1. Being the Church Acts 2:36-47 Faith An Action 2009

2. When Man Meets Mercy Mercy comes down… Romans 12:1-2 Man Responds… Acts 2 The Church is Born

3. Who Is The Church? Acts 2:36-41 Those who hear and believe the gospel… Those who repent of their sin… Those who are baptized…

4. What Does The Church Do? Acts 1:8 and Mathew 28:18 Embraces Jesus’ Mission – Making of Disciples Carry out Jesus’ mission as a community – Bring In – Build Up – Branch Out

5. Bring In – Acts 2:36-47 Order your life to see people come to know Jesus… Two Hindrances: 1.Heart Problem – Repentance is Solution 2.Head Problem – Equipping is Solution

6. Build Up – Acts 2:42-47 Order your life to be equipped and equip others 1.Commit to being built up. Ephesians 4:11-12 2.Commit to building others. Romans 12:3-8

7. Branch Out – Acts 1:8 & 2:47 Order your life to branch out. 1.Acts 1:8 – Be Jesus’ witnesses… – Locally and Regionally: Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria – Globally: to the ends of the earth… 2.Acts 2:47 – Served the city in Jesus name…

8. What will you do? 1.I will run… I want safety and anonymity… 2.I will wait… Still weighing my options… 3.I will embrace Jesus’ call to be His disciple…

9. Bringing In - Build Up - Branch Out I want to receive Christ. I want to be baptized. I want to know more about Grace Community I want to join a Faith Family I want to be involved in Community I will serve August 9 th I will support the local church financially I want to help financially with special projects