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The Good and Beautiful Community - Part 3
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The Serving Community2 0 1 4 S u m m e r S e r i e s : T h e G o o d a n d B e a u t i f u l C o m m u n i t y
Sir Ernest Henry ShackletonTo Cross Antarctica from Sea to Sea Via the South Pole
The Imperial Trans-Arctic Expedition 1914-1917
How Many Dead Penguins?The Challenge of Leading Others During Trying Times
Constant Tension
SACRIFICE & SERVICE
SUCCESS & SURVIVAL
Original Mission Inevitable Mission
SUCCESS & SURVIVAL
Reclaiming the Church’s Soul
SACRIFICE & SERVICE
Original Mission Inevitable Mission
Competing Narratives
Our needs matter most
True Narrative False Narrative
Others’ needs matter most
Competing Narratives
Focusing on SELF
Needs of Others Our Needs
Focusing on OTHERS
“The good and beautiful
community of Jesus finds its
life in Jesus himself, not
itself.”
Attendance Buildings Cash
James Bryan Smith
Jesus Came to Serve, Not to Be Served
Luke 2227 For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who
is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. (NET)
Jesus lives to serve because he is motivated by one thing…
A Great Love for O T H E R S
John 1513 No one has greater love than this—that one lays
down his life for his friends. (NET)
Our Hope Should Be Anchored in Christ Jesus
“We have confidence in a great future; we know that nothing will happen to us
that God, in his wisdom, has not allowed, and that he cannot use for good. We are
safe and secure. In that condition, we can move from [focusing on ourselves] to focusing on others.” James Bryan Smith
In God’s Kingdom……safe and secure
…loved forever, unconditionally …valuable and precious, worth dying for
…splendid, never-to-be-duplicated stories of grace
When we embrace and embody these truths, we are able to focus on others and their needs, even if serving them costs us our reputations, our churches, even our lives.
*Are he and EBCLA legit? Postscript on the June 2014 JEMS Mt. Hermon Conference Controversy
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“The success of a church is not in its size but in its service to the people and the community.” James Bryan Smith
We exist to serve others and then die, just like Jesus.
Your Needs Before MinePhilippians 23 Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or
vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than
yourself. 4 Each of you should be concerned not only about your
own interests, but about the interests of others as well.
EBCLA’s Lacey Nagao
Inspired more and more and more by the love of Jesus for us, we will be moved to sacrifice ourselves and to love others by serving them more and more and more.