1. Kingdom concept –Bringing it all together
August 14, Pastor Dave Kobelin

2. Kingdom concept – bringing it all together
Listening to Jesus
How have you been listening?
What has He been saying?
What have you been doing?

3. CLARITY ISN’T EVERYTHING, BUT CLARITY CHANGES EVERYTHING
WILL MANCINI

4. Kingdom concept Apostolic Esprit Collective Potential
Local Predicament
What’s
Your
Part?

5. Kingdom concept
The overlap of the three circles and completes the sentence, ”our church exists to glorify god and make disciples by _________________________.”

6. Remembering highlights
A need for a place to gather
Made over 100 years ago
Beautiful heart for the community
Unity
Prayer
Love of each other
Relationship between people
Faithfulness
Presence of the Lord
The feeling of togetherness
Baptisms
Offering rides to people
Trip to Israel
Looking always to Jesus
Extreme feeling of ‘lostness’ in our community
Develop/Recover sense of Community/caring for each other

7. Local predicament highlights
Retirees – need help/caregivers
Young, working families – Lack of time, stress, children
Teens in drug culture – need help, jobs, mentoring
Independent behaviors
Rural community
Gay/Lesbian community – need acceptance
Loneliness
Geographic beauty of peninsula
Talents of a diverse group of mature population (retirees)
Recreational activities
Limited work available
Diminished income in timber industry
Families may have lost their home – need for affordable housing
Tourism
Salmon derby
Irrigation festival

8. Local predicament highlights
Irrigation festival
Lavender festival
Different runs/rides, etc.
We could provide – ocean related tours/fishing, ministry to teens in recovery or attending camps
Resistance to faith
Garden club
Square dance
We are on the road
Reader Board

9. Collective potential highlights
Friendly, engaged
Welcoming
Feeling of being ‘family’
Always greeted, sometimes remembered
Acceptance – you will be included
Universally appealing
Cute church building
Informal
Doors open
Old-fashioned, homey
Wonderful pastor
Fun
Solid Bible teaching
Boxing day
Missions
Part of the community landscape

10. Collective potential highlights
Part of the community landscape
Conservative, evangelical church
We could personally meet the needs of those struggling locally – person to person interaction
Spiritual gifts present – Baptism of the Holy Spirit, faith, love, wisdom & discernment, helps, administration, prayer
A spiritual anchor in the community
An increasing willingness to forgive past hurts and move on in love
Old, white people who want out of mainstream rat race of our country
Broad spectrum of talents
Very capable retirees – higher level of education and career
Retired blue and white collar, artists

11. Apostolic esprit highlights
Helping defenseless people
Brokenness, ignorance, poverty
People not knowing who they were created to be
Already doing what I would do if I knew I could not fail
Plant 50 churches
Pray for grace, God’s working in my life
Eyes of understanding being opened
Family
People becoming who they were created gives me energy
Praising God, traveling, creating, going out in nature
Holy Spirit
Creating, relationships
Administration
Leadership
Helping people discover who they are
Not good at putting things into action, paying attention to detail
Paralysis of analysis

12. Kingdom concept
”gardiner community church exists to glorify god and make disciples by building relationships, creating community, and helping people discover who they were truly created to be.”

13. Kingdom concept – bringing it all together
TODAY, WHAT ASPECT OF OUR KINGDOM CONCEPT IS MOST EXCITING? WHY?