April 25, 2010 - Life on the Porch #3:

The I's Have It (Matthew 28:18-20)

Kernel Message:

• Life on the Porch #3:

This is part of a 4 lesson series that helps remind and define us as a church family. The lessons focus upon:

1. DNA Testing - the five values or motives that have defined us over the years
2. Embedded in our Souls - the theme "To live for Christ and Share Him with others" as the blood that courses through our body at Southern Hills.
3. The I's Have It - using Inviting, Including, and Involving to be our map that shows what we are trying to do with each person who comes into the Southern Hills family. We will emphasize that we want to move folks from "membership" (cycle one) to "ministry" (cycle two) to "mentoring" (cycle three). This will be a short message tied to communion because this is WATS Sunday.
4. Experiencing the Presence - how do we know if people are progressing down the map toward maturity? We will use the four Immanuel sayings in Matthew to help define what this means and stress that folks want and need to experience God with us.

• The I's Have It - This week's lesson
  1. This is WATS Sunday so the message time will be short
  2. Emphasizing the INVITING -> INCLUDING -> INVOLVING principles of our "God's Community Front Porch" being the map of what we are trying to do in each believer's life at Southern Hills.
  3. We will emphasize that we envision 3 cycles through the 3 I's for a believer to be mature:
  • Membership -- experiencing each of the three I's
  • Ministry -- practicing each of the three I's
  • Mentoring -- helping someone in the Ministry phase through the process

Practical Pieces of the Message:

• Giving folks a clear map of what we are trying to do and where they are on the process
• Emphasizing that what we are doing today is about being personally Involved in Jesus' mission -- acts of compassion -- and hopefully helping others on our team grow in their ministry life for Jesus while Inviting people to know Jesus!

Key Point:

• This special day allows us to practice what we preach!

Key Scriptures:

• Matthew 7:21-27
• Matthew 28:18-20

Drama, Media, & Connecting Pieces:

• Pre-video:
• Key Video:
  • WATS Related Video?
• God Story Videos:
  • This will be the "video" we all live as we serve in WATS

• Scripture Reading:

• Matthew 25:31-40
  

Sundown: From Max Lucado's Traveling Light

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