This is the first
of a series of outlines of Vision talks I have preached – this one from January
2011
Acts
1:1-8. Jesus tells the disciples to await the promised Holy Spirit. As we
prepare to launch into multi-site, elders decided to have 40 Days of prayer and
fasting – going deeper into God before making a major reach.
Overview
of preaching series in Acts 1 to 13 taking place over next 7 weeks to back up ‘40
Days’. Encourage fasting on Wednesdays to coincide with prayer celebrations in
evening. (Explain different levels/types of fasting). Distribute home-produced
but extremely professional 40 Days booklets – includes Bible study notes and
prayer topics as well as FAQs re multi-site.
Outline
need for 100 further volunteers to cover multi-site arrangements at end of 40
Days. Need to maintain revenue giving and rise to challenge of giving to multi-site
as an extra. Everyone to receive a letter from me with all the details of what
we will need and asking them to prayerfully review their giving.
Talk
about the arrival of Lawrence and Mary, the first black African family in the
church 14 years ago. Interview: Lawrence – ‘I want to be behind the new thing
God is doing. We live only once!’ Mary – ‘I want to look back in 10 or 20 years
and say – I was involved in starting that. We are building for future
generations, too.’
Explain
that to maintain the diversity balance we need 20 from the black community to
go to the new Lee site with Phil Varley and Robert Kwami. Ask them to step up.
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