December 12

Announcements
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night
Prayer
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
When My Love to Christ Grows Weak
Lord’s Supper talk - Donnie
Lord’s Supper
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Offering
Joy to the World
Sermon
Lord Take Control (X2)
The First Noel
Prayer

Nov. 21, 2010

Focusing on giving thanks this Sunday.

Order of Worship
Announcements
480 – Blessed Assurance (Titus 2:11-14)
68 – Give Thanks (Colossians 3:15-17)
Prayer
508 – A Wonderful Savior (1 Timothy 1:12-17)
517 – Heaven Came Down (John 12:44-46)
Lord’s Supper talk - Donnie
Lord’s Supper
474 – Thank You Lord (2 Corinthians 9:10-15)
Offering
679 – Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus (1 Timothy 4:10)
Sermon
567 – Restore My Soul (Psalm 80:3)
470 – Victory in Jesus (Titus 3:4-6)
Prayer

Nov. 7, 2010

Order of Worship
Announcements
611 – Heavenly Sunlight (John 1:4-5)
116 – God Will Make a Way (Isaiah 43:16-21, emphasis 19)
Prayer
213 – He is Able (Ephesians 3:20)
269 – Thomas’ Song (John 20:24-29)
Lord’s Supper Devo
Lord’s Supper
679 – Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus (Isaiah 12:2-3)
Offering
189 – Master the Tempest is Raging (Isaiah 25:4)
Sermon
544 – Without Him (John 15:1-10)
869 – We’re Marching to Zion (Psalm 149)
Prayer

Discipleship: The Multiplying Ministry

Based on a book by Milton Jones

This is the bulletion article for this week. Feel free to comment if you feel so inclined.

-Josh

Jesus had the right idea when he modeled and taught discipleship. For example: What if a preacher and church decides they are going to try to reach the entire world with the message of the gospel. So they decide that they would travel each state, country and continent, assembling 500 people every day for the preacher to share the message of Christ with. Their goal is to keep going until the entire world hears the message of the gospel at least once. With the current world population at just under 6.9 billion, it would take this evangelistic team just over 37,682 years to reach the entire world. This is not Jesus’ model. Jesus' model is that we all make disciples. The plan is not simply to bring people to hear a gospel presentation. Jesus’ plan is to make disciples, which takes a more in depth commitment than simply presenting the gospel to a person.

Let’s say that each individual in a church of 100 people decided they were going to make 3 disciples that year. This means that they convert those people to Christ and then teach them to make 3 disciples the next year and so on. If the progression continued, 4.3 billion people would be disciples by year 17 of this church’s commitment and year 18 would see the entire world become disciples of Jesus. Who is the last person you discipled? Are you teaching at least one person a year to not only follow Jesus but also to pass on their faith to others? Do you even know how to teach someone to be a disciple of Jesus? Do you know how to be a disciple yourself? If your answer is “I don’t know” or “No” are you doing something about it?

Year 1 100
Year 2 300
Year 3 900
Year 4 2,700
Year 5 8,100
Year 6 24,300
Year 7 72,900
Year 8 218,700
Year 9 656,100
Year 10 1,968,300
Year 11 5,904,900
Year 12 17,714,700
Year 13 53,144,100
Year 14 159,432,300
Year 15 478,296,900
Year 16 1,434,890,700
Year 17 4,304,672,100
Year 18 12,914,016,300

Order of Worship 10/31/10

Order of Worship
Announcements
All the Way My Savior Leads Me (John 10:3-5)
Anywhere With Jesus (Matt. 8:23-27)
Prayer
He Leadeth Me (Psalm 40:1-3)
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus (Matthew 16:24)
Lord’s Supper Devo
Lord’s Supper
Lamb of God (John 1:29)
Offering
Oh To Be Like Thee (John 13:15)
Sermon
Lord Take Control (Romans 12:1)
Step By Step (Psalm 63:1-5)
Prayer

Oct 24, 2010

Order of Worship
Announcements
716 – Sing to Me of Heaven (Psalm 48:1-3)
603 – Jesus Savior Pilot Me (John 10:2-5)
Prayer
222 – There’s Something About That Name (Acts 4:12)
351 – He Bore It All (Luke 22:44)
Lord’s Supper (Mark 14:22-25)
Above All Else (Phil. 2:9)
Offering
587 – Sing and Be Happy (Psalm 98:4, 7-9)
Sermon
852 – When the Roll is Called (1 Thess. 4:16-18)
722 – Let the Beauty of Jesus be Seen (Philippians 3:7-11)
Prayer

Sunday Oct. 3

Just as Jesus bears the marks of his sacrifice, so we are to bear the marks of discipleship. In addition to this, we are to pass these marks of discipleship on to young disciples as we seek to mentor them and bring them to maturity in Christ.

On Sunday morning, we will be studying the disciple statements in the book of John (John 8:31; 13:34-35; and 15:8). Read these and their context.

What are the marks that disciples ought to bear? Are your marks evident?

Josh