20/20 Vision
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Welcome…Good morning…Trust you had a Merry Christmas.
Welcome…Good morning…Trust you had a Merry Christmas.
Today is going to be a little different of a morning than you’re used to. The question for today is this… IS YOUR VISION 20/20?
Our hope this morning is to share with you a little bit of what’s been happening this past year, with much more about what to expect this coming year. We’re going to talk about the mission, vision, & strategy of New Hope. Not just the church in general, but we’re going to get ministry specific this morning. These guys are going to share with you about what’s happening in their ministries and what they’re excited about for 2020. We’re going to wrap things up with how you can engage - how you can be involved - how you can have 20/20 vision - how you can do more than just attend church, but how you can be the church.
Here’s what we know...
(NLT)
12The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.
13Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.
14Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part.
15If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body.
16And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body?
17If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything?
18But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it.
19How strange a body would be if it had only one part!
20Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.
21The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.”
22In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary.
23And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen,
24while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity.
25This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other.
26If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.
27All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
19Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
20Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
So our mission here at New Hope is to be a church of disciples making disciples.
Our vision is to be a church known for relationships, discipleship, and multiplication.
What seems to be a God-thing about the three words that we talk a lot about is that we want them to be a part of every ministry here at the church.
Chris - Children / Youth
Heath - Worship / Connect
“Even though you many not be on the Connect Team, everyone can be a part of helping people connect at New Hope.”
Heath, Chris, Shane - Life Groups
Strategy / Call to action
Relationships
Relationships
Everyone connects in a Life Group
Need leaders / More people involved
o Friends inside church
Friends inside church
Discipleship
Welcoming / Be more friendly
o Friends outside churchDiscipleship
Friends outside church
Discipleship
Read word daily
Make word a priority
Expand prayer life
Pray bold prayers
Serve others
Find areas of service
Multiplication
Share faith with one
o Friends inside church
o Friends outside church
Share & live out your faith
o Read Word daily
o Expand prayer life
Engage in mission
o Serve others
Find a way to be on mission
· Multiplication
Invest in others
o Share faith with one
o Engage in mission
Be other’s focused
o Invest in others
· We need...
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.
34So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.
o LG Leaders & everyone to consider joining a LG
35Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
This is how I wrap up our Membership class and it’s how I’d like to wrap up this morning...
o Make the Word a priority
Offertory
o Pray bold prayers
o Serving inside & outside the church
o Consider how you can be on mission
o Live out your faith...and use words if necessary