continue with that theme, but “change books”.  In ourservices this morning, we’ll look at Mark’s gospel, and specifically at Mark’s account of Jesus calling the first disciples – again, asking what we can learn about following Him in our context.  Then, over the next few weeks, I want to look at some “discipleship basics” – Communion, believers’ baptism, and church membership/partnership.  These are things that are central aspects of our church life, and it’s good every once in a while to pause and reflect on their significance and importance. Following that, we’ll come back to Mark’s gospel again, and think some more about the practical challenges of living as disciples of Jesus.