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Read together:

We are InterVarsity's national office.

We are a community of staff who live and work in dependence on God.

We build, lead and sustain the ministry and infrastructure needed to support our mission on college and university campuses nationwide.

Identity:

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NSC Values

Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Dignity: We treat others as people created in the image of God, valuing one another's contribution, role, calling and gifting.

People Development: We help one another grow intellectually, spiritually and professionally.

Excellence: We strive for high quality, effectiveness, and accountability in our work and relationships.

Collaboration: We partner as individuals and teams with diverse skills, backgrounds, and perspectives to enhance fulfillment of our common goals.

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Service: 1. to provide (someone) with something that is needed or wanted.

2. to do the work that is needed to keep in good condition.

Believers – perform various functions (service) in accordance with the gifts each one has received from God.

“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of the and in everyone it is the same God at work..”

– I Corinthians 12:4-6

“…so that…

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

“…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.”

Ephesians 4:12b-13

Service…use of the gifts given by God, done for other people to build up the body of Christ, as an act of love.

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

John 15:13

We are invited into the life of Christ by imitating Christ.

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Take a minute…

What image comes to mind when you think of service?

Allow the Lord to speak to you.

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

My image…

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Leadership:

1. The act or instance of guiding someone or something along a way

2. To direct on a course or in a direction.

Religious Leadership:

Old Testament

1. Priest – teaching the Law

2. Prophets – acts as a liaison between God and people, bringing judgment, encouragement, exhortation and visions of future restoration.

3. Wise men- counselor

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Religious Leadership

New Testament:

1. “Sent ones” “messengers”, a witness to God and the gospel, chosen by God

2. Servants “wash one another’s feet”

3. Collegiality “partner” “fellow worker”

Spiritual leaders… some attributes…

…seek God’s will

…teach or communicate it (equip, guide)

…lead others to imitate Christ (service, love)

…are humble in relationship with God, and before those they lead

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Luke 22:26

“…the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves…”

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Take a minute…

What image comes to mind when you think of leadership?

Allow the Lord to speak to you.

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

My image…

I request your cooperation and patience….

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

We… (careful…”they”, “my”, etc.)

Provide: to make (something) available; to supply (something that is wanted or needed); to give something wanted or needed to (someone or something)

…provide support and direction (service and leadership)

…for people and the organization

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Organization: a company, business, club, etc., that is formed for a particular purpose.

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Passionate: having, showing, or expressing strong emotions or beliefs

Steward: a person whose job it is to manage the land and property of another

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

Take a minute…

What image comes to mind when you think of being a steward. Is there anything you are holding on to like an owner, rather than a steward?

Allow the Lord to speak to you.

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Provide: to make (something) available; to supply (something that is wanted or needed); to give something wanted or needed to (someone or something)

My image…

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

In response to God's love, grace, and truth:

The Purpose of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USAis to establish and advanceat colleges and universitieswitnessing communities of students and facultywho follow Jesus as Savior and Lord:growing in love for God,God's Word,God's people of every ethnicity and cultureand God's purposes in the world.

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.

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Service and Leadership:  We provide support and direction for people and the organization, as passionate stewards of InterVarsity's Purpose.