sunday, january 4, 2015 write the vision #vision2015
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Sunday, January 4, 2015
Write the Vision
#vision2015
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And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Habakkuk 2:2
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Where there is no vision, the people
perish.
Proverbs 29:18
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Vision is foresight, with insight, based on hindsight.
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“Sowing Seed in Suffolk”• We exist as a Spirit filled body of believers who
desire to impact our city with the seeds of the gospel and the expectation of a future harvest.
• To offer opportunities for the local church to experience God and be discipled through prayer, worship, and the Word.
• To sow seeds of compassion, trust, hope, and love in the lives of new and unchurched individuals in Suffolk.
This is the mission of our church.
Mission Statement
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19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28:19, 20
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Go (Outreach) Baptize (Worship
experience)Disciple (Connection)
The mission of every church can be summed up in three words:
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•Mission defines WHY your church exists. •Vision defines HOW you will fulfill the mission.
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The question we must ask ourselves is:
“How are we
uniquely equipped, empowered, and
resourced, to accomplish the
mission?”
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•Various wins are celebrated•Inward focused•Maintenance focused•Spectators•Change in life threatening
Without Vision:
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•Everyone celebrates the same wins•Outward focused•Growth focused•Participators•Change is necessary to meet goals
With Vision:
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•85,728 People living in the City of Suffolk•83% are staying home on the weekends
•71,154 people
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• Proclaim • Experience • Cultivate • Serve
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•Proclaim Christ Publically•Experience Christ Corporately•Cultivate Disciples•Serve with Excellence
Our Vision
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I. Proclaim Christ
Publically
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
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But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
1 John 3:17
Compassion
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Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5,6
Trust
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And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
Hope
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…thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, there is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:31
Love
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16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 1:16
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38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Mark 8:34
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Who are 7 unchurched
people in your life that you want to reach in 2015?
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“This church exists for the
people who are not here yet.”
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II. Experience
Christ Corporately
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The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10
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FrustrationLoneliness
Purposelessness
The everyday struggles of life
give:
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Peace & JoyA loving communityConnection to our
purpose
Life Giving Worship Experiences give:
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The ultimate WIN for any
worship service is the salvation
of souls!
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10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Luke 15:10
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(Article 6) We believe in sanctification subsequent to the new birth, through faith in the blood of Christ; through the Word, and by the Holy Ghost.
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(Article 9) We believe in speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.
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III. Cultivate Disciples
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“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you…”
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And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 2:42 is our model for
discipleship:
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The Word
Fellowship
Food
Prayer
The Early Church had four things in every
meeting:
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IV. Serve with
Excellence
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Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all for the glory of God.
I Corinthians 10:31
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• Proclaim• Experience• Cultivate• Serve