Becoming: Who are We Becoming?
We dig into the Biblical basis for the GSPC Vision: With God’s help the congregation of GSPC is and is becoming a community of faithful disciples who are GROWING deep and wide, loving and SERVING community and neighbors, CARING for one another and all those God brings near, and faithfully STEWARDING the resources God has entrusted to us.
It’s All His Anyway
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 — STEWARD Team elder, Jim Hinton, preaches on stewardship.
Sowing Bountifully
2 Corinthians 9:3-15 — Paul urges us to invest lavishly in the work of God’s Kingdom.
When God Causes GROWTH
1 Corinthians 3:1-11 — God does the holy work of growing His Kingdom, but invites our participation in sharing and living out the Good News of Jesus Christ.
SERVE BEyond the Gate
Acts 3:1-10 — Jesus sends us into the world to serve as witness to the Kingdom of God.
GROW With God
Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 3:4-9 — God partners with us for the growth of His Church; we “tend the garden” and God causes the growth.
CARE and Share in Need
Acts 2:42-47 — As Christians we show generous care because God has shown it to us, because Jesus taught us to do so, and because the Holy Spirit cultivates godly compassion as it works within us!
GROW Up in Christ
Ephesians 4:14-16 — Speaking the truth in love, we are to build up the Body of Christ of which we are a part.
Equipped to SERVE
Ephesians 4:7-13 — God gives grace and raises up leaders to equip all believers to serve Him and those around us.
CARE for One Another in Love
Ephesians 4:1-6; Colossians 3:12-15 — In Christ, God calls and chooses us that we might be of one heart and one mind with Him and in our mission and ministry to one another.
Nourished to GROW
1 Peter 2; Hebrews 5; Psalm 1 — It is vital for our spiritual health and growth to be rooted in God’s Word in scripture.