Darby Creek: My Church, My Responsibilities

1: Darby Creek is the Church I attend

1: Darby Creek is MY Church 2: I appreciate the people at MY Church

1: Darby Creek is MY Church 2: I am needed by the people at MY Church 3: Am I strong enough to be that integral person at MY Church?

1: Darby Creek is MY Church 2: I am needed by the people at MY Church 3: I’m not strong enough to be that integral person. How can I be?

Genesis 4:9 “Am I MY brother’s keeper?”

4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten[a] a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. -Cares for -Provides for -Leads -Feeds -Treats/Aids -Protects

What does keeping look like? • Leviticus 19:9-18 • Deuteronomy 15:7-8 • Deuteronomy 16:18-20 • Job 2:11-13 • Proverbs 3:27 • Acts 2:42-47; 4:32-37

1: Darby Creek is the Church I attend 1: Darby Creek is MY Church

Darby Creek is My Church Ephesians 4:1-4 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

When DCC is MY Church, I 1: walk the walk, bear with others, and personally maintain the unity of MY church

Darby Creek is My Church Ephesians 4:11-13 11 And He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds[c] and teachers,[d]12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attainto the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,[e] to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

When DCC is MY Church, I 2: get equipped for ministry at DCC, build the body at DCC, attain unity in the ministry of DCC, personally becoming more and more mature

Darby Creek is My Church Ephesians 4:14-16 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to growupin every way into him who is the head, into Christ,16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

When DCC is MY Church, I 3: am mature enough to speak the truth in love, be a part of GROWing others in Christ, which in turn will grow MY Church into a healthy, ministering church.

When DCC is MY Church, I amMYbrother’s keeper

When DCC is MY Church, I amMYbrother’s keeper Get a meal or two together with someone Small groups Engage in the ministries we have as participants Support the ministries we have by promoting or helping to operate it Become a ministry leader

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Darby Creek: My Church, My Responsibilities