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Upcoming Events. Upper Midwest Spiritual Training Milwaukee, WI Saturday, March 3 rd 10:00 AM – 4 PM Bring your own lunch or go out for lunch (1 Hr. Lunch Period) Marriage Day-Retreat Saturday, March 17 th 10:00 AM – 5 PM (Lunch Provided) Optional Movie at Church’s Building at 7 PM.
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Upcoming Events • Upper Midwest Spiritual Training • Milwaukee, WI • Saturday, March 3rd • 10:00 AM – 4 PM • Bring your own lunch or go out for lunch (1 Hr. Lunch Period) • Marriage Day-Retreat • Saturday, March 17th • 10:00 AM – 5 PM (Lunch Provided) • Optional Movie at Church’s Building at 7 PM
Fox Valley Church of Christ Five Year Vision
Five Year Plan • January, 2017 • Have 3 House Churches meeting in Green Bay • Be Prepared to Launch the Green Bay Church of Christ • 1-2 House Churches meeting in Neenah/Oshkosh • 6-8 House Churches in the remainder of the Appleton/Fox Cities area
Five Year Plan • January, 2013 • Add a New Pre-Teen Ministry to the Church • New Pre-Teen Curriculum • Pre-Teen Class • Pre-Teen Leaders and Teachers • Have an updated KK Ministry and Curriculum • Have 6 House Churches in the FVCC • Including a House Church in Green Bay • We will need 2 new House Church leaders
New Disciple Training • All New Disciples Will Receive: • Year 1: • Deep Convictions Quiet Time Series • Spiritual Growth Study Series (31 Comprehensive follow-up studies) • Year 2: • Covenant: A Kingdom Tale Audio Series with Study Guides and Activities • Year 3: • Spiritual Maturity Training Video Series (48 Sessions) with Study Guides and Activities • Year 4: • Christian Theology Primer (31 Weekly Lessons with assignments and activities)
Spiritual Maturity Training • Biblical Interpretation • Core Doctrines and Church Practices • Reading the Old Testament • Reading the New Testament • Evidences of the Faith • Defending the Gospel • What we Believe about God • The Kingdom: What was, is, and yet to come
His Kingdom Bible Study Series
Class Schedule Class 1 – Conversion, Questions, Scriptures - His Word Class 2 – Quiz; His Plan; His Will Class 3 – Quiz; His Call Class 4 – Quiz; His Mercy; His Sacrifice Class 5 – Quiz; His Life Class 6 – Quiz; His Way Class 7 – Quiz; His Hope; His Family Class 8 – Quiz; Appendices Studies; Lifelong Discipleship
The Focus of Each Study • The Point – What is the primary focus of each study • Scriptures of Focus – What Scriptures lay at the heart of each study • Questions – What pointed questions do you want to ask during the study • Action Points– What main point of conviction do you want your friend to take with them
The Main Point • The Point – 1. To help our friends see that we are not in need of God to have a better life but because of sin 2. To help our friends see that sin destroys our relationship with God and our own lives and puts us in a state that demands God’s grace found in repentance
Scriptures of Focus • Primary Scripture • Galatians 5:19-21 • Proverbs 28:13
Pointed Questions Interpretation What. . . ? Application How. . . . . ? Contemplation Why. . . ?
Proverbs 14:12 • There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
Proverbs 28:13 – Memory Scripture 13 Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
The Main Point • The Point – 1. To help our friends see that we cannot make a way for our own salvation regardless of what we do. 2. To help our friends see the incredible sacrifice that Jesus made on our behalf to allow us to enter into salvation
Scriptures of Focus • Primary Scripture • Isaiah 52:13-53:8 • 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
Pointed Questions Interpretation What. . . ? Application How. . . . . ? Contemplation Why. . . ?
Jesus Suffered Emotionally, Physicaly and Spiritually • He was betrayed by friends during his greatest time of need, falsely accused, and abandoned by his own disciples • Matthew 26:36-75 • He was beaten, mocked, and crucified • Matthew 27:26-44 • He took on all our sin and felt abandoned by the Father • Matthew 27:45-50 • Read Appendix B, “The Medical Account of Jesus’ Suffering”
2 Corinthians 5 – Memory Scripture 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.