Pastor Mike Baumgartner uses a line from a viral Youtube video "Ain't nobody got time for that" to emphasize that we only have one shot at life on earth and that we need to be real with ourselves and make the most of the opportunities that God gives us to live the life he has called us to live. Listen to Pastor Mike's message as he expounds the following points:

Ain't nobody got time to waste time.

Ain't nobody got time to be insecure.

Ain't nobody got time to live by feelings.

Ain't nobody got time for fear.

Ain't nobody got time to lose Jesus.

Scripture:

Matthew 7:13 to 14

Psalm 90:12

Ephesians 5:15 to 16

Psalm 139:13 to 14

1 Thessalonians 5:16 to 18

Isaiah 61:1 and 3

Daniel 6:16 to 23

Daniel 3:16 to 27

Isaiah 41:13

Deuteronomy 31:6

2 Timothy 1:7

Luke 2:41

Jeremiah 29:11

Mark 5:25 to 34

Pastor Jon Cathie continues his message on The Connected Church comparing it to the disconnected church. For examples 1 to 5 refer to The Connected Church Part 1.

6. A connected church is community focussed. A disconnected church is selfishly consumerate.7. A connected church is a change agent, a catalyst. A disconnected church is crystalline, static, not moving or changing anything. 8. A connected church is celebratory. A disconnected church is critical, complaining, judgemental.9. A connected church is contemporary, relevant to and understood by the people being reached without compromise. A disconnected church is cliched, stereotyped and stooped in tradition.10. A connected church is courageous. A disconnected church is cowardly, covert, it conceals, neither standing for nor against anything. The church is not here to be popular.11. A connected church is charged with the dynamic of the Holy Spirit. A disconnected church is conservative and ceremonial.12. A connected church is certain. A disconnected church is confused having lost its first love.Scripture:

Matthew 28:18 to 20

James 1:27

Isaiah 58:6 to 14

Romans 12:2

Proverbs 14:34

1 Peter 2:9

Acts 13:48

Colossians 3:16 to 17

1 Corinthians 9:20 to 22

2 Timothy 4:2

Acts 4:29

Philippians 1:28 to 30

2 Thessalonians 1:3 to 4

2 Timothy 3:5

Romans 15:19

2 Timothy 3:14

Pastor Jon Cathie's message 'The Connected Church' builds on this month's theme of 'Pursue Though Connecting'. We want to be a church that is connected to God and to man. Listen to the message to hear how Jon describes and compares a connected church to a disconnected church.

A connected church is Christ centred whereas a disconnected church is trend centred.

A connected church is committed whereas a disconnected church is comfortable.

A connected church is compelled by love whereas a disconnected church is coerced.

A connected church is commissioned whereas a disconnected church is cloistered and closed.

A connected church is compassionate whereas a disconnected church is clinical.

Scripture:

Hebrews 13:8

Colossians 1:18

Ephesians 1:22 to 23

Ephesians 2:20 to 21

Psalm 27

Psalm 122

Acts 2:43 to 46

Ephesians 4:3 to 6

Jeremiah 20

2 Corinthians 5

Mark 16

Matthew 28

Ephesians 4

1 Peter 2:9

Romans 12:9 to 10

Hebrews 10:24 to 25

Hebrews 13:16

Pastor Ray Walton's message is about the the Acts 2 type of  church and what caused it to thrive. The coming together, caring, sharing, and having common goods was conducive to thriving. They were in one accord and one mind. All this produced a thriving environment of blessing.

Scripture:

Acts 2:41 to 47

Ephesians 4:14 and on

1 Corinthians 12

Allan Davis introduces this month's theme of "Pursuing Through Connecting". God has called us into connection, not to live in the desert. Connecting with God and connecting with people, loving God and loving people.

God wants to have a continuous relationship you. He knows all your thoughts and ways including your faults and wants you to listen to His Spirit so that he can direct your paths.People can be connected and they can be disconnected.Our relationship with one another allows us to love, put up with, forgive, wash each other's feet, serve, honour, receive, warn, bear burdens, comfort, edify, exhort and encourage one another. We're living for God in connection with God and with one another.The only example that some people have of the relationship between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is what they see in you.Spiritual fulfillment, correction and a fruitful Christian life comes through our relationship with God and one another. You never know the impact that you can have in someone's life. Scripture:

1 Corinthians 12:27

Deuteronomy 32:10 to 12

Psalm 55:6

Psalm 68:6

Acts 17:26

Philippians 2:5 to 8

Proverbs 27:17

Jeremiah 31:3

John 15:1 to 8

Jon Cathie's message on our Celebrate the Nations day is about the simple formula for reaching our world.

The simple formula has four components:

The clear and uncompromised Gospel.

A cultural respect and relevance.

The dynamic power of the Holy Spirit.

An enabled and passionate you.

The only way by which man can be saved is the message of salvation through Jesus Christ. It has never been about our methods, it is about His message.

Scripture:

Matthew 28:19

Romans 1:14 to 17

1 Corinthians 9:19 to 23

Acts 1:8

1 Corinthians 4:20

Romans 10:14 to 15

Pastor Mark McGugan continues this month's theme of pursuing the Holy Spirit. There is a mystery that was kept hidden from the foundations of the world. A truth that was unknowable except by divine revelation. This mystery was part of God's plan. Had the rulers of the age known they would not have crucified Christ. This mystery has been made known to us who have been saved by grace through faith and our ministry is to take it to the world. Listen to Pastor Mark's message as he lists 51 blessings that are ours through Christ in you the hope of glory. Having Christ in us means all of these and more.With the fullness of Christ we can no longer be bystanders satisfied with someone else achieving great things in and for God. We need our own hunger for the presence of God, our own intimacy with God and our own faith in God with action to take our own steps in faith following the Spirit's leading.Scripture:Romans 16:251 Corinthians 2:7 to 10Ephesians 3:8 to 10Colossians 1:26 to 27John 14:12Mark 16:17Acts 9:32 to 422 Kings 2:9 to 10Matthew 25:1 to 13

Pastor Jon Cathie continues his message on Finding Your God Shape and provides three more keys to help you discover and live out your God shape.Maintain spiritual discipline in your life. This includes purposeful prayer, meditation on God's Word and listening to His voice.Wholesome experiences help define your God shape. This includes right living and making right choices.You have an inner purpose that is who you are, and an outer purpose that is what you do. Who you are must come before what you do. Ask the Holy Spirit to help transform your inner and outer purpose to align with the plan God has for you.Scripture:Psalm 143:8Jeremiah 1:5Psalm 139:13 to 16Matthew 22:39Psalm 25:14Psalm 116:9

Visiting Pastor Scott Hanzy talks about his best friend the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a person and is fully God. The Bible provides symbology of the Holy Spirit - oil, fire, wind, water and a dove. The Holy Spirit is with us to be our friend and we need to spend time with him and get to know him and the sound of his voice.Scripture:Acts 5:3 to 42 Corinthians 13:14Psalm 104:4Luke 3:16Leviticus 6:12 to 13Leviticus 10:1 to 11

Visiting Pastor Scott Hanzy warns that pentecostal churches are becoming ordinary in that they are losing that extra something that once marked them as extraordinary. The churches have grown and added paraphenalia such as flash lighting and sound systems and professional sounding music ministries but in the process have not left a lot of room for the Holy Spirit to move, if at all. We come to church expecting the comfort, lights and music but are we expecting miracles? Have we taken something that is sacred and made it common?We need to bring an atmosphere of expecting the miraculous move of God. Scripture:Mark 16:20Mark 6:1 to 6Luke 7:1 to 10