1. Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town
Total God:
Service and Care
John 13:1-17
Whitfield Parish
Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

2. Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town
Taking your part in the body of His church
Whitfield Parish
Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

3. Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town
Taking your part in the body of His church
Our expectation here:
Attend our whole body celebrations
Serve in one ministry team or area
Smaller discipleship group in some form (preferably a MAT)
Outside of ‘church’ commitments
– you don’t stop being the body
Whitfield Parish
Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

4. Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town
Whitfield Parish
Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

5. John 13:1-17
He knew
LOVE!
The enemies work
STATUS
SERVICE
EXAMPLE

6. SERVE because of his EXAMPLE
John 13:1-17
LOVE
STATUS doesn’t matter
SERVE because of his EXAMPLE

7. Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town
Turn to the person next to you Share a story of when you were blessed by serving in this church
Whitfield Parish
Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

8. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
1 Corinthians 12:14

9. Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:15

10. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16

11. 1 Corinthians 12:12-30

12. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
Colossians 1:18

13. 1 Corinthians 12:12-30

14. On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
1 Corinthians 12:22

15. and the parts that we think are less honourable we treat with special honour.
1 Corinthians 12:23a

16. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
while our presentable parts need no special treatment.
1 Corinthians 12:23b-24

17. 1 Corinthians 12:12-30

18. 11So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
Ephesians 4:11

19. 12to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
Ephesians 4:12

20. until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
Ephesians 4:13

21. Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town
How do I currently serve in Whitfield Parish?
How will I serve my colleagues/family/friends this week?
What is stopping me from serving as Jesus has served me?
Whitfield Parish
Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

22. Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town
Whitfield Parish
Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

23. Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town
Total God:
Service and Care
John 13:1-17
Whitfield Parish
Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town