Freed to be Church

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Freed to be Church! The Church of
England Matt 16 13 - 28
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The Parish Church of Broadwindsor

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The Church of England
Well done good and faithful servant

• We are all part of one family
• We all share in one bread
• The Lord Jesus

Well done good and faithful servant
You wicked and lazy servant!
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The Church of England
Well done good and faithful servant

• There is no membership list
• There are no exclusions
• The Church is for everybody without distinction

Well done good and faithful servant
You wicked and lazy servant!
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Giants of the Church

• Thomas Nicholas Ridley
• Cranmer
• Hugh Latimer

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The Cost of following Christ

• If anyone would come after me, he must deny
  himself and take up his cross and follow me.
• (Matthew 16 24)

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"Be of good cheer, Master Ridley, and play the
man, for we shall this day light such a candle in
England as I trust by God's grace shall never be
put out."
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"I have sinned, in that I signed with my hand
what I did not believe with my heart. When the
flames are lit, this hand shall be the first to
burn."
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Who do you say that I am?

• But what about you? he asked. Who do you say I
  am?
• Simon Peter answered, You are the Christ, the
  Son of the living God.

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Called to be wise Stewards Our gifts and
abilities for Gods purposes and plans
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The breadth of the Churches Ministry

• 1.7 million attend a Church of England service
  each month.
• 2.6 million participate in a Church of England
  service on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve.
• The Church conducts more than 440,000 rites of
  passage' each year. 158,000 baptisms and
  thanksgivings, 60,000 marriages and blessings
  224,000 funerals

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"Be of good cheer, Master Ridley, and play the
man, for we shall this day light such a candle in
England as I trust by God's grace shall never be
put out."
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We are members of one body

• The eye cannot say to the hand, I dont need
  you! And the head cannot say to the feet, I
  dont need you! those parts of the body that
  seem to be weaker are indispensable, Now you are
  the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part
  of it

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• St. Pauls Vision Called to
• Love God
• Love one another
• Love all those in Gods world