St. Thomas

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St. Thomas Philadelphia
Kings Centre
CityBase
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Bases and Missional Communities
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St. Thomas Philadelphia
CityBase
Kings Centre
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Missional Movement
Pastoral Church
We want to be looked after and fed by Gods Word
while we try to be good people.
We want to love God and each other and lay our
lives down to reach the Last, the Least and the
Lost.
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Missional Movement
Pastoral Church
The Western church over the recent decades.
The Early Church. The Moravians, the Methodists,
Baptist Missionaries, the Salvation Army, the
Chinese House Church...
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Missional Movement
Pastoral Church
Intervention Help from a distance
Incarnation Life on life
The Word became flesh and blood and moved into
the neighbourhood John 114 (Message)
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• Live the Life
• In all three dimensions Up, In and Out
• Help others to imitate the life you live
• Develop structures that allow others to do the
  same across the church

Join with others in following my example,
brothers, and take note of those who live
according to the pattern we gave you.
(Philippians 317)
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How do I Live the Life?
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the
gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that
bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear
fruit he prunes so that it will be even more
fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the
word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I
also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by
itself it must remain in the vine. Neither can
you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
(John 15 1-4)
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12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or
have already arrived at my goal, but I press on
to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took
hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not
consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But
one thing I do Forgetting what is behind and
straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on
toward the goal to win the prize for which God
has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3 12-14
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We engage in pruning for growth.
How do I Live the Life?

• Where am I taking hold of that for which the
  CHURCH has taken hold of me instead of that for
  which Christ has taken hold of me?
• What do I need to stop doing so I can start to do
  the right things?

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How do I Live the Life?
They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching
and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and
to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the
many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.
All the believers were together and had
everything in common. They sold property and
possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every
day they continued to meet together in the temple
courts.
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They broke bread in their homes and ate together
with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and
enjoying the favour of all the people. And the
Lord added to their number daily those who were
being saved. Acts 2 42-47
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Oikos family on mission
How do I Live the Life?

• Pray together
• Eat together
• Do mission together
• Have fun together
• Share resources
• Shared rhythms not just meetings, other folks
  orbiting in and out.

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