1. a plan to help us grow spiritually
MyPath
a plan to help us grow spiritually
a strategy to help us accomplish our mission
3 values (who we are):
real people, real faith, real impact
1 mission (why we exist)
to help people find and follow Jesus
6 priorities (how we live)
Connect with a few
Spend time with God
Live a life of worship
Engage in missions
Serve somewhere
Share somehow

2. Start with the “why,” not the “how.”
Share Somehow
Start with the “why,” not the “how.”

3. Start with the “why,” not the “how.”
Share Somehow
Start with the “why,” not the “how.”
Connect with a few because we live best in community
Spend time with God because we grow deeper on purpose
Live a life of worship because we owe God our best
Engage with missions because we understand God better with perspective
Serve somewhere because we have gifts designed to help others
Share somehow because we know the world
needs Jesus

4. Why should we “share somehow?”
Because Jesus is the only one who can give (meaningful, purpose-filled, and satisfying) LIFE both now AND in eternity.

5. A strategy for “sharing somehow”
(the “how”)
Pray
We will not succeed without prayer.
Accept personal responsibility to “show and tell”
We show others who Jesus is by the way we live AND we tell them who Jesus is by what we say.

6. A strategy for “sharing somehow”
(the “how”)
Pray
We will not succeed without prayer.
Accept personal responsibility to “show and tell”
We show others who Jesus is by the way we live AND we tell them who Jesus by what we say.
Be yourself!
You will be most effective when you “show and tell” in a way that fits who you are.

7. Six biblical styles of “sharing somehow”
1) CONFRONTATIONAL
Peter
Acts 5:29-32
2) INTELLECTUAL
Paul, Apollos
Acts 17:17, 18:28
3) TESTIMONIAL
the blind man
John 9:25
4) INTERPERSONAL
Matthew
Luke 5:29-32
5) INVITATIONAL
Samaritan woman
John 4:28-30
6) SERVICE
Dorcas
Acts 9:36

8. Some of us will be more TELL and less SHOW.
Others of us will be more SHOW and less TELL.
But all of us need to be BOTH!
confrontational
intellectual
testimonial
interpersonal
invitational
service
tend to be more “tell” and less “show”
tend to be more “show” and less “tell”

9. What is your next step?
Remember: “why” before “how.”
Pray!
Accept your responsibility to “show AND tell.”
Be yourself! Find your “style” of sharing somehow.