1. Part 1 ‘Build by celebrating together’

2. Matthew 16:16-18 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

3. We Celebrate the Person of Christ “Who do people say I am?”…”You are the Christ, the Son o the living God.” (Matthew 16) ‘For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ’ (1 Corinthians 3)

4. 13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve—designating them apostles— that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach (Mark 3:13-14) We Celebrate a Personal Relationship with Christ

5. “Who do you say I am?” ‘He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.’ (1 John 5:11)

6. We Celebrate the Power of Christ 16 "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God…18…I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. (Matthew 16:16 & 18) ‘And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.’ (Ephesians 2:22)

7. We Celebrate the Purpose of Christ ‘A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.’ (Luke 6:40) ‘My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you’ (Galatians 4:19)

8. We Celebrate the People of Christ 12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ…14 Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. (1 Corinthians 12)

9. Do you Know Him? Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (John 17:3) And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12)