We start the season of ADVENT learning from Isaiah's vision of God's renewed future. If God has a promised future where all things are made right, how do we wait and walk in hope today? (Isaiah 2:1-5)
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Speaker Daniel Decary // Luke 24:13-36
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If God owns it all and we steward it all, where does our money fit in? We explore how the early church not only managed their money for themselves but saw God provide through them for his mission and others. It led them to a life of enrichment - something our modern use of money rarely gets us to. (2 Corinthians 9:1-15)
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If God owns it all, how do we steward what he gives us?We learn from Jesus how to steward what he entrusts to us in all aspects of life. It fits into how we participate in God's creation mandate and gospel mission. (Matthew 25:14-30)
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When God called Israel to live the life he envisioned for them, he rooted them in stewardship, the idea that all things are his and we're created to steward them - develop and enjoy yet holding lightly. (Deuteronomy 10:12-22)
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God has designed it that followers of Jesus are part of Christ's body, called to practice service in the church and with the church - for God's mission. (Romans 12:1-8)
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In a culture that trains us to be completely self-sufficient, while our souls long for wholeness, Jesus invites us to be made whole (washed) by him. (John 13:1-17) To watch the baptism stories go here https://vimeo.com/1126612504?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci
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*part of our series on the practice of service (What's in your hand?) with a focus on baptisms celebrated today.
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A new spiritual practice series exploring service and stewardship, starting with the life of Moses wondering how he might use his life or serve God and where to start. (Exodus 4:1-17)
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As we keep following God's direction personally and as a church, we don't just pray for more of what we want but allow him to stretch our imagination to step into what he wants. This could be beyond what you prayer for or imagine that God is doing. (Ephesians 3:20-21, NRSV)
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