1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

4. Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Church of Christ

5. Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." 2 Corinthians 10:4 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” Church of Christ

6. Ezekiel 22:30 “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so that I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.” Ezekiel 22:30 “Someone” אישׁ [eesh] a certain person a constant person a steward a champion a worthy person “Gap” פּרץ [perets] a space or emptiness between two places A gap by definition represents a place of weakness Church of Christ

7. Ezekiel 22:30 Engaging the gap Church is not just ‘us’ Moving toward the lost God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good... Acts 10:38 The message is sacred but not the method Church of Christ

8. Ezekiel 22:30 The challenge is the fear or man and the moral life The story of Nehemiah Proverbs 29:25 “The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the L ORD shall be safe.” Church of Christ “Fear is the absence of faith” – Paul Tillich

9. Church of Christ Ezekiel 22:30 “How is Jerusalem?” With revelation comes responsibility One: Pray Two: Plan Three: Proceed Four: Persuade “So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” Nehemiah 1:4

10. Church of Christ Ezekiel 22:30 Nehemiah was an ordinary person Nehemiah released his resources into the ‘gap’ Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances. Courage breeds creativity; cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it. Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency ask the question, is it political? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience ask the question, is it right? And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor political, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right. Martin Luther King Jr.

11. Ezekiel 22:30 Looking at 2015 from a ‘Balcony’ Youth and families Kids Hope Hope Café Church of Christ

12. Ezekiel 22:30 Matthew 17:20-21 “...if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” Church of Christ

14. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.