“Ask not what your church can do for you,

ask what you CAN DO for your CHURCH?”

A - C - T -S -

WHAT CAN I DO FOR MY CHURCH?

ATTEND

CONNECT

TELL

SERVE

c- CONNECT CONSTANTLY.

ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES REGULARLY.A-

Connect constantly with other believers through small group

A- ATTEND YOUR CHURCH SERVICE REGULARLY.

FOUR BIBLICAL REASONS WE NEED TO GO TO CHURCH .

1. Go to Church to PRAY.

2. Go to Church to Encouraged and be Encouraged.3. Go to Church to be Equipped.

4. Go to Church to Contribute.

THE SMALL GROUP MODEL

TWO BIBLICAL EXAMPLES WHY WE NEED TO BE A PART OF A SMALL GROUP.

1. Jesus as a Leader of a Small Group

2. The Early Church as a Small Group

120 in the upper room in Jerusalem ( Acts 1: 15)3, 000 were added (Acts 2: 41)

The Lord Added Daily (Acts 2: 47) The Number of MEN Grew to 5, 000 (Acts 4: 4) More and more men and women were ADDED to their number (Acts 5: 14)

The number of believers rapidly multiplying (Acts 6: 1, 7)

Tens of thousand have become followers of Jesus (Acts 21: 20)

GROWTH IN THE EARLY CHURCH

Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah

Acts 5: 42

Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Acts 2: 46-47

Where Did these Thousands of People Meet?

EARLY BELIEVERS MEET AT THE TEMPL

COURTS

(LARGE GROUP GATHERING)

EARLY BELIEVERS MEET IN HOMES

(SMALL GROUP GATHERINGS)

HOMES PHILISTINE

WHY DO WE NEED TO BE PART OF A SMALL GROUP?