A GOOD & BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITYIs a CHRIST-CENTERED communityIs a WORSHIPING communityIs a RECONCILING communityIs an ENCOURAGING community

A GOOD & BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITYIs a CHRIST-CENTERED communityIs a WORSHIPING communityIs a RECONCILING communityIs an ENCOURAGING communityIs a SERVING community

ST. TERESA of AVILAChrist has no body now on earth but yours,no hands but yours, not feet but yours.Yours are the eyes through whichChrist’s compassion looks out to the world.Yours are the feet with which he goes aboutdoing good. Yours are the hands with whichHe blesses all humankind today.

FALSE NARRATIVEMy/our needs are the ones that matter most

FALSE NARRATIVE

TRUE NARRATIVEYour/other’s needs are the onesthat matter most

My/our needs are the ones that matter most

JESUS’ NARRATIVEWhoever wants to be a leader among you

must be your servant, & whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others &

to give His life as a ransom for many.- Matthew 20:26b-28 (NLT)

JESUS’ NARRATIVEJesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles

lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.

But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be

like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves…

JESUS’ NARRATIVEFor who is greater, the one who

is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table?

But I am among you as one who serves- Luke 22:2-7

PAUL’S NARRATIVEDo nothing out of selfish ambitionor vein conceit, but in humilityconsider others better than yourselves.Each of you should look not only toyour own interests, but also tothe interests of others.”- Philippians 2:3-4

TRUE NARRATIVEYour/other’s needs are the onesthat matter most

CAVEATAll this is done, not out of martyrdom orto the detriment of one’s own health/family,but it springs from a healthy life

PAUL’S NARRATIVEYou, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”- Galatians 5:13-14

SOUL TRAININGPrayerfully determine WHEN & WHERE you can start serving the Vintage family & then follow through!- Vintage Kids- Road Crew- First Impressions- Prayer Team- Future theater renovations- Family Promise

ST. TERESA of AVILAChrist has no body now on earth but yours,no hands but yours, not feet but yours.Yours are the eyes through whichChrist’s compassion looks out to the world.Yours are the feet with which he goes aboutdoing good. Yours are the hands with whichHe blesses all humankind today.