1. Christmas Concert & Potluck
Sunday, Dec. 4pm

2. November 5, 2017

3. Gatherings Sunday Messages Congregational Meeting
Acts 1-8 – The Progress of the Early Church
Congregational Meeting
Sunday, Nov. 26
Leadership elections

4. Ministry Teams
Children
Music
Hospitality
Property
Missions

5. Serving the Community
New Director needed
Bagging on 7:45

6. Psalm 37
1 Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong; 2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

7. Psalm 37
3 Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

8. Psalm 37
5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this: 6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun. 7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him

9. Prayer
Requests & Thanksgiving

11. Offering
Online giving now available on website:
Parkdalechurch.ca

12. Kids’ Minute
Junior Church for kids up to 12 years old

13. God’s Story Acts: The Early Church
Acts 1 – Incipient Church Acts 2 – Basic Church Acts 6 – Organized Church Acts 8 – Scattered Church

14. Incipient Church The Rule of 120
Happy Endings
New Beginnings

15. Incipient Church The Rule of 120
Acts 1:15
In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty)

16. Incipient Church The Rule of 120
Robin Dunbar, “The Rule of 150”
“…suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships and thus numbers larger than this generally require more restrictive rules, laws, and enforced norms”

17. Incipient Church The Call: Wait on God (1-11)
Matthew 28:19-20
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

18. Impersonation or
Family Resemblance?

19. Incipient Church The Call: Wait on God (1-11)
Acts 1:8 The Church’s Mission

20. Incipient Church Worship: Putting God First (12-26)
“The Upper Room”

21. Incipient Church Worship: Putting God First (12-26)
Psalm 109:8
“May his days be few;     may another take his place of leadership.

22. Incipient Church Worship: Putting God First (12-26)
in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop
Emerging, Inceptive, Dawning

23. Incipient Church The Seed is Planted

24. Incipient Church The Seed is Planted
Conversation with God
Praying with eyes open – watching for His answer
Reading with ears open – listening for His voice

25. Incipient Church The Seed is Planted
Prayer & The Word – developing habits
Lord’s Prayer – Matthew 6:9-13
Examen Prayer – Psalm 139:23-24
Prayer Calendar – Scripture examples
Breath prayer – memory, mediation
Gather together – Sundays, Thursdays…

26. Incipient Church The Seed is Planted
Romans 11:36
For from Him and through Him and for Him are all things.     To him be the glory forever! Amen.