Upcoming Events

• Upper Midwest Spiritual Training– Milwaukee, WI– Saturday, March 3rd

– 10:00 AM – 4 PM• Bring your own lunch or go out for lunch (1 Hr.

Lunch Period)

• Marriage Day-Retreat– Saturday, March 17th – 10:00 AM – 5 PM (Lunch Provided)

• Optional Movie at Church’s Building at 7 PM

Fox Valley Church of Christ

Five Year Vision

• Have 3 House Churches meeting in Green Bay• Be Prepared to Launch the Green Bay Church of Christ• 1-2 House Churches meeting in Neenah/Oshkosh• 6-8 House Churches in the remainder of the Appleton/Fox

Cities area

• January, 2017•Five Year Plan

• Add a New Pre-Teen Ministry to the Church• New Pre-Teen Curriculum

• Pre-Teen Class

• Pre-Teen Leaders and Teachers

• Have an updated KK Ministry and Curriculum• Have 6 House Churches in the FVCC

• Including a House Church in Green Bay

• We will need 2 new House Church leaders

• January, 2013•Five Year Plan

• All New Disciples Will Receive:• Year 1:

• Deep Convictions Quiet Time Series

• Spiritual Growth Study Series (31 Comprehensive follow-up studies)

• Year 2:• Covenant: A Kingdom Tale Audio Series with Study Guides and

Activities

• Year 3:• Spiritual Maturity Training Video Series (48 Sessions) with Study

Guides and Activities

• Year 4:• Christian Theology Primer (31 Weekly Lessons with assignments

and activities)

•New Disciple Training

Spiritual Maturity Training

• Biblical Interpretation• Core Doctrines and Church Practices• Reading the Old Testament • Reading the New Testament• Evidences of the Faith• Defending the Gospel• What we Believe about God• The Kingdom: What was, is, and yet to come

His Kingdom

Bible Study Series

Class Schedule

Class 1 – Conversion, Questions, Scriptures

- His Word

Class 2 – Quiz; His Plan; His Will

Class 3 – Quiz; His Call

Class 4 – Quiz; His Mercy; His Sacrifice

Class 5 – Quiz; His Life

Class 6 – Quiz; His Way

Class 7 – Quiz; His Hope; His Family

Class 8 – Quiz; Appendices Studies; Lifelong Discipleship

The Focus of Each Study

• The Point – What is the primary focus of each study

• Scriptures of Focus – What Scriptures lay at the heart of each study

• Questions – What pointed questions do you want to ask during the study

• Action Points– What main point of conviction do you want your friend to take with them

HIS MERCY, PART 4

The Main Point

• The Point –

1. To help our friends see that we are not in need of God to have a better life but because of sin

2. To help our friends see that sin destroys our relationship with God and our own lives and puts us in a state that demands God’s grace found in repentance

Scriptures of Focus

• Primary Scripture– Galatians 5:19-21– Proverbs 28:13

Pointed Questions

Interpretation What. . . ?

Application How. . . . . ?

Contemplation Why. . . ?

Proverbs 14:12

• There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

1 John 1:5-7

Romans 3:22-24

Isaiah 59:1-2

Colossians 3:5-10;Galatians 5:19-21

Mark 9:42-48

Mark 7:20-23

Proverbs 28:13

Titus 1:15-16

Ephesians 2:1-10

Proverbs 28:13 – Memory Scripture

13 Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

HIS SACRIFICE

The Main Point

• The Point –

1. To help our friends see that we cannot make a way for our own salvation regardless of what we do.

2. To help our friends see the incredible sacrifice that Jesus made on our behalf to allow us to enter into salvation

Scriptures of Focus

• Primary Scripture– Isaiah 52:13-53:8– 2 Corinthians 5:14-15

Pointed Questions

Interpretation What. . . ?

Application How. . . . . ?

Contemplation Why. . . ?

Mark 10:45

Romans 3:21-26

2 Corinthians 5:21

Jesus Suffered Emotionally, Physicaly and Spiritually

• He was betrayed by friends during his greatest time of need, falsely accused, and abandoned by his own disciples– Matthew 26:36-75

• He was beaten, mocked, and crucified– Matthew 27:26-44

• He took on all our sin and felt abandoned by the Father– Matthew 27:45-50

• Read Appendix B, “The Medical Account of Jesus’ Suffering”

Isaiah 52:13-53:8

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

1 John 3:16

2 Corinthians 5 – Memory Scripture

15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.