WELCOME TO 12:13! Need to use the bathroom? Ask one of the parent volunteers. Need handouts from a previous week? Need to borrow a pen? Loan the parent volunteers a shoe and they will loan you a pen! Need to talk with your friend? Before or after class is OK, but not during.

Level 6: Core Convictions About THE CHURCH FOOTHOLDS FOR MY FAITH Level 6: Core Convictions About THE CHURCH

STORY TIME…

DISCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF The Church Big Idea The most important work in the world is happening in and through the church!

DISCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF The Church Biblical Truth “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God’s] own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9)

DISCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF The Church Basic Points Speak Up! Glory Ephesians 1:11-12 Truth 1 Timothy 3:15 Ephesians 3:10 Matthew 16:18

DISCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF The Church Basic Points Speak In! Care Galatians 6:2 Growth Ephesians 4:15-16

DISCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF The Church Basic Points Speak Out! Mercy Luke 6:35-36 Evangelism Matthew 28:19

DISCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF The Church Bottom Line If the church is so important to God, it should be important to me!

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