Rev Michael Mast PASSION TO ACTION 1 PASSION

Rev. Michael Mast PASSION TO ACTION 1

PASSION TO ACTION P 2 A

ATTITUDE CHANGE

Reorientation Needed From DOING to BEING: This asks, what is the difference between “Going to Church” and “Being the Church? ” a) This represents an important shift in focus from “methodology” (how we’ve done things) to “identity” (who we are in Christ). b) Method asks: “What can we do to reach more people? ” c) Identity asks, “How can we reshape ourselves to be more like Christ in His world? ”

Missional DNA • The most important thing—seek to understand the people we were called to reach. Go to the people; don’t wait for them to come to you!

Reorientation Needed From ATTRACTIONAL to INCARNATIONAL: a) Attraction is the church’s basic strategy for reaching the lost and getting them into the church building. b) Incarnation focuses on living and sharing the Gospel “where life happens. ” c) The church should be measured by its “sending capacity” not its “seating capacity. ”

Demographics to Discernment • We need to decipher the individual communities to which God has sent us.

Models to Missions • How can this church be God’s missionary to this community? • How can YOU be God’s missionary to the people you live with and meet?

Reorientation Needed From PROSPECTS to PEOPLE Jesus misses the most. A church in Phoenix calls unbelievers “the precious. ” Understanding this difference leads Christ’s followers to “be the Church” and not just “go to Church. ”

Missional DNA • Missional • Not a method but an attitude, perspective, passion, and lifestyle that defines who we are and flows from our relationship to Jesus. • Not an event, like an outreach event, but a total way of living that affects the way we think, speak, and act.

Passion

Ambition to Make a Difference • Belief • We can do it better • Desire to make it happen • Hunger for success • Proactive

Feel the Heat • Get involved • Take risks • Willing to be affected • Suffer for the cause

Emotion • Angry with failure • Happy with success • Empathy with people • Express feelings

Conflict • Challenge mediocrity • Argue for beliefs • Confront / Resolve Issues

Passion… • Passion drives change • Passion overcomes difficulties • Passion generates action • Passion inspires others • Passion means. . . You’re sold out for Christ!

Brainstorming

Brainstorming • How could this church be God’s missionary to this community? • How could I be a missionary (blessing) to the people God allows to cross my path?

Brainstorming • When you brainstorm, you pray about and devise ways to aim for, and hit, the bulls eye.

Brainstorming • For example, if being the hands and feet of Jesus is hitting the bulls eye, what are you doing, and what is your church doing, to hit the bulls eye? • Brainstorm about what could be done to make this a reality in your life. • This would be futile without an attitude change and passion.

• Community Leader breakfast • Missional communities • Carry gift cards to give away • Servant Events in the community • The importance of relationships and the work of the Spirit in the process.

Prayer