To understand the state of the Church in today's culture and to appreciate our own church and its place in our community.

1. the state of
the church

2. Hebrews 10:31-39
V.32: “great struggles with suffering”
V.33: “made a spectacle with
reproaches and tribulation”
V.34: “accepted the plundering of
their goods”

3. Confidence
Endurance
Weariness
Discouragement

4. Weariness
Discouragement
Drawing Back

5. “If the world hates you, you know that it
hated Me before it hated you.”
Jesus- John 15:18

6. “Do not marvel, my brethren, if the
world hates you.”
1 John 3:13

7. Whosoever wants to be friends with the
world, makes himself the enemy of
God.”
James 4:4

8. “Because I chose you to come out of the
world, therefore, the world hates you.”
John 15:19

9. “For the mystery of lawlessness
is already at work; only He who now
restrains will do so until He is taken out
of the way. And then the lawless one
will be revealed.”
2 Thessalonians 2:7-8

10. Over half of all Americans are “highly
influenced” by religion, and 56 million
attend church every Sunday in over
320,000 different churches.

11. An average of 10 new churches open
everyday in schools, warehouses,
storefronts and family rooms in spite of
increased government restrictions and
regulations.

12. We are confident the Gates of Hell
will never succeed against God’s plan for
the Church.
conclusion
We run with endurance the race that
is set before us.

13. the state of heritage
“For every house is built by someone, but
He who builds all things is God.”
Hebrews 3:4

14. the state of heritage
“God is the Builder of Heritage, but He
uses ordinary people to do it.”
Hebrews 3:4

15. your pastors
Tom- Senior Pastor
Miles- Associate Pastor
Bodie- Teaching Pastor

16. Michelle Dawson
Office Admin
Lili Averette
Events
Tara Cochrane
Bookkeeper

17. Brian Cochrane
Worship
Susan Baker
Children
Adam & Katie
Youth

18. Department overseers
Pete Lomakin- Music Ministry
Tim Dawson- Technical Support
Joe Sottosanto- Sunday Set-Up

19. Department overseers
Heidi Buckley- Women’s Ministry
Bill Mileham- Men’s Ministry
Mary Carlson- Boomers & Builders

20. Department overseers
James / Misty- Young Married
Miles / Davese- Young Families
Gino / Veronica- Prayer

21. deacons
David Aspling
Ed Buckley
James Matz
Scott Conrad
Brian Ackshunas

22. Elders
Dan Baker
Rob Markley
Pete Lomakin
Miles Galla-Rini

23. Why Jesus came?
Luke 19:10 Matthew 28:19
John 10:10 Ephesians 4:16
To seek and save
the lost
Life and life
more abundantly
Make disciples
and teach them
Build the Body

24. Luke 19:10 Matthew 28:19
John 10:10 Ephesians 4:16
Evangelism
Relationship
Teaching &
Discipleship
Serving
Why We exist

25. “We exist to glorify God through the
teaching of God’s Word, and by nurturing
a family heritage of worship, ministry,
fellowship and outreach in the name of
Jesus Christ.”
Our vision

26. We teach the Bible
Our methods
We worship intimately
We pray often and fervently
We fellowship, encourage; foster faith
We reach out and serve with the Gospel

27. Youth Retreat
Our practices
Men/women’s Retreats
Kid’sCamp
Summer missionMary’s kitchen
Women’s Luncheon
Men’s Breakfast
Valentines Dinner
Beth Moore Conference
Re-Think Apologetics
All-Church Picnic
National Day of Prayer
Lil’ Girl’s Tea
Bug Hunters of America
Home Bible Study
Men’s Golf Tournament
Talent Show
Together Tuesdays
Youth Beach Day
Children’sChristm
asProgram
Camp Alandale Workday
Ask Me Anything

28. $593,977.16
2016 contributions
Proceeds from Building sale
$320,246.52

29. 2016 expenses
Tithe
Mortgage
Salaries (8 people)
Operations
Sale of Building
$91,347.71
$131,968
$212,850.32
$80,681.97
$103,136.65

30. Camp Alandale
local missions
OC Jail Ministry
Living Well
Mary’s Kitchen
Release Time
Youth For Christ
Fellowship of Christian Athletes

31. Abiding Truth Ministries
National Missions
Alliance Defending Freedom
Focus on the Family
Traditional Values

32. National Missions
Harvest Ministries- Greg Laurie
Stand To Reason- Greg Koukl
City Impact- Roger Huang
Truth Matters- Finny Premkumar

33. international Missions
Answering for Children- Uganda
Kevin & Laurie Morrell- Turkey
Joey & Tiffany Rozek- England
Todd & Donna Funk- New Zealand

34. international Missions
Chris Stanton- Morocco
Refugio Oasis, Mexico
Wycliffe Bible Translators

35. the state of
the church