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40 Days Of Community
Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Jan 7, 2009 (message contributor)
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1. Preparing For A God Visit - Part 2
Contributed on Jan 7, 2009
Sermon to prepare for the 40 Days of Community campaign, introduces the purposes and encourages people to get involved to experience God at work.
Next Sunday we will begin day one of the 40 Days of Community, it’s our kickoff Sunday (six week series called "What on Earth Are We Here For?"). We aren’t doing this just for something to do this fall, giving us one more thing to keep ourselves busy with church. Our leadership has chosen to do ...read more
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2. Better Together
Contributed on Feb 12, 2009
This adapted sermon of Rick Warren challenges us to participate in the 40 Days of Community and join a small group.
What on earth are WE here for? That’s really the question we are asking over these 40 Days of Community. God has placed us here on this earth, in this place, and at this time for a reason, for a purpose. We are not here by accident. We are part of God’s plan. God’s #1 reason for bringing us on ...read more
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3. Reaching Out Together
Contributed on Feb 12, 2009
Adapted sermon of Rick Warren for the 40 Days of Community on the need to reach out and share faith together.
We are in the second week of our 40 Days of Community and during the remainder of our 40 days, we are doing two things: deepening the sense of community within our church family, and reaching out to the community around our church family. We’re learning to build stronger relationships in our ...read more
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4. Connecting Together
Contributed on Feb 12, 2009
Adapted sermon of Rick Warren on the need for being in true Biblical fellowship with one another.
Today, we are beginning the third week of our 40 Days of Community, that’s day 15 for those who are doing the daily devotions. We are continuing to explore what God’s purpose is for us here on earth, which we have said is to love Him, and love others the way he does. That’s what we are here for. ...read more
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5. How We Help Each Other Grow
Contributed on Feb 12, 2009
Adapted Rick Warren sermon for 40 Days of Community on working together to grow spiritually.
We are in the fourth week in our 40 Days of Community, we have been focusing on God’s #1 reason for placing us here on earth. What on earth are we here for? To love God and to love each other. Unfortunately, we don’t naturally do this. We don’t naturally love God or other people all the time. ...read more
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6. Worshipping Together
Contributed on Feb 12, 2009
Adapted Rick Warren sermon for 40 Days of commmunity on the need to worship together.
It’s hard to believe but here we are in our last week. Next week will be our celebration Sunday and we will share testimonies, stories of what God has been doing during our 40 Days of Community. How has God blessed you or your small group? How has God challenged you? How have you grown? What ...read more
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7. Serving Together
Contributed on Feb 12, 2009
Adapted Rick Warren Sermon for the 40 Days of Community on the need to demonstrate our love for each other by serving each other together.
Today is the last in our series, what on earth are we here for? What has God placed on this earth to do? To love God and love each other. Remember love is a verb, it is not so much something we feel, as much as it is something we do. Love is a choice. Jesus taught and modeled for us that one ...read more