1. We are a Family Church

2. John 13:34-35 (NLT)
34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
We are a Family Church

3. We are a Family Church

4. Our Values Statement Reads: We are a FAMILY church
– We are a family, all different but we have our faith in common. As a family we love, support and care for each other.
We are a Family Church

5. A group of people related by blood or marriage:
A group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit:
A group of people related by blood or marriage:
All the descendants of a common ancestor:
We are a Family Church

6. Ephesians 1:5 (NLT)
5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
We are a Family Church

7. Ephesians 2:19 (NLT)
19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.
We are a Family Church

8. We are a Family Church

9. A place of privilege & responsibility
We are a Family Church

10. Romans 8:14-17 (NLT)
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
We are a Family Church

11. 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
We are a Family Church

12. We are a Family Church

13. Galatians 3:28 (NLT)
28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
We are a Family Church

14. We are a Family Church

15. Families Change
We are a Family Church

16. Families Change
We are a Family Church

17. Earthly Father / Heavenly Father
We are a Family Church

18. Matthew 7:11 (NLT)
So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
We are a Family Church

19. Love is to do Love is to give Love is to forgive
We are a Family Church

20. Who is our Head?
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21. Isaiah 9:6 (NLT)
For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
We are a Family Church

22. We are a Family Church

23. Common Parentage
We are a Family Church

24. Ephesians 4 : 15-16
15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
We are a Family Church

25. Ephesians 4 : 15-16
16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
We are a Family Church