1. VISION and STRATEGY Preparing for Growth

2. “A great commitment to the great commandment and the great commission will grow a great church.”

3. Vision statement “We desire to be a community where all can find, acceptance, help, forgiveness, hope and purpose.” A CARING FAMILY

4. Vision statement “We desire to welcome 1000 members of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities into our church family, seeing each person developing into Christ-like spiritual maturity.” A GROWING FAMILY

5. CHURCH = HOUSEHOLD or FAMILY Ephesians 2 v 19 1 Timothy 3 v 15 Galatians 6 v 10

6. Church life is essentially RELATIONAL

7. 1 TIMOTHY 5 v 1,2 “Don’t be harsh or impatient with an older man. Talk to him as you would your own father, and to younger men as brothers. Reverently honour an older woman as you would your mother, and younger women as sisters.” (Message)

8. ROMANS 15 v 1 -7 Verse (7) “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.”

9. Romans 5 v 8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

10. ACCEPT – “to take to oneself” To welcome one another. To willingly enter into relationship with one another. To value one another. To take responsibility for one another.

11. New Commandment “A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13 v 34,35)

12. How can we build a caring family of believers? By each of us growing to be more like Jesus!

13. Colossians 1 v 28 “That we may present every person mature – full-grown, fully initiated, complete and perfect – in Christ, the Anointed One.”

14. Family of God Everyone helps each other move along the path towards maturity in Christ. Our lives are open to other’s wisdom and encouragement. Our attempts to serve each other are open to review and correction. You don’t need to know everything before you start doing something.

15. “ONE ANOTHER ”

16. Hebrews 10 v 24,25 “So let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”

17. “Give up” To leave, to forsake or abandon. Deliberately walking out or away. Walking out on family responsibilities.

18. Growth Groups Building blocks of authentic Christian community. Genuine friendships and sharing of lives. Relationships that provide accountability.

19. Growth Groups Support for our daily work. Provocation and help to reach out to our unchurched friends. Safe relationships where we can receive encouragement and healing.

20. Growth Groups Where we receive our primary care and work out “one anothering”. Help each other understand and apply God’s word into our lives. And so much more…………..

21. Growth Groups = Living life together in such a way: Experience Christ’s presence through His Spirit. Express our love to Him in worship. Exhibit our passion for Him in our witness.

22. We desire to be: A CARING FAMILY A GROWING FAMILY