How to Find Your People

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If trust has cost you before, in family, in a breakup or at a job that called itself family until the layoffs, you may be wondering how to find your people. Pastor Kaloma Smith says the better question is who you will go deep for. Ruth stayed with Naomi when there was nothing to gain, and that kind of covenant friendship is how real community gets built. In this sermon, posted September 28, 2026 at the close of the Better Together series, Pastor Kaloma Smith of UAMEZ Church in Palo Alto, California preaches on Ruth 1:14-17 and shows the difference between a contract relationship and a covenant one. Questions this sermon answers Why is it so hard to trust people? Many of us learned to guard ourselves after parents, siblings, exes or employers broke promises, and he says that caution makes sense. What is a covenant relationship? It is staying with someone when you get nothing back, the way Ruth stayed with Naomi with no husband, no promise and no guarantee ahead of her. How do I find my people at church? Stop asking only who will show up for you and start asking who you can walk with, pray for and encourage. What can I do this week to be a good friend? He gives four steps from Ruth: find someone to walk with, bring them bread, stay past the first visit and speak up for them. Scripture: Ruth 1:14-17 Chapters 0:00 Finding your people: the Better Together series 0:56 Scripture reading: Ruth's vow 1:56 Why we live so guarded 7:01 Contract vs covenant relationships 8:24 Naomi, Ruth and Orpah: three widows in grief 17:06 Who are you going deep for? 25:07 Four ways to be someone's Ruth Join us Sundays at 10 AM PT, 3549 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306, or live at youtube.com/@uamez Plan your visit: uamez.com Instagram: instagram.com/uamezchurch Facebook: facebook.com/uamezchurch #UAMEZChurch #FindYourPeople #BookOfRuth