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April 19 - Christ Appeared to His Followers:
Theme of Witnesses
Key Focus:
- Jesus appeared to His Followers repeatedly to show He was alive
- Jesus promised that He would be with His followers as they went on their way sharing their faith
- Jesus called His followers to be His witnesses, beginning where they were and going throughout the world
Key SoHills Emphasis:
- Continue Emphasis on Visitor & Members Cards being turned in with ministers doing the offering segment
- Special focus for this Sunday all the summer missions (Harvest, Bobby Lawson's trip to Nigeria)
- Info on the focus for next Fall with the Sharing Your Faith emphasis?
Key Scriptures:
- Acts 1:8 and the early chapters, especially 8:1-3; 11:19-30
- Great Commission Matthew 28:18-20
- Parable of the Talents Matthew 25:14-30
- Story of Gideon Judges 6
- Especially notice Judges 6:14
The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have ... Am I not sending you?”
Drama, Media, & Connecting Pieces:
- Pre-video: Pre-video blooper real
- Plugging Sack Sunday with verbal announcement, turn in cards, intro WATS video (Stephen Corbett Daybreak - Jesse Hudgens Refresh)
- WATS PSA with adult offering (both services plugs WATS)
- Balance Beam with Tommy and Phil (Focus on letting God do something great with you) - check out Francis Chan video for an idea on what we will be doing live (Probably will want to try to do this at both services during our Tim in the Word.
- Lie Satan tries to get us to believe is that our life, our influence, our skills don't matter
- Compare it to the story of Gideon
- Tie it to Jesus parable of the Talents where God judges those who play it safe because of their view of themselves and their view of God.
- Bubble Creek Canyon Video (Refresh Only)
Daybreak: (Team Working on Planning Order - David & Phil)
- Use the Balance Beam Skit to Make an impact to parallel Matthew 25:14-30
- Drive home the message that we are to be willing to risk for the sake of the Kingdom and share what Jesus has done in our lives just like the early believers were and that their lives matter and God wants them to use who they are and what they have to influence others
- God wants them to go in the strength that they have and use the influence He gave them
- Phil emphasizes need for WATS signup, esp. at building stuff, Donnie does with kids, & Vann closing thoughts closes the deal
- Wear WATS shirts
- Bobby Lawson to do Communion & share about Nigeria?
Refresh Focus: (Team Working on Planning Order - Vann & Phil)
- Use the Balance Beam Skit to Make an impact to parallel Matthew 25:14-30
- Drive home the message that we are to be witnesses of what Jesus has done in our lives just like the early believers were and that their lives matter and God wants them to use who they are and what they have to influence others
- God wants them to go in the strength that they have and use the influence He gave them
- Phil emphasizes need for WATS signup, esp. at building stuff, Donnie does with kids, & Vann closing thoughts closes the deal
- Wear WATS shirts
- Send out to be salt and light, not to be members of the Bubble Creek Hidden Community
Sundown Focus:
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