Re-imagining Your WorkRe-imagining Your Work

The The CallCall to Mission - 2 to Mission - 2

We are part of the We are part of the Whole ChurchWhole Church

bringing the bringing the Whole GospelWhole Gospel to the to the Whole WorldWhole World

We are co-workers We are co-workers with God in His Mission! with God in His Mission!

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The LORD God took the man and put him in the The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

Genesis 2:15Genesis 2:15

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD

your God. On it you shall not do any work… your God. On it you shall not do any work…

Exodus 20:8-10Exodus 20:8-10

For we are his workmanship, For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, which God prepared beforehand,

that we should walk in them. that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10Ephesians 2:10

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share so that he may have something to share withwith

anyone in need. anyone in need.

Ephesians 4:28Ephesians 4:28

By the excellence of his work the workman is a neighbor.

By selling only what he would not despise to own,

the salesman is a neighbor.

By selling what is good his character survives his market.

[Wendell Berry, Poems of a Mad Farmer, p. 8]

Our everyday work matters to Our everyday work matters to God and is part of our calling God and is part of our calling to to Be the ChurchBe the Church in the world. in the world.

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We come with beautiful secretsWe come with beautiful secretsWe come with purposes written on our hearts, We come with purposes written on our hearts,

written on our soulswritten on our soulsWe come to every new morningWe come to every new morning

With possibilities only we can hold, With possibilities only we can hold, Redemption comes in strange places, small spacesRedemption comes in strange places, small spaces

Calling out the best of who we areCalling out the best of who we are

ALL: ALL: I want to add to the beautyI want to add to the beautyTo tell a better storyTo tell a better story

I want to shine with the lightI want to shine with the lightThat's burning up insideThat's burning up inside

It comes in small inspirationsIt comes in small inspirationsIt brings redemption to life and workIt brings redemption to life and work

To our lives and our workTo our lives and our workIt comes in loving communityIt comes in loving community

It comes in helping a soul find it's worthIt comes in helping a soul find it's worth

Redemption comes in strange places, small spacesRedemption comes in strange places, small spacesCalling out the best of who we areCalling out the best of who we are

ALL:ALL: I want to add to the beautyI want to add to the beautyTo tell a better storyTo tell a better story

I want to shine with the lightI want to shine with the lightThat's burning up insideThat's burning up inside

Jesus said,Jesus said,

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp

and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. and it gives light to all in the house.

In the same way, let your light In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your shine before others, so that they may see your

beautifulbeautiful works and give glory to your Father who works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.is in heaven.

Matthew 5:14-16Matthew 5:14-16