40 Daysin the Community

GCCOUTREACHin theCommunity

GCCOUTREACH

Ps John KirkpatrickAndrew RamsbottomBeth HarperSara Jane ElikaSteven Chen

Mission Statement

The GCC Outreach team exists to strategically partner GCC with selected NZ based Christian organisations actively building the Kingdom of God.

It is our desire to encourage the GCC family to support these ministries through practical steps and direct engagement.

The outreach team will oversee the recruiting, equipping and supporting of GCC members to serve these ministries in their areas of giftedness.

·         Criteria for Partner Organisations

• Christian based• Must directly connect with the un-

churched in our community

·       Outreach Team is calling for any proposals to be submitted by 2 May. (Limit of four partnerships 2014)

40 Daysin the Community

Created to worship together

“Worship”

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

Ps 95:6

“Worship”

God is spirit, and His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.

Jn.4:24

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Romans 12:1-2

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your

true and proper worship.

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v.2 do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what

God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

.1. Offer your body

2. Renew your mind

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Romans 12:1-2

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your

true and proper worship.

.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your

true and proper worship.

.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers

and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your

true and proper worship.

.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your

true and proper worship.

.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies

as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your

true and proper worship.

.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies

as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your

true and proper worship.

.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy,

to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and

pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

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1. Resolve to make lifestyle worship a priority

2. Seek out ministry opportunities 3. Commit yourself to a healthy lifestyle

APPLICATIONS

.1. Offer your body

2. Renew your mind

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v.2 do not conform any longer to the pattern of

this world, but be transformed by the renewing of

your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what

God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

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• If you want something, get it

• People are stepping stones

• Public opinion defines truth

• Faith and work are not related

• Live for the moment

• Tolerance shows maturity

• Truth is not absolute

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v.2 do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world,

but be transformed by the renewing of your

mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s

will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

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“be transformed”

- Present tense

- A passive verb

- An imperative mood

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APPLICATIONS

1. Saturate yourself with godly thinking

2. Increase time and scope in the Word of God

3. Slow down

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v.2 do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing

of your mind. Then you will be able to test and

approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing

and perfect will.

Created to worship together

This is the essence of Rom.12:1-2

Give yourself wholly to God;do not be shaped by the old world order, but let new thought patterns transform your life.

Thomas Schreiner