Culture

What we bleed:

Our Vision: Mercy Culture exists to take people from corporate encounters with God to daily personal encounters with God.

How we act at our best:

Value: Honor GOVERNED BY HONOR

Honor reflects Heaven's value. Honor protects freedom, creates safe places and reflects a Kingdom identity. Honor is about self-control not control.

1 Samuel 2:30, Romans 12:10, 1 Peter 2:17, Matthew 4:1-11, Isaiah 29:13, Mark 6:1-6, Proverbs 3:9-10

Doubling down on culture

Honors reward

Why we planted the church:

Unique Characteristic: We love Israel.

We celebrate and embrace the Jewish culture, the God of Israel. Romans 1:16, Psalm 122:6

Loving the people of Israel without being blindly loyal the actions of the nation 

Who we empower:

Leadership Standard: Sabbath

We are committed to honor the Sabbath. We set apart one day a week and keep it holy unto the Lord. The Sabbath was made for us to rest, heal and hear God.

Hebrews 4:9, Exodus 20:8, Isaiah 56:2, Ezekiel 20:12, Mark 3:1-6

Mark 2:27–28 “And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

Jesus is prioritizing the heart of sabbath over the law of sabbath!

Sabbath was made for us! It was a gift from God that he would show us how to maintain rest and healing in our life!

Genesis 2:2–3 “And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.”

He set the precedent at gave us a key on the goal of Sabbath

When we are looking at how we are leading we ask a few questions who are you leading? How are you leading them?

If you can’t answer those you chances are you aren’t actually leading them intentionally

So with the same mind of that

How are you resting?

How are you healing?

How are you hearing God?

This month we are focusing on growing in connecting with God through Creation! Connecting with God through Creation is feeling His presence, hearing His voice, or being moved to worship by being in His creation.