Marylin & I are here attending the 2008 Purpose Driven Community Gathering. Pastor Rick has assembled a number of pastors from around the country whom God has blessed in their ministries and they are joining facilitators on stage, discussing different aspects of ministry as they talk about the five-fold function of every church: Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, Serving, and Missions.
Pastor Rick began with an overview of the conference and then taught us about the first necessary renewal in all of our lives and that is PERSONAL RENEWAL based upon 2 Corinthians 4. Why not open your Bible and read the chapter and then focus on the following points:
1. Learn to enjoy the grace of God - verse 1
2. Be authentic - Be yourself - verse 2
3. Remember - It's not about you - verse 5
4. Accept your limitations - verse 7
5. Do everything out of love - verse 15
6. Renew daily - verse 16
7. Live in light of eternity - verses 17-18
After lunch we heard three panel discussions involving Evangelism, Fellowship and Preaching - can anyone say "drinking from a fire hose!" Today we will be studying the state of global missions and the the panels will discuss these topics:
1. Best practices for Global Missions
2. Best practices for God-Honoring Worship
3. Best practices for Deepening Discipleship
4. Best practices for Mobilizing Members for Ministry
Pray for us today that we will do as the wise King Solomon did:
"I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw." Proverbs 24:32
Till Tomorrow,
Steve & Marylin
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