Dennis R. Wiles  

First Baptist Arlington 

December 28, 2025 

Flourishing Together 

First Baptist Arlington 

2025 – 2030 

2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 

1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) 

ADVENT 2025: The King! 

November 30 – December 31, 2025 

Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him. 

Matthew 2:2 

Go Now! 

Matthew 9:35-38 

Theme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ 

Theme for Advent 2025: The King! 

K --- December 7: Born The King, Ne’er a Prince!  

I ---- December 14: Identity Gift  

N --- December 21: Now and Not Yet! 

G --- December 28: Go Now! 

MODEL: The ministry of Jesus was characterized by going, teaching, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing the sick. 

MOTIVATION: People need the Lord! 

MANDATE: Pray to the Lord of the Harvest for workers to be sent into the fields! 

9:38 PRAYER – I’ll be praying each Monday and Saturday at 9:38 for workers to be sent into the harvest. 

MISSION: Pray! Go! Send! Allow God to use you to BLESS others! You can be the chaplain of your neighborhood, your family, your workplace, your school, your friend group, your child’s classroom, your networks, etc. 

We all have primary gifts that God uses in the Harvest: 

PRAY – We must all pray! 

PREPARE – Some of us are gifted at cultivation. 

PLANT – Some of us are more gifted at sowing the seeds of the Gospel. 

PRODUCE – Some of us are more gifted at gathering the produce of the harvest.
 

I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 

-1 Corinthians 3:6-9