Welcome to Grace Communion Love Venue 1 Corinthians

Welcome to Grace Communion Love Venue

1 Corinthians 13: 13 The Message (MSG) 13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

Healthy church active missional participa HOPE FAITH LOVE

The love venue • The new commandment. • John 13: 34 -35 The Message (MSG) 34 -35 “Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples— when they see the love you have for each other. ”

2 Corinthians 5: 14 -16 Good News Translation (GNT) • 14 • We are ruled by the love of Christ, now that we recognize that one man died for everyone, which means that they all share in his death. 15 He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but only for him who died and was raised to life for their sake. 16 No longer, then, do we judge anyone by human standards. Even if at one time we judged Christ according to human standards, we no longer do so.

The love Venue is not Hope Venue or the Faith Venue • It’s not the Sunday service • It is not the place for intentional discipleship • It’s the primary vehicle for Outreach

What is missional?

MISSIONAL • It is activating a missional mind • It is discerning Jesus’ movements in our everyday spaces and engaging missionally • It is creating spaces for shared life, where disciple making can take place

From personal witness to planting a church Outreach continuum

The power of your testimony PERSONAL WITNESS Mark 5: 19 -20 The Message (MSG) 18 -20 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the demon-delivered man begged to go along, but he wouldn’t let him. Jesus said, “Go home to your own people. Tell them your story—what the Master did, how he had mercy on you. ” The man went back and began to preach in the Ten Towns area about what Jesus had done for him. He was the talk of the town.

WHAT DOES MISSIONAL LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE SHOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST? YOUR COMMUNITY Members are talking to neighbours and helping out BY: • praying with neighbours when there has been a death • taking food to people who are unable to cook (for now) • giving lifts to others who find it difficult to walk

Outreach OUR COMMUNITY AROUND THE CHURCH

From personal witness to planting a church Outreach continuum WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY Growing our church Numbers DO matter!

GCI MODEL • • • SEEK (CONNECT, RELATIONSHIPS) NURTURE (GROW) EQUIP (TEACH, PARTICIPATE) MULTIPLY MENTOR, NEW MINISTRIES, NEW CHUCHES