We are a part of
something so much
greater than ourselves.
Than the forests, than the ocean, than the galaxies. We are a part of the most important story ever told. This is God’s plan. His call. His story.
Therefore, it is urgent we consider our calling as individuals and as members of a greater body. There is beauty in knowing that no person or calling is more significant than another because we are all working for one God with the same Spirit for the same purpose. Our callings are used together to build up the body of Christ in one faith.
We are UNITED with the Holy Spirit and with each other in His mission.
With this in mind, we need to live out our calling now. God’s work does not stop. The work of the Spirit is spurring newness and revival every day. This is who we are- image bearers, unique and similar. Called by name.
Chosen and dearly loved. Sharing a common thread. United. In spirit for His glory.
In community for His purpose.
MISSION CONFERENCE
2020
MARCH 18-20TH
THEME:
UNITED
VERSE:
EPHESIANS 4:1-16
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As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.
MISSION CONFERENCE
2020
MARCH 18-20TH
THEME:
UNITED
VERSE:
EPHESIANS 4:1-16
This is why it says: “When he ascended on high, he took many captives and gave gifts to his people.” (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
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So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
MISSION CONFERENCE
2020
MARCH 18-20TH
THEME:
UNITED
VERSE:
EPHESIANS 4:1-16
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Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
We are choosing to use a circle to represent the idea of United. The circle has no beginning and no end. It represents the notions of totality and wholeness.
A circle is the reflection of eternity, it has no beginning and it has no end.
Just as the circle is a universal shape, the mission of sharing the gospel with the world is something that all Christians are united in. Each individual is an important and essential member of the body. The kingdom of God is eternal - in spirit for his glory, in community for his purpose.