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you
are accepted and
belong
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you
are not alone in life’s challenges
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you
worship and study His Word in a family room
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you
recapture your first love for Jesus
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your
closest friends gather, grow and reach out together
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your community shares meals and prays for one another by name
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everyone mentors someone
else in the things of God
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worship is intimate and
passionate
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faith is an adventure
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creative ideas flow
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failures aren’t fatal
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love and forgiveness are real
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ministry isn’t limited
to 4 walls
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members are not “going to church” but are the “churchgoing”
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is comprised of small fellowships of the heart that meet
weekly house to house to share life
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has festivals of faith every quarter where everyone gathers
for a weekend of public worship, celebrations, equipping and fellowship
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grows as new believers join a family of nurturing spiritual
moms and dads, brothers and sisters
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seeks to touch the un-churched where they live, work and
play
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goes beyond just “sitting and soaking” teaching” every week
(except in a hot tub now and then!)
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equips all ages to be ministers, not spectators
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helps families grow and serve together
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refuses to become a “cruise ship” created for selfish
indulgence, comfort and spiritual gluttony
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is like a fleet of connected life boats that venture out to
sea to offer life-preservers to the drowning
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takes the worship
service out…to sing to the elderly who are lonely in nursing homes or to cheer
up and pray for children suffering in hospital beds, or to befriend new people
while enjoying time at a park or museum
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tries to live out
Jesus’ command to “visit him in prison, feed and clothe Him” wherever suffering
strikes people around them
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trains traveling teams for local and international missions
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simplifies their
budget by meeting in homes
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funnels funds to support their “base” plus has more for
outreaches to people worldwide
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looks beyond itself and finds joy in making sacrifices for
others
