Future Vision

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Future Vision

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• BEFC is a community of ordinary people who-
• are eager to celebrate Gods love, together.   

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• Worship They devoted themselves to .. the
  breaking of bread and prayers praising God.
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• Lost people matter to God and they should matter
  to us. We will be mindful of them in everything.
  
• We should give our neighbours multiple
  opportunities to hear and respond to the Gospel.
• People are welcome and should feel at home before
  they believe.
• We should fear God and not people.

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• The Church has more to celebrate than the world
  and can do it better.
• The Church should be culturally relevant but
  doctrinally pure, we are the Bride of Christ.
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• Go and Tell 

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• Come and See

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• Luke 618
• 18who had come to hear him and to be healed of
  their diseases. Those troubled by evil spirits
  were cured,

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• Matthew 1914 
•  14Jesus said, "Let the little children come to
  me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of
  heaven belongs to such as these." 15When he had
  placed his hands on them, he went on from there.

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• John 429
• 29"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever
  did. Could this be the Christ?"

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• John 139 46 
• 39"Come," he replied, "and you will see."
        So they went and saw where he was staying,
  and spent that day with him. It was about the
  tenth hour.
• 46"Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?"
  Nathanael asked.       "Come and see," said
  Philip.

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• Matthew 21-2
•  1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,
  during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east
  came to Jerusalem 2and asked, "Where is the one
  who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his
  star in the east and have come to worship him."

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• Matthew 811
• 11I say to you that many will come from the east
  and the west, and will take their places at the
  feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the
  kingdom of heaven.

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• Matthew 1332
• 32Though it is the smallest of all your seeds,
  yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden
  plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of
  the air come and perch in its branches."

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• Matthew 229-10
• 9Go to the street corners and invite to the
  banquet anyone you find.' 10So the servants went
  out into the streets and gathered all the people
  they could find, both good and bad, and the
  wedding hall was filled with guests.  

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• Luke 1423-24
•  23"Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to
  the roads and country lanes and make them come
  in, so that my house will be full. 24I tell you,
  not one of those men who were invited will get a
  taste of my banquet.' "

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•  John 737-39
• 37On the last and greatest day of the Feast,
  Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone
  is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
  38Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has
  said, streams of living water will flow from
  within him." 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom
  those who believed in him were later to receive.
  Up to that time the Spirit had not been given,
  since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

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• Matthew 1128
• 28"Come to me, all you who are weary and
  burdened, and I will give you rest.

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Journey of Faith
Effectiveness at spiritual formation
Serving Teams
'Firm Foundations' Small Group
Fellowship Small Groups
Sunday Worship
Personal Relationships Social events
Focus/Priority
Mature in Christ
Serving in Christ
Newly commited to Christ
Interested in God but new to church
Crowdgt
Communitygt
Congregationgt
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• DISC O VER MEAL
• Tonight 7pm at
• Bawtry Hall

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• Questions
• Now that youve come are you ready to see? Are
  you read to see the love of God for you in
  sending Jesus? To cross the line of forgiveness
  and enter into life in all its fullness. Are you
  ready to worship God with unbridled passion?

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• Questions
• What difference would it make for us to live for
  God with unbridled passion? How different would
  our world look? How different would your life
  look? Are you ready to welcome the least, the
  lonely, and the lost, as Jesus did? Are you
  prepared for less serve us and more service?

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• The vision is of a growing worshipping community
  passionately in love with God, deeply committed
  to Jesus and His kingdom. Where the presence and
  power of God is evident, prayer is strategic and
  earnest.

Can you see it?!