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 The last time we gathered together for Heartbeat,

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 someone said to me afterwards,

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 you were just so relaxed,

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 and it was just great to see you so relaxed and casual up the front.

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 So I'm going to do that again tonight.

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 Just bear with me for a moment.

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 OK, ready to go.

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 So I think 12 months ago,

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 we sat in this room,

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 and we had this in front of us,

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 Heartbeat, November the 8th,

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 and it was our picture for what was ahead,

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 it was the input, in fact,

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 the entire input of what I gave and talked about.

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 It was in the beginning of our series on radical,

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 what it meant to be a radical disciple of the Lord Jesus

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 and the radical choices that we need to make as a church.

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 And one of the questions that Stuart Wendy put in front of me

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 as we were doing the preparation leading up to this

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 is it would be good to highlight some of the markers,

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 the changes, the progress we've made in the last 12 months.

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 Because if you were here 12 months ago,

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 you would know that this was a time of an element of uncertainty.

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 We picked radical because of a chance for us to really,

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 we needed to really focus on what we're doing as a church.

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 We just found out that Sam Lowe,

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 one of our ministers here,

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 was leaving after eight years of ministry,

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 and it was a time of change and flux for us

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 and what it meant.

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 And so I think there's a lot,

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 when I look back at the last 12 months,

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 there is so many things to celebrate,

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 where 12 months ago,

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 I might have been feeling a little bit uncertain

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 about where we were or where I was

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 and how we're going to move forward.

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 God has just kept pushing us forward

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 and been building momentum throughout the course this year.

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 And yet at the same time,

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 in many ways, it's been a hard year.

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 I feel it.

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 I feel like it's been a hard year.

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 There's been a number of things which have happened,

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 which I didn't want to happen.

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 And yet what God does,

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 he just uses those times to continue to sharpen us.

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 And so we, as I said,

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 back in November the 8th last year,

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 where plan was to move to two congregations,

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 we've done that.

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 And our translation team,

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 which was like two or three people,

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 has grown to,

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 we celebrated last time around 14 people,

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 something like that.

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 And can I just put out a bit of a thanks here tonight

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 for Flora and Dorothy,

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 who have just taken the My Purpose Checkup document

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 and totally translated the thing

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 in the last week or two

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 or in that timeframe.

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 They just got onto it.

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 And under their own initiative,

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 and I just want to say that is superb.

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 That's a massive amount of work.

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 So thank you for that.

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 So we've seen that change.

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 We saw miraculously with the provision

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 of the money we raised on Vision Sunday,

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 as well as the increase we saw in our pledging.

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 The Barnets,

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 which we were not expecting to be able to do this,

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 but Barnets came on full time just after Easter.

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 And so we were intending on employing a children's pastor.

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 And we've not just got a children's pastor,

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 we've got a children's pastor

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 and a maturity pastor wrapped up into one.

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 And so that's worth celebrating.

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 We've just celebrated boom.

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 That didn't exist 12 months ago.

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 And one of the things of bringing a children's pastor in

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 was in fact to start an after school kids ministry

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 that has now started.

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 And I think James has done a phenomenal job in that

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 by building the team first.

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 But he spent a lot of time preparing the team,

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 building for it.

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 And so I'm just so excited about that.

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 We were looking to employ Takeshi and John.

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 And frankly, you can say boom all you like,

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 but no one can say it like Takeshi.

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 And he ought to be,

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 he's not here, is he?

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 He's studying for exams.

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 I'm assuming he shouldn't have been here.

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 But yeah, so we've been able to employ these guys

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 and they've done a fantastic job

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 and helped in a big way in the transition

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 from three congregations to two

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 and turning us more transcultural.

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 We got a faculty approved to move furniture.

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 That went through.

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 10 years ago, that would have been a bun fight.

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 Now it's not.

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 Now it's actually a move forward

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 forward because we wanted to see more and more people

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 seated in this building here in the gospel.

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 So while we haven't broken the 200 barrier,

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 which we talked a lot about this time last year.

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 In fact, the goal for that was to do it between,

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 you know, 2018 and the end of 2020.

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 2020, we have building momentum in that direction.

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 And it's fabulous.

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 So we're now almost halfway through our vision series for this year.

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 As you know, our theme is His Purpose, Our Purpose, My Purpose.

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 And I was asked a really good question

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 about a week or so ago, a couple of weeks ago.

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 And the question was,

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 why this, why now?

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 Why this, why now?

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 Why His Purpose, Our Purpose, My Purpose?

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 Why this and why now?

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 And my answer is,

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 because it's all about breaking the 200 barrier.

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 That's why we're doing it now.

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 In case you're new to this,

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 the 200 barrier is, if you like,

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 a cultural barrier that the vast majority of churches face.

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 Very few, in fact,

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 something like only 10% of churches

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 will ever break the cultural barrier of 200 members.

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 I introduced it to us at Heartbeat last year

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 and set the goal that we'd break it before the end of 2020.

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 The 200 barrier is where a church,

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 either deliberately or just by the fact of inertia,

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 decides, subconsciously or consciously,

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 to stick below 200 members

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 because it's the way they like things to be.

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 And I said,

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 God may choose to never grow St. Paul's,

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 but for us to deliberately limit the size of the members of St. Paul's,

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 I find that morally, spiritually reprehensible.

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 We've got to do everything that we can to grow God's kingdom.

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 And so one of the key aspects of breaking the 200 barrier

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 was the need to align the church

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 around the mission, vision, values and strategy of the church.

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 That's one of the key elements of breaking the 200 barrier.

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 And there's at least about eight of them,

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 but this is one of the key ones.

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 Alignment is about all ministry pulling in the same direction.

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 What happens when every ministry pulls in the same direction

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 is that it forces out the personal agendas

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 and the personal preferences

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 that abound in churches that prefer to stay small.

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 And it causes us to focus on God's mission.

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 That's what it does.

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 And so that's what this vision series is about.

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 It's about alignment.

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 It's about giving us clarity on our purpose,

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 on how St. Paul's, in fact, not just St. Paul's purpose,

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 but how St. Paul's, in fact, structures itself,

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 how we balance and how we resource these five purposes.

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 The ministry one's hiding behind me here

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 because ministry is what we're doing tonight.

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 So it's balancing these five purposes.

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 In fact, at this heartbeat last year,

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 I mentioned six crucial decisions churches need to make

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 in order to grow in size and depth.

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 And three of them have to do with this one, ministry.

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 Have to do with leadership, service, ministry choices.

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 The course that some of you have been introduced by me,

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 from me, called Breaking 200 Without Breaking You,

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 mentions eight key strategies for breaking the 200 barrier.

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 Five of the eight have to do with this one,

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 the way we think about ministry,

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 the way ministry gets done.

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 And that's our focus tonight.

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 And the shift that we are looking to do in the next 12 months

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 is to move away from a church of individuals

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 filling roles on rosters, plugging gaps, doing a task,

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 to being a church where we do all of the work of service within teams.

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 That is, we're doing it together.

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 We're serving together as opposed to me just doing my bit

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 that I want to do in my time.

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 Now, this is simply a flow on from what we looked at last Sunday.

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 If you were here on Sunday,

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 you would have heard from me

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 about Christ-exalting connectedness in God's family.

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 God's intention is for all of humanity to magnify him.

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 That's week one.

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 Week two, God's intention is to draw us together in order to magnify him.

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 Week three, which is coming up,

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 now that he's drawn us together to magnify him,

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 what is his intent for each one of his children?

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 He wants every one of his children to grow up into the likeness of his true son.

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 He wants all of his children that he brings into his family

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 that he gathers to himself to grow up into the likeness of his son,

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 to have the character of his son.

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 Week four is that he doesn't want us just to grow up into the likeness of his sons.

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 He wants us to grow up into the ministry service attitude of his son.

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 That's God's internal purposes.

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 And when he builds up his church in that way,

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 he sends us out into mission.

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 That's week five.

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 So let me just take you to the Bible really quickly on this one

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 and the idea of teams.

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 Jesus modeled something for us in terms of relationships.

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 From all of his hundreds of followers,

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 he chose 72 for a special ministry.

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 Luke chapter 10, he sends them out two by two.

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 Doesn't send them out by themselves, sends them out two by two.

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 And Jesus knows,

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 Jesus himself didn't,

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 knew that you could not know 70 people closely.

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 And so he also,

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 amongst that 72,

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 had his 12 for a closer partnership in life and ministry,

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 where he specifically instilled stuff and did things with them that he didn't do with the 72.

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 In Mark chapter 3, verse 14,

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 it says he appointed 12,

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 designating them apostles that they might be with him.

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 But even 12 are sometimes too much,

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 and especially if you're an introvert.

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 And so Jesus has a closer bond with Peter, James and John,

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 just three of the 12.

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 And on a number of occasions,

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 it was just those three who had a special time of development with Jesus.

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 Often, in fact,

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 at the most significant times of Jesus' life and ministry,

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 those three were there.

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 And sometimes even three is more than some kinds of friendships will allow.

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 And Jesus seemed to have a particular bond with John,

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 which John mentioned several times in his gospel,

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 because he got an opportunity to do that.

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 The disciple who Jesus loved.

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 By the way, that's me.

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 I'm talking about you.

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 Don't know what it says about the other 11,

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 but anyway.

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 But five times in his gospel,

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 he refers to himself as the disciple who Jesus loved.

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 And so Jesus had his crowds,

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 he had his 72,

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 he had his 12,

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 he had his three,

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 and he had his one.

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 And as he put his mission and his church in motion,

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 he not only modeled these various levels of relationship,

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 he sent his ambassadors out into teams

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 with different levels of relationship.

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 See, life and ministry for Jesus

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 was life and ministry together.

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 It was not even for him,

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 it was a solo affair.

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 Life and ministry for him

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 was life and ministry together.

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 Then you get to the Apostle Paul

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 and he follows the same pattern.

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 Christian ministry appears,

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 is a ministry together,

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 service together.

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 I don't think it's an accident

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 that in every single church,

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 the Apostle Paul planted,

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 go and read Acts on this,

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 he appointed not one elder and pastor,

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 but multiple elders.

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 And when Paul and Barnabas,

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 they had their tiff and they fell out,

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 and they were wondering what to do

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 with John Mark who abandoned them

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 on the first mission,

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 these two giants of the faith

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 did not have a falling out and disappear

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 and do their own thing.

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 They formed new teams,

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 got the blessing of the church,

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 and then they were sent out.

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 Barnabas took Mark with him,

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 he sailed to Cyprus,

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 Paul chose Silas,

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 and he departed in Acts 15, 39, 40.

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 When he met Timothy in Acts 16,

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 he asked Timothy to travel with him

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 as his ministry co-worker,

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 even though Timothy was the junior,

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 learner,

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 just a kid,

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 learning still.

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 And over the next six years,

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 of the 13 letters that Paul wrote,

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 he addresses them to the churches

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 as coming from him and Timothy,

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 even though Paul was the one who wrote.

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 He wanted to send it from the team.

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 Now, of course,

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 the pattern of our life together

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 is not just a matter of ministry,

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 strategy,

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 or partnership.

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 I said on Sunday,

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 the New Testament is just,

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 is just this dominance

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 of connectedness language.

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 And so I want to take us

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 to one of those passages now,

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 really quickly,

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 1 Corinthians 12,

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 12 to 27.

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 If you've got your Bibles,

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 if you've got Bibles apps or whatever,

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 open them up now.

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 I'm going to jump through this really quickly.

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 I want to see six things,

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 briefly,

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 this is not six,

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 this is not a six-point sermon,

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 it's not double length,

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 this is six things,

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 really briefly,

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 that highlight

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 about life together in here.

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 So,

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 first of all,

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 it says,

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 the church is a body

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 that's made up of many parts.

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 Made up of many parts.

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 And without the parts,

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 there is no body.

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 Church is made up of many body,

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 many parts.

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 It's a body made up of many parts,

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 but without the parts,

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 there is no body.

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 I went looking for my Mr. Potato Head today.

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 When I say mine,

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 it's the kids.

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 You know,

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 it was beside my bed,

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 but not anymore.

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 I went looking for it today,

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 because it would have been great

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 to have it here in front of us,

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 but imagine Mr. Potato Head

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 and

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 with just the body,

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 but no bits attached to him.

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 That's the picture here,

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 that it's not a body

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 without the parts.

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 Number two,

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 verse 12,

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 the unity of the body

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 is achieved

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 through the diversity

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 of the parts.

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 That is both the diversity

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 of the people

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 and the diversity

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 of the gifting

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 of the people.

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 Verse 12,

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 the body is a unit,

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 though it be made up

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 of many parts,

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 and though all its parts

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 are many,

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 they form one body.

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 So,

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 you'd have Mr. Potato Head,

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 you'd put all the arms on

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 and the hat on

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 and the legs on

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 and nose and the ears

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 and everything,

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 you go,

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 there it is.

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 It's now looking

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 like it did on the box.

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 It's functional.

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 Number three,

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 third point,

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 the diversity of the parts,

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 all the diversity of the parts,

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 all the difference of the parts,

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 serve the unity

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 and the function of the body.

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 So,

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 verse 14,

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 now the body is not made

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 of one part,

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 but a many.

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 If the foot should say,

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 because I'm not a hand,

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 I do not belong to the body,

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 it would not for that reason

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 cease to be part of the body.

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 And if the ear should say,

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 because I'm not an eye,

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 I do not belong to the body,

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 it would not for that reason

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 cease to be part of the body.

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 If the whole body were an eye,

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 where would the sense of smell be,

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 or sense of hearing be?

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 What?

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 Yeah, that's right.

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 If all I couldn't hear,

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 that's right.

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 It's the Bible right here?

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 If the whole body were an ear,

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 where would the sense of smell be?

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 And so,

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 if you had my Mr. Potato Head here

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 and just had all the arms,

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 you go,

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 well,

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 that's dysfunctional.

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 That doesn't,

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 and yet,

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 that's how we often work church to be.

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 We often have church in that way.

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 When we work church to be the homogenous unit principle,

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 where we like,

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 gather with like,

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 then it looks like a dysfunctional,

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 weird looking Mr. Potato Head.

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 Number four,

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 all the parts need each other

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 if the body is to function correctly.

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 In other words,

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 whatever your part is in the body,

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 don't ever say,

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 I have no need for that other part over there.

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 Verse 20,

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 the eye cannot say to the hand,

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 I don't need you.

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 And the head cannot say to the feet,

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 I don't need you.

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 On the contrary,

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 those parts of the body

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 that seem to be weaker

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 are indispensable.

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 And the parts that we think are less honorable,

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 we treat with special honor.

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 And the parts that are unpresentable

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 are treated with special modesty,

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 while our presentable parts

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 need no special treatment.

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 But God has combined the members of the body

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 and has given greater honor

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 to the parts that lack it.

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 So the negative warning here

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 is don't say,

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 I don't need those other bits.

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 I don't need those other bits.

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 Paul says here

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 that those who we view as weaker

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 or unnecessary or unimportant

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 are absolutely necessary.

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 every,

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 I mean,

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 this church functions

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 on the gifts of so many people

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 working together.

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 Sunday by Sunday,

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 you see that.

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 There is so many things

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 that happen in the background

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 that you don't even see,

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 that you know.

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 And without those things

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 not functioning,

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 the place starts to fall apart

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 real quick.

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 see what happens

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 if the person

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 who normally cuts the grass

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 doesn't turn up

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 for three weeks.

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 The so-called unnecessary bits.

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 See what happens then.

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 The person who

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 most of you don't see

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 who weeds the gardens.

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 How quickly it would deteriorate.

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 How quickly people would say,

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 well,

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 no one's living there.

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 Verse 22,

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 on the contrary,

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 those parts of the body

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 that seem to be weaker

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 are indispensable.

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 They're not just optional,

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 they're necessary.

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 Not just helpful,

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 they are necessary.

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 Number five,

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 let's have the same care

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 for one another

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 so that,

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 this is verse 25,

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 so that there should be

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 no division in the body

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 but that its parts

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 should have equal concern

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 for each other.

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 If one part suffers,

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 every part suffers with it.

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 If one part is honoured,

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 every part rejoices with it.

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 These verses are all about

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 what James would call

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 favouritism.

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 Certain parts

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 that we'd want to honour

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 over more,

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 others,

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 James would say,

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 no, no,

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 there's no favouritism

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 with the church

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 and this is saying

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 care for everyone equally,

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 honour all equally.

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 It's no mistake

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 that this description

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 of the body

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 is immediately followed

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 by 1 Corinthians 13.

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 The great chapter of love.

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 Whatever our gifting,

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 it is only effective

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 if it is used in love.

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 Number six,

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 if only my Sunday sermons

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 move this quickly.

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 Number six

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 is an encouragement

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 to trust in God

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 who composes the body

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 as he wills to compose it.

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 To trust God for this.

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 Verse 18,

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 in fact,

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 God has arranged

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 the parts in the body,

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 every one of them,

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 just as he wanted them to be.

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 Let's give thanks to God

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 that he has chosen,

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 that he has ordered,

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 that he has appointed,

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 that he has distributed gifts

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 at his goodwill

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 for the unity of the church.

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 That ought to encourage us,

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 it ought to humble us,

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 regardless of whether

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 we hold a prominent place

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 or we don't have

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 a prominent place

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 in the body.

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 God has given you

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 your place.

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 And yet,

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 this text

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 ends

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 with this

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 final challenge.

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 We're told in verse 18

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 that God arranged the parts

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 to everyone

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 that he wants them to be,

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 but somehow,

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 verse 18

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 doesn't negate

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 verse 31

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 where Paul says,

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 but eagerly desire

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 the greater gifts.

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 In other words,

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 grow up

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 in your service.

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 Now,

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 you can't get

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 the greater gifts

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 unless God chooses

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 to give them to you,

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 but presumably here,

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 their earnest desire

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 and preparing

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 of themselves

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 is seen

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 as a preliminary

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 to receiving

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 the greater gift,

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 at least in some cases.

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 And so,

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 the challenge here,

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 I think,

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 and this is something

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 we're intending on

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 deliberately picking up,

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 quite intentionally picking up

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 in the next 12 months

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 in St. Paul's,

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 is to,

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 is the challenge

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 to go further,

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 the challenge

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 to train,

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 to develop,

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 to equip others,

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 to recruit,

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 to seek new opportunities

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 to serve.

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 That's the individual

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 challenge for us all.

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 And,

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 and the other thing

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 that we're seeking to do

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 is that this

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 connectedness

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 and interdependency

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 culture

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 that you see

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.720
 in the New Testament,

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.240
 the language

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.980
 of the New Testament,

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:36.160
 is something

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:37.900
 that we traditionally

00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:40.440
 really emphasize

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.740
 through community groups

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.120
 and we're going to

00:23:42.120 --> 00:23:42.839
 continue to emphasize

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:44.039
 that through community groups

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.879
 when everyone in the community

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.759
 groups and connected,

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.439
 but it's also

00:23:47.439 --> 00:23:49.339
 the way we want to see

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.539
 our ministry done

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.419
 amongst us.

00:23:52.939 --> 00:23:53.500
 Connectedness.

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 Working as part

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 of a team.

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 Can I just divert

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.639
 a little bit here

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.439
 and emphasize

00:23:59.439 --> 00:24:00.099
 this point?

00:24:00.939 --> 00:24:01.859
 I've been here

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.299
 for

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:04.059
 nine and a half years.

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:07.579
 possibly

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:10.379
 the greatest delight

00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.799
 I have had

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:13.000
 as a senior minister

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.079
 of St. Paul's

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:15.899
 is the team

00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:16.799
 that I work with

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.539
 day by day.

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:19.960
 That,

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.859
 that's for me,

00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.980
 stands out

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:23.960
 as the high point

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:25.240
 of my nine and a half years

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.980
 at St. Paul's.

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.460
 Without a doubt.

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:30.139
 And I would extend that

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:31.240
 to talk about

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.500
 wardens and parish council

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.079
 as well.

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.420
 Without a doubt.

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:37.160
 I have the privilege

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.140
 of working with

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.240
 a number of staff

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.579
 and,

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.740
 and a good number

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.400
 of staff

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.900
 over

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:45.559
 the time

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.240
 that I've been here

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.440
 and a good number

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.740
 of that,

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.480
 those staff

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.700
 for some time

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:51.819
 who have

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:53.660
 all contributed

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.519
 to my growth

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.299
 as a disciple

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.819
 and contributed

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.460
 to me

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.299
 in ministry,

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.920
 in sharpening

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.900
 my ministry skills.

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.740
 We have worked

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.539
 closely together.

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.279
 I said to someone

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.860
 recently,

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.740
 when Sam left,

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.680
 it really hurt me

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:08.539
 in the sense of

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.539
 I really felt

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.279
 his loss.

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.740
 Think about this.

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.779
 I work with him

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:15.019
 for five days a week.

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:15.580
 We traveled,

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.360
 as I said,

00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.200
 I think it is farewell.

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:19.000
 I've been in hotel rooms

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.600
 more with Sam

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.680
 than anyone else

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.380
 apart from Nat.

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.940
 We work together

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.700
 closely

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:27.000
 five days a week

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.160
 for eight years.

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.980
 That's equivalent

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.079
 of 40 years

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.640
 of Sundays.

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.440
 That's equivalent

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.019
 of 40 years

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.480
 of Sundays.

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.359
 Together,

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:41.420
 as a staff team,

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.480
 we have had

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.900
 greater impact

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.859
 than any of us

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.519
 could have had

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.240
 individually

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:48.059
 exercising our gifts.

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.700
 We have collectively

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.559
 deepened

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:53.079
 and expanded

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.680
 the ministry

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.640
 of St. Paul's.

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.720
 I want to suggest

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:58.339
 that the reason

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.980
 that we continue

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:01.299
 to push forward

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:03.920
 as a church

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.720
 is because

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.620
 you have

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:07.120
 a phenomenal

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.920
 staff team.

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.860
 I'm not talking

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.620
 individually.

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:14.019
 Every one of us

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.600
 individually

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.640
 is weak

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.500
 and we have

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.839
 our failings

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:19.019
 and our blind spots

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.460
 and our

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:21.519
 bits where we're

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.380
 not gifted at.

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.980
 But collectively,

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:26.039
 we are strong.

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:28.779
 we are strong.

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.259
 And collectively,

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.140
 we've had a greater

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.220
 impact than any of us

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.839
 could have done

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.940
 by ourselves.

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.920
 And I would suggest

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.559
 that collectively,

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.480
 we have deepened,

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.100
 we've expanded

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.680
 the ministry.

00:26:40.380 --> 00:26:41.460
 God has made us

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:42.839
 all very differently

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:45.879
 and yet collectively,

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.740
 we make up

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.579
 for our weaknesses.

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:50.000
 We've all grown

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.699
 together in

00:26:50.699 --> 00:26:51.519
 gospel conviction.

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.740
 We've grown

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.439
 together in

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:53.939
 character

00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:55.079
 and we've grown

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.720
 together in

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.879
 ministry competencies.

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.199
 We have

00:26:58.199 --> 00:26:58.639
 fellowship,

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.439
 we have

00:26:59.439 --> 00:27:00.039
 encouragement,

00:27:00.439 --> 00:27:01.279
 we have fun

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.339
 and we share

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.959
 the burdens

00:27:02.959 --> 00:27:04.099
 and the joys

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.839
 of life.

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.079
 Sometimes it feels

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.500
 more like the

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.159
 burdens and the joys

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:08.240
 but we share the

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.000
 burdens and the

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.980
 joys of life.

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:13.059
 If you've never

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.380
 noticed it before

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:16.640
 and this is

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:18.019
 not,

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.920
 if you think

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.819
 this is me

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.860
 being proud

00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:23.319
 then forgive me

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.680
 for that

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.220
 but just hear

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:25.240
 the point.

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.420
 We have

00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.839
 modelled

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.440
 something,

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.539
 the staff team

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.700
 over the last

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.940
 nine years or so

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.440
 and particularly

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.259
 increasingly so

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.819
 in the last

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.860
 four years

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.119
 have modelled

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.959
 something as

00:27:36.959 --> 00:27:38.199
 a staff team

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:40.079
 that the church

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.359
 should see,

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.139
 acknowledge

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:45.939
 and duplicate

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:48.119
 in all its

00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.939
 ministry teams.

00:27:49.939 --> 00:27:50.740
 I think it's

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.119
 the best

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.819
 illustration I

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.240
 can throw in

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.719
 front of you.

00:27:53.199 --> 00:27:53.979
 It needs to be

00:27:53.979 --> 00:27:55.259
 duplicated in

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.279
 every ministry

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.619
 team.

00:27:56.699 --> 00:27:57.000
 We want to

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.899
 see it deployed.

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.099
 We are modelling

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.879
 something that we

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.679
 want deployed

00:28:00.679 --> 00:28:02.079
 across the church.

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.159
 everyone

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:04.480
 serving as

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.199
 part of a

00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.659
 team,

00:28:06.439 --> 00:28:07.799
 loving each

00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:08.119
 other,

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.619
 growing in

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.000
 character,

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.899
 in competency

00:28:10.899 --> 00:28:12.460
 and together

00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.159
 you will

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.779
 achieve more.

00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:17.599
 Every

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.339
 member of

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.039
 St Paul's

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.119
 serving as

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.699
 part of a

00:28:20.699 --> 00:28:21.639
 team on

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.839
 purpose.

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.460
 Now,

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:26.500
 I have

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.119
 gone over

00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.740
 my time

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.379
 already.

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:32.280
 Do you

00:28:32.280 --> 00:28:32.460
 want to

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.760
 just watch

00:28:32.760 --> 00:28:33.120
 the video

00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.460
 for a

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.820
 little bit?

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.620
 Is that

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:35.840
 alright?

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.240
 And then I'll

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.760
 come back.

00:28:37.260 --> 00:28:37.700
 Let's have a

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.160
 break there.

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:39.720
 So it is

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.260
 turning into a

00:28:40.260 --> 00:28:40.460
 sermon.

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.380
 The six

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.700
 points are

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.060
 over by the

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.240
 way.

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.880
 So this

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.300
 is just a

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:47.600
 bit of a

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.760
 taster for

00:28:48.760 --> 00:28:49.920
 team ministry

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:51.160
 if we can

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.580
 get that

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:51.960
 up.

00:28:54.520 --> 00:28:55.060
 Before we

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.320
 do,

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.040
 let me just

00:28:57.040 --> 00:28:57.560
 hit a couple

00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:58.120
 of things.

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.800
 As we

00:28:58.800 --> 00:28:59.480
 move on,

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.820
 one of the

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.140
 things I

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.660
 said some

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.240
 time ago

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.760
 was that

00:29:02.760 --> 00:29:03.340
 each church

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:04.560
 needs clear

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.500
 expectations on

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.900
 what are we

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.400
 expecting for

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.980
 our disciples.

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.840
 So what's

00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.840
 our discipleship

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.600
 pathway?

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.480
 What does it

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.980
 mean to grow

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.440
 up to be a

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.680
 member of

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.040
 this church

00:29:12.040 --> 00:29:12.300
 and to

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:12.940
 grow as a

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.300
 disciple of

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:13.640
 this church?

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.200
 And secondly,

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.940
 what is the

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.820
 ministry pathway?

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.520
 I'm happy to

00:29:17.520 --> 00:29:18.820
 say that both

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.380
 of those things

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:19.880
 have now been

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:20.440
 developed for

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:20.960
 St Paul's.

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.580
 The

00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:22.140
 discipleship

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.740
 pathway,

00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:24.220
 it's right

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.580
 there,

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.100
 it's up in

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.440
 front of me,

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.980
 it's up there,

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.720
 has been

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.100
 developed.

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.879
 And you'll

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.519
 notice that

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.099
 each one of

00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.599
 these five

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.559
 purposes is

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.279
 reflected up

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.579
 there.

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:35.179
 The goal we

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:36.159
 have for every

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:36.679
 member of St

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:37.139
 Paul's,

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:38.459
 including myself,

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.339
 is to continue

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.980
 to reassess,

00:29:41.199 --> 00:29:41.939
 am I on

00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:42.500
 purpose?

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.039
 For God's

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.259
 purpose,

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.959
 for my life,

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.299
 for this

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.679
 church,

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.759
 am I aligning

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.459
 myself with

00:29:46.459 --> 00:29:46.619
 it?

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:47.459
 Am I growing

00:29:47.459 --> 00:29:48.079
 in each one?

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.559
 Which is my

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.159
 weakness one that

00:29:49.159 --> 00:29:49.719
 I need to work

00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.639
 on and have a

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.359
 plan in the

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.039
 next six months,

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.579
 12 months,

00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.839
 to get better

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.299
 at that

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.699
 particular

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.139
 purpose,

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.679
 whatever it

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:55.839
 is.

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.699
 And so you've

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.079
 seen that

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.659
 rolling out

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:58.359
 through the

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.740
 course of

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.159
 this vision

00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.699
 series.

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:00.299
 I want to

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.959
 commend James

00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:01.539
 again for

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.139
 that and

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.779
 developing that

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.359
 for us.

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.199
 Secondly,

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:04.699
 on your

00:30:04.699 --> 00:30:05.079
 seats,

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.379
 you've got

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.759
 this big

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.059
 thing.

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:06.859
 You'll

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:08.519
 notice that

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.740
 all of our

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.839
 ministry teams

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:13.139
 are connected

00:30:13.139 --> 00:30:15.119
 in one way or

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:16.899
 another to our

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.659
 five purposes.

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:17.840
 purposes.

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.060
 And this is

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:19.860
 just a snapshot,

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.420
 if you like,

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.580
 a visual image.

00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:22.800
 Thanks, Jess,

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.440
 for putting this

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:26.380
 together of how

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.500
 every ministry

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.720
 at St. Paul's

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:30.259
 is connected to

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:30.880
 one of these

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.420
 purposes,

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.880
 bringing greater

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.900
 alignment to

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.720
 every single

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.300
 ministry team.

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:35.860
 You know where

00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.360
 you fit,

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.680
 what your purpose

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.279
 is,

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.860
 and how your

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:41.080
 purpose fits

00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:42.660
 into the

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.040
 mission and

00:30:43.040 --> 00:30:43.680
 vision of

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.320
 St. Paul's.

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.920
 That's what

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.560
 this is all

00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:45.759
 about.

00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.240
 Not every

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.779
 single ministry

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.540
 team is there,

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.720
 and you'll

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.180
 notice there

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.480
 are two

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.040
 things,

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.740
 such as

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.100
 ministry

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.640
 support,

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.320
 which is

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.720
 not quite

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:52.960
 red,

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.240
 it's an

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.540
 orange,

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.080
 it's out

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.400
 there a

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.700
 little bit.

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.300
 Ministry

00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:56.000
 support's

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.140
 job is

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:57.860
 effectively

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:59.220
 to support

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.000
 the five

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.480
 purposes,

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.440
 and next

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:01.820
 gen,

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.860
 because it

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.840
 is a

00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:05.420
 unique

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.960
 ministry

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.360
 and that

00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:06.759
 certain

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.620
 requirements

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.040
 are there

00:31:08.040 --> 00:31:09.080
 because you're

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.140
 leading young

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.640
 people,

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:12.140
 it sits

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:13.820
 over slightly

00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:14.320
 to one

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:14.800
 side,

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.400
 and because

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.000
 of the age

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.440
 of the people

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.940
 that are there,

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.400
 it sits to

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.940
 one side.

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.480
 However,

00:31:19.040 --> 00:31:19.660
 all five

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:20.440
 purposes get

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:21.100
 worked out

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:22.080
 in next-gen

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.540
 ministry.

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.920
 We just

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.220
 want to

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.920
 separate them

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.180
 out and

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.460
 make them

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:25.800
 slightly

00:31:25.800 --> 00:31:26.560
 distinct because

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:26.920
 there are

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.820
 certain higher

00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.660
 requirements for

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.240
 leaders in

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.800
 that area.

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.840
 So ministry

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.200
 teams,

00:31:31.300 --> 00:31:31.980
 we've got

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.800
 alignment as

00:31:32.800 --> 00:31:33.380
 a disciple,

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.340
 where you

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:34.700
 fit.

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.140
 As a

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.519
 disciple,

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.720
 my expectation

00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.600
 as a member

00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:39.060
 of St. Paul's

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:39.680
 is to grow

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.240
 in these

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.960
 five purpose

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.420
 areas.

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.280
 Where do I

00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:42.740
 serve?

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.460
 In one of

00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.880
 the teams,

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.200
 in one of

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.640
 the five

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.519
 purpose areas,

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.740
 and our

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.200
 goal for

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.900
 every member

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.980
 is that when

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.599
 you are in

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.200
 a ministry

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.799
 team,

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.279
 if you move

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.519
 over to

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.259
 ministry pathway

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.740
 now,

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.180
 is that you

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.779
 will know

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.440
 at what

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.980
 level you

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.359
 fit,

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.039
 who you

00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.859
 report to,

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.579
 and what

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.519
 your job

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.160
 description and

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.599
 expectations are

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:03.119
 within that

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.900
 ministry team.

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:05.599
 So that's the

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.700
 ministry pathway.

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.420
 We like to

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.660
 see everyone

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.579
 fit into the

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.440
 ministry pathway,

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.700
 and on

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.600
 top of that

00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:13.779
 is that what

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.680
 sits over the

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.180
 top of a

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.059
 ministry pathway

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.059
 interacting with

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.480
 a ministry

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:19.279
 pathway is

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.180
 ministry grid,

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.960
 which is what

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.940
 that lady just

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.559
 mentioned in the

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:22.900
 video.

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.180
 It's a whole

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.700
 training program

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.480
 that's,

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.940
 it's an online

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.820
 training program

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.880
 designed to

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:31.680
 develop you in

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:33.559
 whatever part of

00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.720
 the ministry

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.779
 pathway you

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.220
 fit.

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:39.059
 And so the

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.919
 intention as you

00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:40.619
 move forward

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:42.839
 is not to

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.339
 hand someone,

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.899
 there's your job

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:44.359
 description,

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.240
 we need you to

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.000
 help out at

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.419
 boom,

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.480
 we'll see you

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.919
 if something

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:49.720
 goes wrong.

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.740
 And there's

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.059
 your job,

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.480
 go and fill

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.200
 that function.

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.159
 Ministry is

00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:55.839
 part of your

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.679
 discipling,

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.480
 it's part of

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.839
 your connectedness

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.579
 of growing a

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.159
 disciple of the

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:00.639
 Lord Jesus.

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.679
 And so our

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:03.259
 plan as we

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.859
 move into,

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.419
 to roll it out

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:06.379
 totally between

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.899
 now and the

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:08.839
 end of next

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.519
 year is for

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:12.819
 every person

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:14.079
 to know where

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:15.819
 they fit in

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.539
 ministry teams,

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.159
 to be placed in

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:17.699
 ministry teams,

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.119
 to know where

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.819
 they fit in

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.279
 that ministry

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:19.699
 team,

00:33:19.699 --> 00:33:21.720
 to be developing

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.799
 in that ministry

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.819
 team and to be

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.699
 coached in that

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.539
 ministry team so

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.919
 that you've got

00:33:25.919 --> 00:33:27.220
 relational connection

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:28.259
 as you develop.

00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:30.240
 That's the plan

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.039
 to roll out,

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:31.980
 that's our major

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.459
 agenda,

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:34.359
 is to get the

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.980
 members of St.

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:36.339
 Paul's engaged

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:37.299
 and on purpose

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.200
 in the next

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.839
 12 months.

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.799
 We see it as

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:41.240
 crucial in us

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.899
 breaking the

00:33:41.899 --> 00:33:42.680
 200 barrier.

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:45.259
 So, by this

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.039
 time next year,

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.659
 I would love to

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.279
 be standing in

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:49.500
 heartbeat and for

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.419
 everyone here to

00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:51.220
 be able to say,

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:54.099
 I know what my

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.680
 role is,

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:57.379
 I know how this

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:58.379
 role serves the

00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:58.659
 vision,

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.960
 I know how this

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.000
 role is connected

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.279
 to the purpose,

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.720
 one of the five

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.100
 purposes,

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:07.440
 I'm on a

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:07.839
 team,

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.659
 I know every

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.960
 member of my

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.380
 team,

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:13.639
 I know who my

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.579
 leader is,

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.039
 and I'm being

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.960
 coached and

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:18.260
 developed personally

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:19.159
 and intentionally

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.960
 by my leader.

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.099
 That's what I'd

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.840
 like to see by this

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.440
 time next year.