2. BOOKLETS AVAILABLE 1.Suggested donation of $2 for small and $3 for large. 2.Write your name. 3.Join a small group bible study. 4.Begin to get to know one person each week.

3. MESSAGES  INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS  BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE  OPEN OUR EYES LORD  SAVED BY GRACE  WELCOME TO THE FAMILY  GOD’S SECRET PLAN REVEALED  STRENGTHENED WITH POWER AND LOVE

4. MESSAGES  ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL  SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW  WALKING IN THE LIGHT  WISE LIVING  LOVE AND RESPECT  HONOR AND OBEY  DRESSED FOR BATTLE  FEARLESS AND FAITHFUL

5. WELCOME TO THE FAMILY 10 New Names Hobby/Interest

6. NAME TAGS PASTOR REUEL

7. PRAYER TENT

8. CHURCH PICNIC May 25, 2014 at Wilson Park After the third service

9. INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS EPH 1:1-2

10. QUOTE “... today’s church is not a community but rather a collection of individuals.” p. 45

11. QUOTE “George Gallup Jr. concluded from his studies and polls that Americans are among the loneliest people in the world.” p. 24

12. QUOTE “We have become in the words of Lock, solo sapiens.” p. 44

13. EPH 4:16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

14. QUOTE “The development of meaningful relationships where every member carries a significant sense of belonging is central to what it means to be the church.” p. 35

16. ACTS 18:19 They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

17. ACTS 18:20 When they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined.

18. ACTS 18:21 But as he left, he promised, "I will come back if it is God's will." Then he set sail from Ephesus.

20. ACTS 20:31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

21. THE AUTHOR OF EPHESIANS EPH 1:1a

22. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,...

23. ACT 8:1 And Saul was there, giving approval to his death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

24. ACT 8:2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.

25. ACT 8:3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

26. GAL 1:15a But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace,...

27. ACT 9:3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

28. ACT 9:4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

29. ACT 9:5 "Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied.

30. Easter Musical

31. EPH 2:10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

32. THE AUDIENCE OF EPHESIANS EPH 1:1a-2

33. EPH 1:1b... To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

34. ACT 19:26 And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that man- made gods are no gods at all.

35. ACT 19:27 There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty."

36. ACT 19:28 When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

37. EPH 1:1b... To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

38. EPH 1:2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

39. THE AIM OF EPHESIANS EPH 1:3

40. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

41. EPH 1:4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love

42. EPH 6:24 Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

43. EPH 6:24 Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

44. EPH 2:14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,

45. QUOTE “You can have a small group and not experience community—but you cannot have community apart from a small group experience.” p. 22

46. INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS  AUTHOR  AUDIENCE  AIM

47. INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS BECAUSE OF MY BLESSINGS IN CHRIST I WILL BE PART OF A LOVING COMMUNITY WITH OTHER BELIEVERS

48. QUOTE “Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful— Christian community is the final apologetic.” p. 85 Francis Schaeffer

49. JOH 13:34-35 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."