November 7 - Empowered to Lead

Ordination of Deacons

Sunday Morning: Daybreak & Refresh

• Danny Minton and Steve Ridgell to plan ordination service for Deacons, recognition of Ministrly Leaders, and Appointed Servants with the Eldership's involvement.
  • No need for Scripture reading or prayers as they will be incorporated into the ordination service
• From Acts 6: Focus is on each ministry area staying on track: Please note, this has been significantly altered from previously posted. -Phil 10/27/2010

  Choosing leaders is a crucial time in the life of our church -- it is not simply going through the motions.

  1. It is a holy moment (holy assembly vs. 2; holy requirements vs. 3; holy focus vs. 4)
  2. It is an empowering moment (congregational input vs. 3; leadership affirmation vs. 6; authority to lead vs. 3)
  3. It is a saving moment (the lost are saved vs. 7; the struggling are served vs. 1; the saved are sent vs. 3)
• Suggested order for Daybreak for Time in the Word
  • Message 12 minutes
  • Garden of Prayer Songs
  • Ordination
  • Sending
  • Closing Song
• Suggested order for Refresh for Time in the Word
  • Ordination
  • Song
  • Message 12 minutes
  • Song
  • Sending
  • Closing Song

Sunday Evening: Sundown

• Title: "When You Believe in God, But You Pursue Happiness at All Costs"
• From Craig Groeshel's book Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living as if He Doesn't Exist.
• Speaker: Phil Ware
• Prayer & Scripture: TBD Philippians 3:17-21
• Communion Devotional: TBD
• Song Leader: TBD
• Closing Praise: Psalm 97:12

Old CTT for this Date -- When Fields Lie Empty (Habakkuk)

• Habbakuk
• Romans 8:26-28
• Scripture Reading: Habakkuk 3:16-19
• Habakkuk serves the Lord in a dark period when he feels his nation is going down the drain -- immorality, injustice, neglect of the weak. And as dark as things seem, God reveals they are going to get darker. Habakkuk cannot fathom God's answer. He honestly speaks to God about his frustration, confusion, disappointment, and heartache. God reiterates his promise to ultimately bring about good, but not before hardship.
• Habakkuk's response of faith is not only beautiful, but powerfully challenging to us. What do we do in the darkest times? 
• Are we honest with God about our complaints and concerns? Isn't that what the Psalms show us to do?
• Are we faithful in who we are to God?
• Do we hold on to God's promises and commit ourselves to live for God regardless of the circumstances?
• Focus: What is our faith in God and following the ways of God based upon -- circumstantial blessing or the nature and work of God?