“The Upside of Down” “The Upside of Down”

Be The Church

People, Community and Cause

Be The Church

People, Community and Cause

“Now I say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.”

“Now I say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.”

Matthew 16:18 (NLT)Matthew 16:18 (NLT)

“There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. It comforts the grieving and heals the broken in the context of community. It builds bridges to seekers and offers truth to the confused.

“There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. It comforts the grieving and heals the broken in the context of community. It builds bridges to seekers and offers truth to the confused.

Bill HybelsBill Hybels

It provides resources for those in need and opens its arms to the forgotten, the downtrodden, and the disillusioned. It breaks the chains of addictions, frees the oppressed, and offers belonging to the marginalized of this world. Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.”

It provides resources for those in need and opens its arms to the forgotten, the downtrodden, and the disillusioned. It breaks the chains of addictions, frees the oppressed, and offers belonging to the marginalized of this world. Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.”

Bill HybelsBill Hybels

Three Aspects Of The Church Three Aspects Of The Church

1. Discover The Epic Love Story

1. Discover The Epic Love Story

“For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.”

“For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.”

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 (NIV)2 Corinthians 5:14-15 (NIV)

“He is the head of the body, which is the church. Everything comes from Him. He is the first one who was raised from the dead. So in all things Jesus has first place.”

“He is the head of the body, which is the church. Everything comes from Him. He is the first one who was raised from the dead. So in all things Jesus has first place.”

Colossians 1:18 (NCV)Colossians 1:18 (NCV)

“The church is filled with Christ, and Christ fills everything in every way.”

“The church is filled with Christ, and Christ fills everything in every way.”

Ephesians 1:23 (NIV)Ephesians 1:23 (NIV)

“He died so that He could give the church to Himself like a bride in all her beauty.”

“He died so that He could give the church to Himself like a bride in all her beauty.”

Ephesians 5:27 (NIV)Ephesians 5:27 (NIV)

Three Aspects Of The Church Three Aspects Of The Church

1. Discover The Epic Love Story

2. Live Out Community

1. Discover The Epic Love Story

2. Live Out Community

“So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.”

“So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.”

Ephesians 2:19 (NLT)Ephesians 2:19 (NLT)

“Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”

“Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”

1 Peter 5:9-10 (NIV)1 Peter 5:9-10 (NIV)

“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."

“After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."

Revelation 7:9-12 (NIV)Revelation 7:9-12 (NIV)

All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen!"

All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever. Amen!"

Revelation 7:9-12 (NIV)Revelation 7:9-12 (NIV)

“In the same way, we are many, but in Christ we are all one body. Each one is a part of that body, and each part belongs to all the other parts.”

“In the same way, we are many, but in Christ we are all one body. Each one is a part of that body, and each part belongs to all the other parts.”

Romans 12:5 (NCV)Romans 12:5 (NCV)

Three Aspects Of The Church Three Aspects Of The Church

1. Discover The EpicLove Story

2. Live Out Community

3. Get Involved In Her Cause

1. Discover The EpicLove Story

2. Live Out Community

3. Get Involved In Her Cause

“But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about Me everywhere - in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

“But when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about Me everywhere - in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 1:8 (NLT)Acts 1:8 (NLT)

“I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.”

“I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.”

Philippians 4:13 (NIV)Philippians 4:13 (NIV)

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”

“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.”

2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)

“In the post-Christian, postmodern world in which we live, the most crucial witness to the world is a vital, Spirit-filled local church that is animated by the message of God's mission.

“In the post-Christian, postmodern world in which we live, the most crucial witness to the world is a vital, Spirit-filled local church that is animated by the message of God's mission.

RobertWebberRobertWebber

Nothing is more important for evangelism and discipleship than a community of people who have been evangelized by the message of God's mission to the world and who, through a deep commitment to God and each other, seek to live out their lives in obedience to God.”

Nothing is more important for evangelism and discipleship than a community of people who have been evangelized by the message of God's mission to the world and who, through a deep commitment to God and each other, seek to live out their lives in obedience to God.”

Robert WebberRobert Webber

As Part Of The Cause We Will

As Part Of The Cause We Will

1. Live Out Our Faith

2. Reach Out To Others

1. Live Out Our Faith

2. Reach Out To Others

“I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.”

“I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.”

Titus 3:8 (NIV)Titus 3:8 (NIV)

Hear our cry, Lord we pray,Our faces down, our hands are

raised,You called us out, we turned

away,we've turned away.

Hear our cry, Lord we pray,Our faces down, our hands are

raised,You called us out, we turned

away,we've turned away.

With ship wrecked faith, idols rise,

We do what is right, in our own eyes,

Our children now, will pay the price,

We need Your light, Lord,shine Your light.

With ship wrecked faith, idols rise,

We do what is right, in our own eyes,

Our children now, will pay the price,

We need Your light, Lord,shine Your light.

If we've ever needed You, Lord, it's now,

Lord, it's now,We are desperate for Your hand,we're reachin out, we're reachin

out.

If we've ever needed You, Lord, it's now,

Lord, it's now,We are desperate for Your hand,we're reachin out, we're reachin

out.

All our hearts, all our strength,With all our minds, we're at Your

fate,May Your Kingdom come,in our hearts and lives,Let Your Church arise, let Your Church arise!

All our hearts, all our strength,With all our minds, we're at Your

fate,May Your Kingdom come,in our hearts and lives,Let Your Church arise, let Your Church arise!

If we've ever needed You, Lord, it's now,

Lord, it's now,We are desperate for Your hand,we're reachin out, we're reachin

out.

If we've ever needed You, Lord, it's now,

Lord, it's now,We are desperate for Your hand,we're reachin out, we're reachin

out.

“Now glory be to God! By His mighty power at work within us, He is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. May He be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen.”

“Now glory be to God! By His mighty power at work within us, He is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. May He be given glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through endless ages. Amen.”

Ephesians 3:20-21 (NLT)Ephesians 3:20-21 (NLT)

“The Upside of Down” “The Upside of Down”

Be The Church

People, Community and Cause

Be The Church

People, Community and Cause