Meeting 3 [Mission] - What does mission mean to you?
Icebreaker: Besides people or pets, what is one thing you value so much that if you lost it, you would go on a 'mission' to find or get it back?
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Quick Friendly Reminder:
Culture of Sharing and Receiving Others (Went Over Last Meeting)
Tools for Safe and Brave Space (Go Over This Meeting)
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Access’ Mission
We are a church seeking to live life with God in soul, community, and mission.
Mission
The world is not the way it should be. It has been ruined by human sin, but God invites us to join in his redemptive work bringing healing and restoration to our world.
1st Question: Does anything stand out to you in the Access’ Mission Statement?
2nd Question: This says 'God invites us to join.' What does that 'invitation' look like or feel like to you in your everyday life?
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Biblical Verses to Read
[The Command] - 'Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I’ve commanded you. Look, I myself will be with you every day until the end of this present age. ”'
Matthew 28:19-20 CEB
https://www.bible.com/bible/37/MAT.28.19-20
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[The Motivation] - 'He replied, “ You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: You must love your neighbor as you love yourself. '
Matthew 22:37-39 CEB
https://www.bible.com/bible/37/MAT.22.37-39
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[The Scope] - Rather, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 CEB
https://www.bible.com/bible/37/act.1.8
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[The Heart] -So we are ambassadors who represent Christ. God is negotiating with you through us. We beg you as Christ’s representatives, “Be reconciled to God!”
2 Corinthians 5:20 CEB
https://www.bible.com/bible/37/2co.5.20
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[The Method] - “He has told you, human one, what is good and what the LORD requires from you: to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God.”
Micah 6:8 CEB
https://www.bible.com/bible/37/mic.6.8
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[An Example] - “What do you think? If someone had one hundred sheep and one of them wandered off, wouldn’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides and go in search for the one that wandered off?”
Matthew 18:12 CEB
https://www.bible.com/bible/37/MAT.18.12.CEB
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3rd Question: Are there any other Bible verses that you can recall that speaks about mission? Do you have any other ideas on mission you want to share?
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Prayers
- write out a prayer or two or more and exchange written prayers with another to be praying for another until the next time we meet.
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Personal Reflection
- When I read the phrase, "The world is not the way it should be," what specific person, place, or situation immediately comes to my heart? Why that one?
- What fear or hesitation do I have when I think about "bringing healing and restoration"? What is one small step of faith I could take to overcome that?
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