1. Your Next Steps to BLESS

2. What’s going to be your action plan for LISTENING to your community, to determine how best to SERVE? What plans are you developing regarding EAT, for Easter and May? Draft proposals by end of May for SERVING in the summer In late June, ideas of how you will use Alpha as a means of SHARING Jesus’ Story in the Autumn

3. NOW IS THE TIME Signs of Your Kingdom, signs of Your grace My faith is rising Blind eyes will see, deaf ears will hear My faith is rising We’re calling on Your name Calling on Your name, we’re calling on Your name, Jesus, be glorified! Now is the time, now is the time Your Kingdom rising Now is the time, now is the time Heaven falling Your glory revealed, Your power displayed We’ll see heaven here on earth, heaven here on earth The power of Christ living in me My faith is rising It’s time to believe these dreams we have seen Our faith is rising We're longing for the greater things Your greater things We're calling on the greatest name of all We're praying for the greater things Your greater things We're calling on the greatest name of all Simon Benn © 2012

4. EAT….. Things to Reflect On 1. What do you think it meant to Matthew that Jesus was willing to come eat with him and his friends? 2. Which of these best describes your feelings about sharing meals with people? What do you think has contributed to you having these feelings? I prefer to eat alone. I don’t mind eating with close friends or family, but I don’t like sharing meals with people I don’t know very well. 3. Why is it so important to build a relationship with people rather than just serve them or tell them about Jesus right away? 4. What are the biggest obstacles to you being able to share meals with the people you want to help find their way back to God? What are some ways you can overcome these obstacles? a. I just don’t have enough time. b. It’s uncomfortable for me. c. I don’t want to make them uncomfortable. d. I can’t cook and/or don’t have the money to eat out. e. I don’t even know who I would invite to eat with me.