This week we begin a year-long journey in the Gospel of Mark. This week's text shows us that the proper response to Christ is to repent of our sins and to be baptized. We see this preached by John the Baptist and that call is relevant to us today.

This week we wrap up our Identities series with our final identity, missionaries. This is the purposeful culmination of all we do. We are to live sent lives as we go to share the Gospel with the world around us.

With this week's identity, learners, we can often be confused, thinking that it is all about what we feel instead of what we know. Pastor Noah shows us in scripture that Gospel change begins in our heads with what we believe and how we live with that knowledge as we learn how God desires for us to live.

This week we take a look at our identity as a steward. We must realize that God has created and is owner of all things and we are here to manage all of the resources that he has provided us for His glory.

This week Pastor Josh Jones preached about what it means to be a servant in our 11am service. We can see four things from this week's text; Our natural state is to serve ourselves but the Gospel leads us to serve with Jesus as our example and His exaltation is the glory of our service.

This week Pastor Todd preached in the 9am service about what it means for us to be servants. As we look at the text we can see that our natural state is to serve ourselves but Christ is our example the glory of our service is His exaltation.

This week we take a look at how we are all parts of the body of Christ. When we recognize him as our head, it leads to health and harmony as we take the Gospel to the world around us.

This week we take a look at our second identity, worshippers. In it's most general definition, worship is the act of ascribing ultimate worth to something that requires our entire being. So as Pastor Noah takes us through the text we are able to answer the questions; why should we worship God? How do we worship God? And, where do we begin?

This week we begin with our first identity, family. Our sin has made us God's enemies but the Gospel makes us children. In the same way, sin has separated us from one another but the Gospel restores those relationships and makes us family.

As we begin a new series looking at our identities at August Gate we must start with the "What" and the "Why" of the church. This week we take a look at the "Why" and also the "What" of the church gathered.