Roots and Shoots 3

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Roots and Shoots 3
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And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If
he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the
wine will run out and the wineskins will be
ruined. No, new wine must be poured into new
wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine
wants the new, for he says, The old is better.'"
Luke 537-39
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Respect difference
Free to fail
Inclusiveness a priority
Want to - not ought
JESUS
No easy answers
No gurus
A journey not a destination
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Is it based on Jesus and my faith?
Do we as a church encourage it?
Is it consistent with my life?
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Respect difference
Free to fail
Inclusiveness a priority
Want to - not ought
JESUS
No easy answers
No gurus
A journey not a destination
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"Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" "Who
are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you
are persecuting," he replied. "Now get up and
go into the city, and you will be told what you
must do." Acts 93-6
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From now on I will go to the Gentiles." Then
Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the
house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God.
Acts 186-7
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I know what it is to be in need, and I know what
it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret
of being content in any and every situation,
whether well fed or hungry, whether living in
plenty or in want. Phil 411-12
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I Forgetting what is behind and straining toward
what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win
the prize for which God has called me heavenward
in Christ Jesus. Phil 310
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Transitions

• Life stages
• Life experience and events
• Emotional and Intellectual development

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• Dealing with Transitions
• As a community
• As a friend
• For ourselves

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• The importance of support without Agenda how
  difficult this is for a community
• Support without Agenda
• Understanding the spiritual value

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• What about our own experience of transitions
• What precipitated it?
• What did you do?
• What happened?
• How was it supported
• What examples are there from the life
• and teaching of Jesus?