2. Special Offering Sunday 14 th and 21 st June 2015 1.For Midhurst – first year funding 2.To help fund a new full time elder 3.A project that cares for children with severe mental and physical disabilities at Abundant Life Church, Belgaum, India

5. Special Offering Sunday 14 th and 21 st June 2015 1.For Midhurst – first year funding 2.To help fund a new full time elder 3.A project that cares for children with severe mental and physical disabilities at Abundant Life Church, Belgaum, India

6. A gift to Grace Church is always worth giving because … … we use the money well … giving is an investment in God’s kingdom … giving is worship to Jesus

7. Steve Petch Sunday 14 th June 2015 Privilege Part 3: Jesus at the centre Ezra 3 v 1-6

9. What is at the centre of your life? Who is at the centre of your life? What is in comes out: we become like what we worship

10. What was the altar for? The Altar of Incense

11. What was the altar for? The Altar of Burnt Offerings

12. What was the altar for? The altar enabled the people of God to come into his presence and know him and worship him

13. The altar is built according to God’s design Worldly influences reshape the altar Idols begin to share space with the altar God disciplines his people to purify his altar What happened to the first altar? Is Jesus at the centre of your life?

14. There was the priest There was the rightful King There was the altar There was the sacrifice There was the blood This is really all about Jesus … Jesus alone enables us to come into God’s presence and to know and worship him

15. Special Offering Sunday 14 th and 21 st June 2015 1.For Midhurst – first year funding 2.To help fund a new full time elder 3.A project that cares for children with severe mental and physical disabilities at Abundant Life Church, Belgaum, India

16. A gift to Grace Church is always worth giving because … … we use the money well … giving is an investment in God’s kingdom … giving is worship to Jesus

17. Steve Petch Sunday 14 th June 2015 Privilege Part 3: Jesus at the centre Ezra 3 v 1-6