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Looking at what is Church and what are we to be and do as Church?

Church and Maturity - Eph 4:11-16 - Jason Hoet

Topic: Church and Maturity
Passage: Eph 4:11-16
Speaker: Jason Hoet
Series: Church
Date: 1 August 2004

Introduction: Review

Church not as a building, 1 day of the week,
but God's people gathered together in God's name
metaphors: community, family

Church about relationships: Banks Diagram

Church and worship
take these relationships seriously in way understand worship

Defining Maturity
The period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
State of being mature; full development

Church and Mission: Acts 2:42-45 - Jason Hoet

Church and Mission
Passage: Acts 2:42-45
Speaker: Jason Hoet
Date: 18/07/04
Series: Church

Introduction
If you were to do Church again, from scratch, would you do it this way?
Probably. Why?

Generally we answer this question as users.
Probably change it because:
better music
relevant teaching
closer community
...

in the warehouse of Church options, we want to choose the options which suit us.
Is this valid? We consider this a little nearer the end.

Jesus' commission
Matthew 28:19

Church and Worship - Rom 12:1-4 - Jason Hoet

Church and Worship

Speaker: Jason Hoet
Date: 25 July 2004
Passage: Rom 12:1-4
Series: Church

Main point: God honoring worship requires the commitment of community.

Introduction
The Washington Post publishes a yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for various words. The following were some recent winning entries:

1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.