The document discusses inculturating the gospel and Christian cultural intelligence. It examines a passage from Galatians that talks about how in Christ there is no distinction between Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female. The document explores how this passage points to both the universality of God's promise in Jesus for all people, as well as the particularity of God coming to specific individuals and cultures. It discusses how Christians should view and engage with culture based on passages from John and Romans. The concept of incarnation is examined, with the idea that through incarnation God participates in the world and people can expect to meet Christ in others. The skills of listening, observing and expecting to meet Christ are emphasized.
Despite being Christ’s church, we are invisible to our community (and perhaps each other). We’ve often thought of our purpose (work) in terms of “evangelism, edification, and benevolence.” While these are not incorrect, this lesson encourages us to think of the church’s purpose from a different angle, by examining five parables of Jesus that teach us that the church is to be a home, influence society, valuable and a net. (Some concepts in this lesson were adapted from Seth Godin.)
The document discusses Pentecost Sunday and the coming of the Holy Spirit. It provides readings from Acts, Corinthians, and John describing how the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and gave them gifts. It also includes a prayer asking for the Holy Spirit to renew and inspire the Church, bring people together in love, and free those imprisoned by fears or sins. Finally, it offers a reflection likening the Holy Spirit to a facilitator of growth, helping people let go of old habits and attitudes to grow as children of God.
The document discusses the role of Christians as servants in the church and community. It provides several metaphors from the Bible that portray the church as a community of servants, such as the body of Christ and ambassadors of God. Christians are called to serve one another through interceding for each other, preaching the gospel, ensuring justice and support for vulnerable members. They should also cooperate in serving the needs of the community through using their spiritual gifts. The ultimate example is Jesus, who came to serve others rather than be served.
Principles of Christian ministry and social action (mangneo)Oasis India
This document outlines principles for Christian ministry and social action based on Scripture. It discusses three main principles: 1) Christians are called to sacrificial service as Christ served us, 2) loving neighbors includes meeting physical and spiritual needs, and 3) God's plan involves restoring all of creation and bringing wholeness in every dimension of life. The church is called to embody God's love and power by sharing who we are in Christ and relying on God for wisdom, power, and love to do fruitful work.
This document contains a prayer, passages from the Bible, and reflections on cultivating a culture of generosity. It discusses considering percentages and dollars in giving, planned and spontaneous giving, mercy and justice, using resources to strengthen relationships, and generosity as worship that looks to the present and future. Quotes encourage regular planned giving proportionate to income to support church life and ministry, and living generously as it reflects God's design and nature. It concludes with a prayer asking God to move people to generous giving as they have received.
This document discusses how humanity is united through creation, redemption, and Jesus. It argues that while humans were created as social beings in God's image, sin damaged relationships with God and each other. However, God's redemption plan through Jesus' sacrifice reunited humanity and allows Christians to be united through the church and in service to others by using their gifts to help those in need. The church's members should support each other through love, acceptance, kindness, forgiveness, encouragement, confession, prayer, and seeking unity.
God's plan is to spread knowledge of his glory and enthrone Jesus as Lord through a united and networking church. Disunity weakens the church while unity strengthens its witness according to scripture passages that describe the church as one body that is interconnected. Possible areas of collaboration between churches include advancing God's kingdom agenda, through which the manifold wisdom of God will be made known according to the vision of one author. A sanctified, connected, and united church working on God's agenda has yet to show the world what God can accomplish.
The document discusses inculturating the gospel and Christian cultural intelligence. It examines a passage from Galatians that talks about how in Christ there is no distinction between Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female. The document explores how this passage points to both the universality of God's promise in Jesus for all people, as well as the particularity of God coming to specific individuals and cultures. It discusses how Christians should view and engage with culture based on passages from John and Romans. The concept of incarnation is examined, with the idea that through incarnation God participates in the world and people can expect to meet Christ in others. The skills of listening, observing and expecting to meet Christ are emphasized.
Despite being Christ’s church, we are invisible to our community (and perhaps each other). We’ve often thought of our purpose (work) in terms of “evangelism, edification, and benevolence.” While these are not incorrect, this lesson encourages us to think of the church’s purpose from a different angle, by examining five parables of Jesus that teach us that the church is to be a home, influence society, valuable and a net. (Some concepts in this lesson were adapted from Seth Godin.)
The document discusses Pentecost Sunday and the coming of the Holy Spirit. It provides readings from Acts, Corinthians, and John describing how the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and gave them gifts. It also includes a prayer asking for the Holy Spirit to renew and inspire the Church, bring people together in love, and free those imprisoned by fears or sins. Finally, it offers a reflection likening the Holy Spirit to a facilitator of growth, helping people let go of old habits and attitudes to grow as children of God.
The document discusses the role of Christians as servants in the church and community. It provides several metaphors from the Bible that portray the church as a community of servants, such as the body of Christ and ambassadors of God. Christians are called to serve one another through interceding for each other, preaching the gospel, ensuring justice and support for vulnerable members. They should also cooperate in serving the needs of the community through using their spiritual gifts. The ultimate example is Jesus, who came to serve others rather than be served.
Principles of Christian ministry and social action (mangneo)Oasis India
This document outlines principles for Christian ministry and social action based on Scripture. It discusses three main principles: 1) Christians are called to sacrificial service as Christ served us, 2) loving neighbors includes meeting physical and spiritual needs, and 3) God's plan involves restoring all of creation and bringing wholeness in every dimension of life. The church is called to embody God's love and power by sharing who we are in Christ and relying on God for wisdom, power, and love to do fruitful work.
This document contains a prayer, passages from the Bible, and reflections on cultivating a culture of generosity. It discusses considering percentages and dollars in giving, planned and spontaneous giving, mercy and justice, using resources to strengthen relationships, and generosity as worship that looks to the present and future. Quotes encourage regular planned giving proportionate to income to support church life and ministry, and living generously as it reflects God's design and nature. It concludes with a prayer asking God to move people to generous giving as they have received.
This document discusses how humanity is united through creation, redemption, and Jesus. It argues that while humans were created as social beings in God's image, sin damaged relationships with God and each other. However, God's redemption plan through Jesus' sacrifice reunited humanity and allows Christians to be united through the church and in service to others by using their gifts to help those in need. The church's members should support each other through love, acceptance, kindness, forgiveness, encouragement, confession, prayer, and seeking unity.
God's plan is to spread knowledge of his glory and enthrone Jesus as Lord through a united and networking church. Disunity weakens the church while unity strengthens its witness according to scripture passages that describe the church as one body that is interconnected. Possible areas of collaboration between churches include advancing God's kingdom agenda, through which the manifold wisdom of God will be made known according to the vision of one author. A sanctified, connected, and united church working on God's agenda has yet to show the world what God can accomplish.
The document discusses Christian stewardship, which is defined as recognizing that everything comes from God and using one's resources to be generous givers. It then lists 12 qualities of a Christian steward: being compassionate, content, generous, grateful, loving, loyal, obedient, prayerful, responsible, sacrificing, sharing, and trustworthy. The rest of the document contains prayers related to developing these stewardship qualities and using resources to serve God.
1) Jesus read from Isaiah 61:1-2 to describe his mission of preaching the gospel to the poor, healing the brokenhearted, and liberating the oppressed.
2) He omitted the part about vengeance, showing that his mission was focused on love and ministry rather than punishment.
3) Christians are called to be "salt of the earth" by bringing a positive influence and the message of salvation to their communities through good works and witnessing.
Campus Outreach seeks to establish a ministry at George Washington University in Washington D.C. to evangelize and disciple students. Their vision is to build laborers for Christ by evangelizing students with the gospel, establishing them as disciples, equipping them to disciple others, and exporting graduates into places of service. The ministry will focus on life-on-life discipleship and sees D.C. as a strategic location given its concentration of students and influence. It will partner with Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Support of $5,000 per month is needed to fund the campus staff and overcome housing challenges in the high cost city.
Quo Vadis Ministry is a media ministry located in Lynden, WA that uses internet and satellite broadcasting to spread the gospel. Their vision is to reveal Christ as God and the hope for humanity through broadcasting the story of his life, death, and resurrection. The ministry was founded in 2008 and currently has 5 employees. It aims to expand its outreach through additional literature, Bible studies, and other media.
The document contains prayers, scripture passages, and reflections on how the church can reach out through justice, mercy, and partnership. It encourages doing justice by addressing systems of injustice, extending mercy to those in need without reluctance, and walking in humble partnership with ministries through financial support and active involvement. The goal is to join God in making wrong things right and showing solidarity with those on the margins, as commanded by scripture.
Symbols Of Who We Are (UMC Stockwell 24 June 2007)Mark Eutsler
The document discusses the identifying symbols of Stockwell UMC that represent who they are. It outlines several symbols including their building, sacraments, serving others, the Bible, and working together in mutually beneficial relationships. The sacraments allow members to experience God's presence and grace. The Bible is a symbol of God's word and a rule for faith and conduct. Serving others through leadership and community involvement is also a symbol. These symbols represent Stockwell UMC's identity and are demonstrated through their local and broader church activities.
Session 2: Diocese of Toronto Clergy Conference 2012Tay Moss
This document summarizes the key topics discussed at the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Clergy Conference on May 14, 2012. It discusses how views of mission and the church have changed over the past 25 years, with mission now seen as God's mission in which the church participates rather than the church having its own separate mission. It also examines what the gospel is, defined as God's work to renew the world through Jesus Christ. Finally, it raises questions about evangelism, wondering where it starts and how individuals and congregations have been changed by God and can share those changes with others.
The document summarizes youth mission camps organized by Teameffort Youth Mission Camps. The camps are designed to combine hard work, spiritual growth, and fun through service projects, evening programs with worship and messages, and opportunities for group bonding. Youth groups will work on service projects like removing an old roof and installing new shingles while being provided all necessary tools and materials. The goal is for youth to return to their churches feeling more connected to their group and excited about God's work through memorable shared experiences.
This document is a call to live lives of humility, responsibility, and devotion to God. It urges people to proclaim messages of repentance, forgiveness, and salvation to all. The main themes are loving God with one's whole being, allowing that love to fuel missionary service, and proclaiming the truth of Jesus wherever one goes.
This document discusses the importance and significance of serving in the Christian life. It makes three main points:
1. Serving is a spiritual activity regardless of whether it is manual labor, practical work, preaching, or frontline ministry.
2. Practical ministry serves to attract and impact society, and compliments preaching the word of God to make the gospel more powerful. Serving was Jesus' top priority.
3. Christians should encourage one another to love and do good deeds, as their lives and love are shown through their actions. God will reward believers for the good they do for others.
God is the center of our worship. Worship requires humility, honesty, and community. It also requires clarity in revelation and response through God's word, as well as diversity that reflects heaven's unity. The goal of our mission is worship, and worship fuels our mission.
This document provides an overview of lessons 3-5 from a course on the people of God. Lesson 3 discusses Christ as the true priest and how we enter the royal priesthood through baptism and chrismation. It also examines the priestly, royal, and prophetic ministries. Lesson 4 reviews Jesus's roles as servant, deacon, apostle, shepherd, high priest, and how he commissioned the 12 apostles and 72 evangelists. Lesson 5 discusses the development of ministries in the apostolic church like bishops, presbyters, deacons, and how the early church was devoted to teaching, fellowship, worship, helping the poor, and resolving conflicts through councils.
The document provides details of a church service including readings from the Bible on idol worship and wealth. It discusses identifying and acknowledging idols, repenting from worshipping them, and faithfully following Jesus above all else. It defines modern idols as things like money, power, sex, fame, nationalism, and security. The document encourages choosing Christ-like perspectives over American idols and perspectives that are not consistent with faithfully following Jesus.
Sermon Slide Deck: "The Perspective That Makes All The Difference" (Colossian...New City Church
Your job is your prayer offered up in service to the Lord Jesus.
This message was given on August 7, 2016 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca
This document provides an overview of the service at Vintage Church on June 5th, 2016. The service focused on the theme of the "3D life of Jesus: UP. IN. OUT." which refers to growing up in one's relationship with God through prayer, diving in to relationships with one another, and reaching out in relationships with the world. The document includes scripture from Luke 6:12-19 about Jesus spending the night in prayer on a mountain, choosing his twelve apostles, healing people, and curing those with evil spirits.
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
Folk wisdom tells us young children don't notice differences or have any biases, yet research is telling us otherwise. What are age appropriate ways to develop intentionally inclusive and identity conscious children?
Humans communicate on many levels: spoken language, tone, body language, style and personality. The fact that we have complex cultural identities and a host of differing past experiences increases the probability of cross-cultural miscommunications. This workshop presents major cross-cultural communication theories, ways that cultural values, power, privilege and differences affect the way we communicate, tools for questioning assumptions, and ways to improve cross-cultural communications skills.
The document discusses Christian stewardship, which is defined as recognizing that everything comes from God and using one's resources to be generous givers. It then lists 12 qualities of a Christian steward: being compassionate, content, generous, grateful, loving, loyal, obedient, prayerful, responsible, sacrificing, sharing, and trustworthy. The rest of the document contains prayers related to developing these stewardship qualities and using resources to serve God.
1) Jesus read from Isaiah 61:1-2 to describe his mission of preaching the gospel to the poor, healing the brokenhearted, and liberating the oppressed.
2) He omitted the part about vengeance, showing that his mission was focused on love and ministry rather than punishment.
3) Christians are called to be "salt of the earth" by bringing a positive influence and the message of salvation to their communities through good works and witnessing.
Campus Outreach seeks to establish a ministry at George Washington University in Washington D.C. to evangelize and disciple students. Their vision is to build laborers for Christ by evangelizing students with the gospel, establishing them as disciples, equipping them to disciple others, and exporting graduates into places of service. The ministry will focus on life-on-life discipleship and sees D.C. as a strategic location given its concentration of students and influence. It will partner with Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Support of $5,000 per month is needed to fund the campus staff and overcome housing challenges in the high cost city.
Quo Vadis Ministry is a media ministry located in Lynden, WA that uses internet and satellite broadcasting to spread the gospel. Their vision is to reveal Christ as God and the hope for humanity through broadcasting the story of his life, death, and resurrection. The ministry was founded in 2008 and currently has 5 employees. It aims to expand its outreach through additional literature, Bible studies, and other media.
The document contains prayers, scripture passages, and reflections on how the church can reach out through justice, mercy, and partnership. It encourages doing justice by addressing systems of injustice, extending mercy to those in need without reluctance, and walking in humble partnership with ministries through financial support and active involvement. The goal is to join God in making wrong things right and showing solidarity with those on the margins, as commanded by scripture.
Symbols Of Who We Are (UMC Stockwell 24 June 2007)Mark Eutsler
The document discusses the identifying symbols of Stockwell UMC that represent who they are. It outlines several symbols including their building, sacraments, serving others, the Bible, and working together in mutually beneficial relationships. The sacraments allow members to experience God's presence and grace. The Bible is a symbol of God's word and a rule for faith and conduct. Serving others through leadership and community involvement is also a symbol. These symbols represent Stockwell UMC's identity and are demonstrated through their local and broader church activities.
Session 2: Diocese of Toronto Clergy Conference 2012Tay Moss
This document summarizes the key topics discussed at the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Clergy Conference on May 14, 2012. It discusses how views of mission and the church have changed over the past 25 years, with mission now seen as God's mission in which the church participates rather than the church having its own separate mission. It also examines what the gospel is, defined as God's work to renew the world through Jesus Christ. Finally, it raises questions about evangelism, wondering where it starts and how individuals and congregations have been changed by God and can share those changes with others.
The document summarizes youth mission camps organized by Teameffort Youth Mission Camps. The camps are designed to combine hard work, spiritual growth, and fun through service projects, evening programs with worship and messages, and opportunities for group bonding. Youth groups will work on service projects like removing an old roof and installing new shingles while being provided all necessary tools and materials. The goal is for youth to return to their churches feeling more connected to their group and excited about God's work through memorable shared experiences.
This document is a call to live lives of humility, responsibility, and devotion to God. It urges people to proclaim messages of repentance, forgiveness, and salvation to all. The main themes are loving God with one's whole being, allowing that love to fuel missionary service, and proclaiming the truth of Jesus wherever one goes.
This document discusses the importance and significance of serving in the Christian life. It makes three main points:
1. Serving is a spiritual activity regardless of whether it is manual labor, practical work, preaching, or frontline ministry.
2. Practical ministry serves to attract and impact society, and compliments preaching the word of God to make the gospel more powerful. Serving was Jesus' top priority.
3. Christians should encourage one another to love and do good deeds, as their lives and love are shown through their actions. God will reward believers for the good they do for others.
God is the center of our worship. Worship requires humility, honesty, and community. It also requires clarity in revelation and response through God's word, as well as diversity that reflects heaven's unity. The goal of our mission is worship, and worship fuels our mission.
This document provides an overview of lessons 3-5 from a course on the people of God. Lesson 3 discusses Christ as the true priest and how we enter the royal priesthood through baptism and chrismation. It also examines the priestly, royal, and prophetic ministries. Lesson 4 reviews Jesus's roles as servant, deacon, apostle, shepherd, high priest, and how he commissioned the 12 apostles and 72 evangelists. Lesson 5 discusses the development of ministries in the apostolic church like bishops, presbyters, deacons, and how the early church was devoted to teaching, fellowship, worship, helping the poor, and resolving conflicts through councils.
The document provides details of a church service including readings from the Bible on idol worship and wealth. It discusses identifying and acknowledging idols, repenting from worshipping them, and faithfully following Jesus above all else. It defines modern idols as things like money, power, sex, fame, nationalism, and security. The document encourages choosing Christ-like perspectives over American idols and perspectives that are not consistent with faithfully following Jesus.
Sermon Slide Deck: "The Perspective That Makes All The Difference" (Colossian...New City Church
Your job is your prayer offered up in service to the Lord Jesus.
This message was given on August 7, 2016 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, please visit: www.newcitychurch.ca
This document provides an overview of the service at Vintage Church on June 5th, 2016. The service focused on the theme of the "3D life of Jesus: UP. IN. OUT." which refers to growing up in one's relationship with God through prayer, diving in to relationships with one another, and reaching out in relationships with the world. The document includes scripture from Luke 6:12-19 about Jesus spending the night in prayer on a mountain, choosing his twelve apostles, healing people, and curing those with evil spirits.
In the ever-changing landscape of student demographics and diversity initiatives, teachers face the challenge of creating a classroom environment that goes beyond celebrations of heroes and holidays. Whether we are educators beginning the journey or far down the path into multiculturalism and inclusivity, there is always room to grow. What are some practical strategies and best practices to become the educator with whom all children thrive?
Folk wisdom tells us young children don't notice differences or have any biases, yet research is telling us otherwise. What are age appropriate ways to develop intentionally inclusive and identity conscious children?
Humans communicate on many levels: spoken language, tone, body language, style and personality. The fact that we have complex cultural identities and a host of differing past experiences increases the probability of cross-cultural miscommunications. This workshop presents major cross-cultural communication theories, ways that cultural values, power, privilege and differences affect the way we communicate, tools for questioning assumptions, and ways to improve cross-cultural communications skills.
How do we learn about our various group identities like female, African American, Buddhist, homosexual, middle class, etc.? From whom do we learn the meaning of these terms? What messages have we internalized about ourselves and others? What are the differences that result in one person having a healthy self identity and another person experiencing own-group shame and hatred? Learn how we can co-author the identity development to progress toward positive success for all.
Breck is a preschool through 12th grade Episcopal college preparatory school in Minnesota that aims to develop each student's talents and potential while instilling social responsibility. It has a diverse student body.
Shattuck-St. Mary's is a diverse Episcopal school community in Minnesota committed to excellence, integrity, innovation, and developing students' character, minds, bodies, and spirits through an academically challenging program for learning and service.
Episcopal Community Services is an organization that provides comprehensive and individualized services to families, children, and youth in Minnesota living in poverty or with emotional/behavioral/addictive issues through a holistic approach integrating education, social work, psychology and spirituality
How do we learn about our various group identities like female, African American, Buddhist, homosexual, middle class, etc.? From whom do we learn the meaning of these terms? What messages have we internalized about ourselves and others? What are the differences that result in one person having a healthy self identity and another person experiencing own-group shame and hatred? Learn how we can co-author the identity development of youth to progress toward positive success for all.
This message is Part 3 of the series “The Heart Of LifePointe Church” by Pastor Chuck Bernal. In this message we about the FUEL that drives a purpose driven church and the importance of understanding our purpose, mission and vision. The message was delivered at LifePointe Church on Sunday, August 14, 2016.
[In the New Testament, Church is] what happens when the news and presence of Jesus, raised from the dead, impact upon the human scene, drawing people together in a relationship that changes everyone involved, a relationship which means that each person involved with Jesus is now involved with all others who have answered his invitation, in ways that are painful and demanding but are also lifegiving and transforming beyond imagination.
Rowan Williams, quoted in Moynagh "A Church For Every Context."
This presentation largely draws on, and summarises, the discussion in Moynagh's book "A Church For Every Context."
This document discusses principles and perspectives on missions mobilization. It emphasizes that mobilization is the process of educating God's people about His plans for world evangelization and keeping them involved. Mobilizers inspire and connect individuals to strategic opportunities that align with God's global purpose. Effective mobilization requires dealing with deep roots like beliefs and worldviews, not just surface issues. Storytelling and meeting real needs are important for contextualization. The document presents principles for community development and mobilization, including starting small and letting ownership emerge locally.
The document discusses key concepts in mission theology, laying the groundwork by defining missions, mission, and missio Dei. It examines how mission theology fits into broader theology and identifies key guiding themes and motifs, including the kingdom of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the church, shalom, and the return of Jesus. The overall purpose is to provide a theological framework and orientation for understanding mission.
The document discusses key concepts in mission theology, laying the groundwork by defining missions, mission, and missio Dei. It examines how mission theology fits into broader theology and identifies key guiding themes and motifs, including the kingdom of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the church, shalom, and the return of Jesus. The overall purpose is to provide a theological framework and orientation for understanding mission.
This presentation was made to the Gathering of Leaders [GOL]. The GOL is a group of young leaders who get together to share study, pray, and share best practices about their ministry and vocation within the Episcopal Church.
Having studied the basic foundational truths of the Christian church, it is now time for us to examine more closely the church itself. Three basic questions need to be answered in relation to the church, namely What is the Church? How do we identify the church when we see it? & How is the church supposed to engage the world?
The document discusses the church, its mission, and key aspects of functioning in society. It begins by asking what is the church and how can it engage the world. The church is defined as the covenant community called by God's grace through faith in Christ. The document then examines characteristics of the church like unity, holiness, and being both visible and invisible. It also discusses signs of the church including worship, preaching God's word, sacraments, and orderly government. The church's mission involves fellowship, proclamation, service, and witness through acts of mercy, advocacy, and declaring the good news of Jesus Christ.
Evangelical Covenant Church: Who We AreJason Condon
The Evangelical Covenant Church is a Protestant denomination comprised of over 780 churches across the United States and Canada. It was formed in 1885 to send missionaries to China and Russia. The ECC believes in four core commitments: the necessity of the new birth, the Bible as God's perfect word, membership of committed believers, and the necessity of the Holy Spirit. It places a strong emphasis on church planting, missions, evangelism, and prayer. The ECC has experienced steady growth over the past decades and now has over 160,000 attendees across its churches.
This document outlines the purpose, mission, and vision of LifePointe Church. It explains that the purpose is why the church exists, which is to fulfill the Great Commission. The mission is how the church will accomplish its purpose by pointing people to an uncommon life in Jesus. The vision is where the church is going, which is to bring people to faith, equip them for ministry, and magnify God. It emphasizes that clearly defining these areas is necessary for effective long-term ministry.
The document discusses the work of the LCMS Office of National Mission (ONM) in supporting church planting and congregational revitalization efforts. It describes how ONM has restructured to better serve districts and congregations. It also discusses the appointment of directors for church planting and revitalization to lead these efforts. The overall goal is to strengthen existing congregations and plant new ones to spread the gospel and increase vitality both within the LCMS and to more communities.
True Vine Church is a non-denominational Apostolic church located in [LOCATION]. It is led by Senior Pastor and Regional Overseer Rev. Dr. Trevor D. Alexander. The church's vision is to proclaim God's kingdom to the nations through faith, love and guidance from the Holy Spirit. True Vine Church aims to equip God's people for ministry and build up the body of Christ.
A brief rumination on the essential aspects to consider in church planting. Looking at a "church does what God calls its people to do." While a church has doctrine, it exists to be and do ministry (theology) - its community is the natural outcome of its functional mission/theology. Some questions to ask yourself on "do you have what it takes to lead/facilitate planting?
The document provides information about the mission, vision, values, and activities of New Life Family Church. The mission is to guide people to become followers of God through gatherings, small groups, social media, and events. The vision is to impact lives by bringing people closer to God, focusing on simplicity over complexity, and influencing society with God's principles. The church believes in the Bible, God as a Trinity, Jesus as the Son of God and savior, salvation through faith in Jesus, life after death in heaven or hell, and heterosexual marriage. Key activities include Sunday services, connect groups for study and community, children's programs, and outreach.
The document discusses the importance of local missions based on examples from the early church. It encourages believers to work collaboratively by pooling resources and talents. Opportunities for local missions exist in serving those in need, preaching the gospel, and working together as the body of Christ without division. The needs in cities today are great but God has provided his people to meet those needs through cooperation rather than working alone.
This document discusses the concept of calling from a Christian perspective. It examines several beliefs, including that God calls all Christians to radical discipleship and gifts each person for service. Additionally, it is believed that every Christian is full-time for God's glory in all areas of life, not just traditional ministry roles. The document also addresses how to determine which cultural aspects to accept or reject to align with God's desires. It provides a framework for evaluating items like dancing by considering their original creation purpose and how sin has impacted them before exploring redemptive options.
There are a couple of ways for you to become a financial ministry partner.
The easiest is by going to our website at www.e3partners.org/motorcycle_ministry and create a monthly support plan using electronic funds transfer technology or donate a special gift.
The other option is to mail a check payable to “I Am Second” addressed to:
Frank Knight Jr. / Motorcycle Ministry
Account # 509
I Am Second
c/o e3 PARTNERS MINISTRY
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All your contributions to our ministry either through e3 Partners Ministry or I Am Second are tax deductible and sincerely appreciated.
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The document lists the names of various churches, campus ministries, and environmental centers located throughout Minnesota, including Holy Trinity in International Falls, Christ Church in Grand Rapids, Holy Apostles and St. Luke's in Detroit Lakes, the Mary Brown Environmental Center in Ely, and Mission Project 2011: NetsforLife. It also includes St. Andrew's in Moose Lake, Trinity in Litchfield, St. John's and Spirit of the Wilderness in Grand Marais, Christ Church in Woodbury, Nativity in Burnsville, St. Christopher's and St. Clement's in St. Paul, Epiphany in Plymouth, and Trinity in Hinckley.
This document discusses a ministry that has faced budget cuts and lean staffing over the past decade but still has a structural deficit. However, progress is being made in engaging God's mission through lean budgets, staff, and apportionments while still working to reduce the deficit.
This document provides an overview and recommendations for using online media effectively. It discusses establishing an online philosophy and strategy, using various social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, other online tools like blogs and websites, and Google apps. It recommends determining your goals and level of commitment for online engagement. Specific tips include setting up professional and personal email accounts, using an RSS reader, commenting on other content, purchasing URLs, choosing a profile photo, and researching how to use various online tools. The overall message is to thoughtfully develop an online presence and strategy through a mix of listening, sharing information, and building relationships.
The document provides tips and advice for establishing an effective online presence through social media on a limited budget of time and money. It recommends choosing a few key online outlets, determining your goals and style, and integrating social media naturally into your existing work and personality. Guidelines are offered for using tools like blogs, websites, Google apps, and YouTube as well as tips for commenting, sharing content, and maintaining a consistent online identity.
This document contains slides and posters from an Episcopal Church in Minnesota council/staff retreat held on March 10-11, 2010. The retreat focused on healthy and vital faith communities engaging in God's mission. Specific topics discussed included faith communities, the bishop's staff, convention, CCABs (Commissions, Committees, Agencies and Boards), audits, finance, personnel, context, transformation, stewardship, mission, management, ministry and the council.
The document outlines the schedule and agenda for a Mission Convocation event. The schedule includes an invocation, bishop's reflections, presentations on spiritual transformation and renewing congregations. It also includes small group discussions and discernment sessions in the morning and afternoon where participants will discuss what God is doing among them, what mission shapes their diocese, and what they can imagine adding or leaving behind. The document thanks the facilitators, note takers, and volunteers who helped make the convocation possible.
This document discusses the Church of the Epiphany's participation in the Millennium Development Goals campaign. The church trained four ambassadors to engage in community organizing to help eliminate global poverty by 2012. As its 2009 project, the church chose to support the Miguel Angel Asturias Academy in Guatemala, which serves 300 students from vulnerable sectors. Guatemala has one of the worst education systems in Latin America, with many children unable to attend or complete their schooling due to poverty. The goal of the church's Lenten campaign is for 50% of members to pledge 0.7% of their income to support the academy and help achieve the MDGs.
This document provides background information on the operating budget and apportionment formula for the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota from 2004-2008. It discusses the 2008 budget levels which maintain the national church apportionment and include a 15% increase in medical insurance costs. It also summarizes the new apportionment formula recommended by the Fair Share Evaluation Committee, which reduced church payments by an average of 17.9% and was fully implemented. The document gives an overview of the Trustees' financial holdings, including $56 million in assets and management of mission properties and loans.
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Dear readers,
This month we continue with more inspiring talks from the Global Spirituality Mahotsav that was held from March 14 to 17, 2024, at Kanha Shanti Vanam.
We hear from Daaji on lifestyle and yoga in honor of International Day of Yoga, June 21, 2024. We also hear from Professor Bhavani Rao, Dean at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, on spirituality in action, the Venerable BhikkuSanghasena on how to be an ambassador for compassion, Dr. Tony Nader on the Maharishi Effect, Swami Mukundananda on the crossroads of modernization, Tejinder Kaur Basra on the purpose of work, the Venerable GesheDorjiDamdul on the psychology of peace, the Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, KC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, on how we are all related, and world-renowned violinist KumareshRajagopalan on the uplifting mysteries of music.
Dr. Prasad Veluthanar shares an Ayurvedic perspective on treating autism, Dr. IchakAdizes helps us navigate disagreements at work, Sravan Banda celebrates World Environment Day by sharing some tips on land restoration, and Sara Bubber tells our children another inspiring story and challenges them with some fun facts and riddles.
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It seems that current missionary work requires spending a lot of money, preparing a lot of materials, and traveling to far away places, so that it feels like missionary work. But what was the result they brought back? It's just a lot of photos of activities, fun eating, drinking and some playing games. And then we have to do the same thing next year, never ending. The church once mentioned that a certain missionary would go to the field where she used to work before the end of his life. It seemed that if she had not gone, no one would be willing to go. The reason why these missionary work is so difficult is that no one obeys God’s words, and the Bible is not the main content during missionary work, because in the eyes of those who do not obey God’s words, the Bible is just words and cannot be connected with life, so Reading out God's words is boring because it doesn't have any life experience, so it cannot be connected with human life. I will give a few examples in the hope that this situation can be changed. A375
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3. What’s mission anyway?
• In my life …
• In the life of our Church …
• In the life of our faith communities…
• In the life of our neighborhoods …
• In the life of the world…
4. What’s the mission of the Church?
To restore all people to unity with God
and each other in Christ. (BCP, 855)
5. Yeah, but what’s mission?
“If everything is mission, nothing
is mission.” — Bishop Stephen Neill
6. Five Marks of Mission
• Tell: Proclaim the Kingdom’s Good News
• Teach: Baptize and nurture new believers
• Tend: Respond to human need by loving service
• Transform: Change society’s unjust structures
• Treasure: Safeguard the integrity of creation
— The Anglican Communion (1984-1990)
7. But it still doesn’t tell us what mission is…
Our understanding of mission has
developed, from God Acting (actio dei)
to God Sending (missio dei) to
WHO GOD IS …
8. In other words: mission is the creating,
reconciling, transforming action of God
flowing from the community of love found in
the Trinity, made known to humanity through
Jesus, and entrusted to the faithful action and
witness of the people of God, who through
the Spirit, are a sign, foretaste and instrument
of the reign of God.
— National Council of Churches in Australia
9. Mission is God’s desire
(agency, impulse, force)
to be known and make a
difference in the world.
10. • What do we do?
– MT 22:36-40 (Great Commandment)
• Who does it?
– MT 28:16-20 (Great Commissioning)
• How do we do it?
– Jer 29: 7
11. “Seek the welfare of the city
where I have sent you…
and pray to the Lord on its behalf,
for in its welfare
you will find your welfare.”
Jer 29:7
12.
13. Episcopal Church can no longer claim privileged
place in today’s diverse, increasingly post-
Christian U.S.
– 2010: 0.2% U.S. population in Episcopal Church
on Sunday (657,000)
– Average Sunday attendance loss for TEC from
2000-2010, 23% (MN, 22%)
14. “These statistics reveal something very important
about the challenges we face as a Church… One
of those is that we cannot allow statistics like this
to make us anxious about our survival. Earthly
survival is not much a value of the Gospel. Striving
for the kingdom and righteous of God is…
Concentrating on the latter is likely to yield more
abundant life than the former (Mt. 6:31-33).”
—Bishop Stacy Sauls, Chief Operating Officer
15. “…Right now, I think the cross calls us to die to
those trappings of our old establishment life, and
that means turning our attention single mindedly
to God’s mission and our participation in it, which
means that we are going to have to restructure
and reform ourselves accordingly. Churches that
turn inward will die. Churches that turn outward
will not only live, but thrive. The numbers call us to
strengthen our commitment to turn outward.”
—Bishop Stacy Sauls
16. • Rethink theological basis for mission: from
doing mission for God to participating in
God’s ongoing mission…
• God’s ecstatic communal life
• God’s reign of mercy and justice
• The world’s hospitality (Lk 10)
• Cultivate theological imagination
19. A Prayer for Mission
O gracious and loving God, you work everywhere
reconciling, loving, and healing your people and your
creation. In your Son and through the power of your
Holy Spirit, you invite each of us to join you in your work.
We, young and old, lay and ordained, ask you to form
us more and more in your image and likeness, through
our prayer and worship of you and through the study
of your scripture, that our eyes will be fully opened to your
mission in the world. Then, God, into our communities, our
nation, and the world, send us to serve with Christ, taking
risks to give life and hope to all people and all of your
creation. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.