tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271383152024-03-12T23:39:43.442-05:00jonathaneverette.comRandom thoughts, learnings, musings and other highly pertinent information from me.Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.comBlogger1457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-86031622924098992252023-01-18T10:25:00.002-05:002023-01-18T10:25:50.284-05:00Practicing Stability<p>Every once in a while I learn something new that changes how I think. That happened this morning. I'm reading Ruth Haley Barton's book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pursuing-Gods-Will-Together-Transforming/dp/0830835660/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=alefn&content-id=amzn1.sym.b4f172f0-a2ab-4ffa-ac9d-22e96231ca8e&pf_rd_p=b4f172f0-a2ab-4ffa-ac9d-22e96231ca8e&pf_rd_r=52BQS50DTPERH0XR4Q6E&pd_rd_wg=HWP9C&pd_rd_r=056185d6-3d5d-41e9-afff-22b09916707a&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m">Pursuing God's Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups</a>. I highly recommend this book for those in leadership in a local church, but what I learned today has relevance to anyone who is a part of a local church family. It is called the Practice of Stability. I am going to quote her section directly and offer some comments.</p><p></p><blockquote><p>"Stability is an interesting practice for us Protestants who are most accustomed to leaving our communities when the going gets tough, starting another denomination when we disagree over doctrine or practice, and shopping for a church like we shop for a house--only it seems we leave our churches are frequently than we leave our houses these days!</p><p>In the monastic tradition the vow of stability is central to a rule of life. The person promises to remain in that particular monastic community for life and to be shaped by the rhythms of that particular community. This commitment is understood as laying down one's life <i>in its entirety</i>, placing it in the hands of God.</p><p>The vow of stability is the first of the vows because nothing is possible until we give our entire life to the primacy of God's kingdom. If we leave ourselves an escape hatch, we have one foot out the door and we are not fully committed. If we say to ourselves that we will stay committed as long as commitment stays exciting and devoid of suffering, we are not fully committed. The grass is not greener 'over there:' one must work out one's problems with <i>this</i> person because if one doesn't, one will have to work it out with <i>that</i> person. This is precisely what is so freeing about the vow of stability, to have to work it out is to demand growth, as painful as it is, and that is freeing. Faithfulness is a limit that forces us to stop running and encounter God, self, and other right now, right here.</p><p>Lord have mercy! This is just not the kind of commitment most Protestants are accustomed to. In fact, many church polities don't even allow for this much stability at the leadership level. Leaders rotate off boards at predetermined intervals. Thus groups are never together long enough to get traction on their commitment to each other in community, to really settle in to all that stability means and then to reap the benefits of having been shaped together by shared practices. Sometimes it seems that when everyone has reached a place of trust and is functioning optimally out of shared commitment, it's time for some to leave and others to come on.</p><p>[This type of uncertainty] doesn't provide the opportunity for stable, long-term community... and love doesn't grow well in a garden of uncertainty.</p></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p>Our commitment to stability is that we commit to stay together until tighter we discern a need for change. This is our way of creating stability. in our relationships while at the same time leaving room for the will of God to be revealed among us.</p><p>We cannot demand this kind of stability of others; we can only offer it as a true invitation of the spiritual life. Stability is a powerful invitation--to transformation, to creativity, to long-term impact. As Brian Taylor points out, 'It is the failure to commit oneself entirely that blocks creativity in the spiritual life, in the artistic life, in the relational life. Meeting one's obligations with a minimum of commitment may be seen like freedom, but it enslaves us to what is fleeting. In the instability of our age we are constantly reassessing the self--our direction and purpose, our commitment and values. Without the constancy of stability, this assessment can create chaos. Ultimately, the vow of stability is a vow of stability to God. god is the only true eternal rock upon which we stand. But God calls us into a particular life, to be spent int eh company of particular people, to accept one's life as it is given is to begin to find freedom."</p><p></p></blockquote><p>Now, I don't know what you think when you read about practicing stability, but I am burdened by the lack of stability, or the complete absence of stability, that is found in so many Christians and churches, and even Hub City Church. And this lack of stability is handicapping our becoming Christlike disciples. </p><p>I wonder what might happen if we would commit to being in community and relationship with each other, even when it is hard and we don't get what we want and our feelings get hurt and we get challenged, until the Holy Spirit leads us and others to the place where we know it is time to move on?</p><p>The more I think about practicing stability the more I realize that this could be one of the most counter-cultural things we could do, rating up there with loving others, forgiving others, and extending grace. It also reflects the character of our God who promises to never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5).</p><p>Barton ends this section with some questions for personal reflection, which I encourage you to use:</p><p><b><i>What appeals to you about stability? What resistance do you have?</i></b></p>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-37847470208773345492022-08-23T10:00:00.001-05:002022-08-23T10:00:42.242-05:00Invitation to a Journey<p>So I hurt my knee. I'm not sure how I hurt my knee or what the problem is with my knee, but I hurt it, and there are ramifications to my exercise routine. I usually walk the dog every morning and then run for about 30 minutes. However, my knee pain is preventing me from running. If you know me then you know that daily exercise is essential to my mental and physical wellbeing (I mean, how do you get a body like mine without daily exercise), so I knew I had to do something.</p><p>I tried the elliptical, but that didn't work. So much for it's low-impact-on-joints promise. Next I decided to try the stair-master... it has changed my life. I don't think I have ever had better workouts in my entire life. And while you would assume that the stair-master would hurt my knee, it doesn't hurt it at all.</p><p>Now why am I sharing this? Well, my change in my exercise routine has enabled me to read more, and over the past three weeks I've read two books on the stair-master, and I thought it would be a good idea to record my thoughts on those books on this blog that nobody reads.</p><p>The first book I read is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invitation-Journey-Spiritual-Formation-Transforming/dp/0830846174/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=oqYhj&content-id=amzn1.sym.e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_p=e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_r=RD8A77XAQCV4WCKQA58A&pd_rd_wg=FFf5i&pd_rd_r=9ab66aab-6f18-40b9-b791-5011c504166c&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m" target="_blank">Invitation to a Journey</a> by Robert Mulholland. I cannot recommend this book enough. I think it is life-changing. I love his definition for spiritual formation:</p><p><b><i>Spiritual formation is the process of being formed in the image of Christ for the sake of others.</i></b></p><p>There are four parts to his definition. First, spiritual formation is a <b>process</b>. Second, it is the process of <b>being formed</b>. We don't form ourselves. We position ourselves to be formed by God. Third, we are formed by God <b>in the image of Christ</b>. The goal is to be like Jesus, or as I like to say, to live the life that Jesus would live if Jesus were living our life. Fourth, we are formed in the image of Christ, not for our own sake, but <b>for the sake of others.</b> We have an others-focused faith.</p><p>The rest of the book unpacks his incredible definition, and you need to read it.</p>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-48570879538763298552022-01-26T09:51:00.005-05:002022-01-26T09:51:40.582-05:00What defines us and what defiles us... and praying for indifference.<p> It's been almost two years since I've written anything for this blog. Maybe it will be the same length between today's post and my next, but I had two things on my mind today that I wanted to write down and typing is easier, and more legible, than writing.</p><p>The first comes from today's Lectio 365 app where they are discussing Mark 7:14-19. </p><p>What defines us and what defiles us?</p><p>For the Jews in Jesus' day, it was food. But Jesus declares all food clean in this passage (praise God!). </p><p>So what should define us as Jesus followers and what is it that defiles us?</p><p>I'm pondering that today.</p><p>Second, I read a chapter in Ruth Barton's book, Strengthening the soul of your leadership, that talked about developing discernment to hear God's voice and know his will. One thing she tells us to do is to pray for indifference. That is, pray that we will be indifferent to anything and everything other than God's will.</p><p>That is a tough prayer to pray, but I will make it mine today.</p>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-55946722348132331802019-07-25T10:47:00.001-05:002019-07-25T10:47:20.327-05:00Stuff that breaks my heart<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have so much going through my mind, that I don't even know where to begin. In an effort to help me process and communicate what I'm thinking, I'm re-engaging with the blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My first thing to share is this: I am heartbroken this morning about the state of the church, and in particular, those who claim to be followers of Jesus. In all honesty, I'm not sure there is any hope for the church in America. Here are a few of the reasons why.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We're more concerned about politics than about living as citizens of God's kingdom. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We care more about political agendas than our friends and families coming to know Jesus.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We're just like our culture with our lack of civility and us vs. them mindset.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We can't seem to get along.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We label and condemn those who believe differently than us, even if the disagreements are about secondary matters.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We are not known for our love.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We fallen into the traps of social media.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We no longer need a church family.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We no longer really need Jesus, or at least we don't live like it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have so many idols.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are prideful and condescending.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are closed to correction.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know we will never be perfect, but that is not an excuse for what we've become. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's time to humble ourselves and repent. It's time to get back to our first love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's time to pray: Lord, bring revival, and let it begin with me.</span><br />
<br />Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-33197421418631859192017-12-01T13:23:00.002-05:002017-12-01T13:23:50.179-05:00Frederick Buechner Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are a few authors who breathe a breath of fresh air into my soul every time I read them. Frederick Buechner is one of them. I just finished two of his books, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Holy-Grace-Healing-Memory/dp/0310349761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512152246&sr=8-1&keywords=a+crazy+holy+grace">A Crazy, Holy Grace</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Remarkable-Ordinary-Stop-Look-Listen/dp/0310351901/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1512152246&sr=8-2&keywords=a+crazy+holy+grace">The Remarkable Ordinary</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These books are actually collections of some of his speaking engagements, which doesn't lessen their potency. They were just as refreshing and raw as his other books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Actually, if there were one word I would use to describe both of these books it would be the word real. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While I recommend everyone read these books (and all his books for that matter), I believe those who are in the middle of grief, hurt and sickness, might find the most hope in their pages. Over and over again, a face of someone I know, who is in the middle of something difficult, popped into my head as I read. This was especially true in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Holy-Grace-Healing-Memory/dp/0310349761/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512152246&sr=8-1&keywords=a+crazy+holy+grace">A Crazy, Holy Grace</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Remarkable-Ordinary-Stop-Look-Listen/dp/0310351901/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1512152246&sr=8-2&keywords=a+crazy+holy+grace">The Remarkable Ordinary</a> was almost like a pause button. We don't pause and listen and think very much, or at least it seems that way to me at times. I needed to read this to be reminded to pause and listen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How about buying something for your soul this Christmas. One or both of these books might just be what your soul has on its Christmas list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I need to thank Handlebar for providing me these books free of charge to review. </span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-31883362814652457792017-10-19T08:33:00.001-05:002017-10-19T13:31:05.417-05:00Toilet for Viello<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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bathroom. Have you ever paused to thank God for your toilet. Toilets really are
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We have the opportunity to do just that for our village in
Haiti. Viello is in need of toilet facilities. We’re going to provide them with
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our goal is is to raise $475 in the next 2 weeks. If we
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This will purchase the materials to build the toilet. Residents of Viello will be digging the hole for the toilet as well as carrying all the materials up the mountain (by "carry" I mean "hand-carry" cinder blocks, rebar, all building materials up the mountain...).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are two ways you can contribute to this project. You can give on Sunday or you can <a href="https://hubcitychurch.com/GIve">give online</a>. Just make sure to mark your gift with "toilet." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To quote Karen Nichols, this is a "no brainer" for us. Let's be generous.</span></div>
Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-85529488796671771472017-10-05T15:45:00.001-05:002017-10-05T15:45:05.770-05:00Watering Thorns<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Watering thorns.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Who would do such a thing?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Me.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> - Alicia Britt Chole in <u>The Sacred Slow</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-13-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">That same day Jesus went out of the house<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-23541D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-23541D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> and sat by the lake.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-13-2" id="en-NIV-23542" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">2 </span>Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-23542E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-23542E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-13-3" id="en-NIV-23543" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">3 </span>Then he told them many things in parables, saying: <span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">“A farmer went out to sow his seed.</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-13-4" id="en-NIV-23544" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">4 </span>As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-13-5" id="en-NIV-23545" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">5 </span>Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-13-6" id="en-NIV-23546" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">6 </span>But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-13-7" id="en-NIV-23547" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">7 </span>Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-13-8" id="en-NIV-23548" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">8 </span>Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-23548F" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-23548F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> sixty or thirty times what was sown.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span class="text Matt-13-9" id="en-NIV-23549" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">9 </span>Whoever has ears, let them hear.”</span></span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="text Matt-13-18" id="en-NIV-23558" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">18 </span>“Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:</span> <span class="text Matt-13-19" id="en-NIV-23559" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">19 </span>When anyone hears the message about the kingdom<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-23559P" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-23559P" title="See cross-reference P">P</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> and does not understand it, the evil one<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-23559Q" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-23559Q" title="See cross-reference Q">Q</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.</span><span class="text Matt-13-20" id="en-NIV-23560" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">20 </span>The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.</span> <span class="text Matt-13-21" id="en-NIV-23561" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">21 </span>But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-23561R" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-23561R" title="See cross-reference R">R</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><span class="text Matt-13-22" id="en-NIV-23562" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">22 </span>The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-23562S" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-23562S" title="See cross-reference S">S</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span> choke the word, making it unfruitful.</span> </span></i><span class="text Matt-13-23" id="en-NIV-23563" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">23 </span>But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”</span></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Us.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> - Alicia Britt Chole in <u>The Sacred Slow</u></span></span></div>
Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-72931073518920862862017-08-25T10:23:00.002-05:002017-08-25T10:23:53.552-05:00S.O.A.P <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yesterday I was reminded of a way to interact with the Bible that can lead to life transformation. It's called the S.O.A.P. study method. I first came across it in Wayne Cordiero's book The Divine Mentor. For some reason, I just sort of let it go in one ear and out the other.</span><br />
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<span class="headertext" style="display: block; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">What is S.O.A.P.?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">S.O.A.P. stands for Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer. It is a way of getting more out of your time in God's word. </span><br />
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<span class="headertext" style="display: block; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">How does it work?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It's quite simple. When you sit down for your daily quiet time, read the bible as you normally would, with one simple difference. Underline or make note of any verses that jump out at you with special significance. This is the basis for diving deeper and using S.O.A.P.</span><br />
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<span class="subheadertext" style="display: block; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="nrmimage" src="https://www.soapstudy.com/resources/images/bullet_star.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /> Scripture</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Write out or type out the verse or verses that stuck out to you in your reading. </span><br />
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<span class="subheadertext" style="display: block; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="nrmimage" src="https://www.soapstudy.com/resources/images/bullet_star.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /> Application</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">How can you apply the observation so that it affects your life today. </span><br />
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<span class="subheadertext" style="display: block; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="nrmimage" src="https://www.soapstudy.com/resources/images/bullet_star.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /> Prayer</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Write out a prayer to God based on what you just learned and ask him to help you apply this truth in your life. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It's that simple, but I believe interacting with Scripture on this level, over time, will lead to God doing a transformative work in your life.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lucida grande" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Try it out for a little while and then get back with me to let me know how it's going.</span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-52000756304024798072017-03-16T09:17:00.003-05:002017-03-16T09:17:53.835-05:00Sabbatical Resources<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This past Sunday I shared about Hub City's Sabbatical Summer. I will be taking a sabbatical May 16 - August 19. But this isn't just a sabbatical for me. It's a sabbatical for our church family. I believe God is going to do some great things in and through Hub City this summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There have been a number of resources that have been helpful to me in planning for this sabbatical.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Empty-Refilling-Renewing-Passion-ebook/dp/B007URA9PM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489672833&sr=8-1&keywords=leading+on+empty">Leading on Empty</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Replenish-Leading-Healthy-Lance-Witt-ebook/dp/B004WOS1DS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489672969&sr=8-1&keywords=replenish+lance+witt">Replenish</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Clergy-Renewal-Alban-Sabbatical-Planning/dp/1566992230/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489673021&sr=8-1&keywords=clergy+renewal+the+alban+guide+to+sabbatical+planning">Clergy Renewal</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Journeying-Toward-Renewal-Spiritual-Sabbaticals/dp/1566992737/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489673059&sr=8-1&keywords=journeying+toward+renewal">Journeying toward Renewal</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Websites</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://thomrainer.com/2014/02/five-reasons-your-pastor-should-take-a-sabbatical/">Five Reasons your pastor should take a sabbatical</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.faithandleadership.com/dark-side-sabbatical">The Darkside of Sabbaticals</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/176957-thom-rainer-reasons-pastors-need-a-sabbatical.html">Five reasons a pastor's sabbatical blesses everyone</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lifeway.com/Article/pastor-ministry-guidelines-successful-sabbatical-vacation">Five Guidelines</a> </span><br />
<a href="http://media.focusonthefamily.com/pastoral/pdf/PAS_Sabbaticals.pdf"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Focus on the Family Sabbatical guide</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.soulshepherding.org/2016/04/sabbatical-guide-pastors/">Soul Shepherding - A Sabbatical guide for pastors</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://ericgeiger.com/2012/08/why-your-pastors-need-a-sabbatical/">Why your pastor needs a sabbatical (and follow up blog posts)</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2016/01/26/yes-your-pastor-needs-a-sabbatical/"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, your pastor needs a sabbatical</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are a ton of resources out there. I encourage you to google around and learn something new.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And let me reiterate, if you have questions please ask!</span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-39269127738082661752017-03-14T13:57:00.002-05:002017-03-14T13:57:59.403-05:00Summer sabbatical F.A.Q.s<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yesterday I posted the transcript of my sermon from Sunday sharing about Hub City's Sabbatical Summer. You can <a href="http://jonathaneverette.blogspot.com/2017/03/hub-citys-sabbatical-summer.html">read it here</a>. Below is the handout we gave to folks to answer questions.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What is a sabbatical?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sabbatical</i>
has its roots in the biblical concept of Sabbath (to rest or to cease). Sabbath
keeping is setting aside time that God consecrates and makes holy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sabbatical</i> leave
is a time for our pastor to shift gears in order to rest, disengage, study,
reflect, and travel in order to return to minister among us refreshed and
renewed in body, mind and spirit. <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It is not a time for routine work, mid-career assessment, job
search, and <em><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">not</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></span><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">a</span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">vacation</span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: 1pt none; color: black; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">Sabbatical</span></i></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none; color: black; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"> is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">more</i> than a vacation from meetings,
budgets, sermons and people in need. It is a time for Jonathan to receive
spiritual nourishment and a change in perspective in order to deepen his
relationship with God, himself, and his family—a season of spiritual growth. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><strong><span style="border: 1pt none; color: black; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">This special time
will also be a season of growth for the entire congregation. A secondary </span></strong>definition
of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sabbatical</i> is “a break or change
from normal routine.” This is what this summer is going to be for Hub City. We
have some strategic things that are going to happen that will help us become
healthier and stronger as a church.<strong><span style="border: 1pt none; color: black; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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Sunday before the beginning of his sabbatical will be May 14. His first Sunday
back will be on August 20.<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="border: 1pt none; color: black; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Jonathan’s time will
be divided into three parts. First, there will be times of silence and solitude
for connecting to and hearing from God. Second, there will be times of travel
with family, revisiting places that were essential to his spiritual
development. Third, there will be times of learning and study.<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div>
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for and received the Clergy Renewal Grant from the Lily Foundation. This money
will not only fund his sabbatical activities but also provides funds for the
intentional interim and church-health activities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="border: 1pt none; color: black; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Absolutely not! We
have some strategic activities planned to help the Hub City Church family grow
in relationships with each other, make more of a difference in this community
and grow as disciples of Jesus. It is important to remember that the sabbatical
is a two-way process: While Jonathan is on his journey of renewal, refreshment
and reflection, we will embark on a journey as well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div>
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a sabbatical is to make a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">complete</i>
break from things. The only people who will be in direct contact with Jonathan
while he is away will be his family.<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div>
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can do is pray for him and his family. You can also lean into the Hub City
Church family. Give. Serve. Participate. Invite. Be the Church!<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div>
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call if there’s a crisis? Who should I contact for prayer? Who will cover
Jonathan’s responsibilities during his absence?<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Interim pastor – James Nugent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->July 17 – Leadership Community<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->August 19 – Movies in the Park<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-66978411253067721402017-03-13T15:10:00.001-05:002017-03-13T15:10:08.366-05:00Hub City's Sabbatical Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dear Church Family,<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope your week is off to a good start.
I know that the time change and snowpocalypse of this past Sunday kept many of
you away from worship. I missed you, but I don’t want you to miss out on what I
shared. It is too important. Below is the transcript of my talk. I’ve also
included a handout that supplements what I shared. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s an honor being your pastor. I’m
excited about the future!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sabbatical Summer:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What
comes to mind when you hear the word: Rest? <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We,
as a culture aren’t very good at rest. A few years ago Americans took the lead
for working more hours a year than any other industrialized nation. We also
take less vacation days than any other industrialized nation. We’re all about
go, go, go. Do, do, do. I would say we go so far as to assign value to people
based on what they produce, and we all know that in order to produce we have to
go and do. Rest gets in the way of that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But
the truth is, we all <b>need</b> rest. We know this. God knows this. That’s why
he created us to work and to rest. Those two things go hand in hand. We’re
pretty good at the work part. We’re not that good at the rest part. Which is
why I’m really grateful for the invitation that Jesus gives in Matthew 11:28:<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">“T</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">hen Jesus said, “Come to
me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don’t
you just love this invitation from Jesus? His invitation is for us to come to
him. Reminding us that we all need Jesus and that life doesn’t work apart from
him. Come to me, Jesus says. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And
then next Jesus directs his invitation at those who are weary and those who
carry heavy burdens. When Jesus says “weary” he is talking about those things
that intrinsically wear us out. Those pressures and expectations we put on
ourselves. Isn’t it true that too often we put unhealthy pressure and expectation
on ourselves at times to be something we’re not, do something we’re not
supposed to do, look a certain way? We’re awash in self-imposed pressure and we’re
tired. We’re weary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The
word “burdens” describes outside pressures, those pressures and expectations
that are put on us by others, whether from a boss, or a spouse, or a teacher,
or a parent. You know the kind of outside pressure and expectation I’m talking
about. Some of you are living under pressure from others right now and it’s a
weight. It’s a burden. It’s weighing you down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whether
we are walking around with self-imposed burdens or carrying burdens imposed on
us by others, we all fit into at least one of those two groups, if not both
groups, Jesus invites us to himself. Why? So that he can give us <b>rest</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I
know that many of you are here this morning carrying burdens. Some of them you
have put on yourself. Others are weights that have been put on you by others. This
morning, Jesus invites you to come to him. He wants to give you rest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don’t
know if you realize it or not, but rest is a gift from God. In the Ten
Commandments we are commanded to rest, to take a Sabbath, but in the gospels
Jesus tells us that that Sabbath, that day of rest, is actually for us. It’s a
gift from God to us. I think it’s pretty cool that we serve a God who invites
us to come to him for rest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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that in mind as I share a story. It’s actually my story. It begins about a year
and a half ago, right after Hub City had just celebrated its 6<sup>th</sup>
birthday. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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been at the church planting and pastor thing for the past 10 years. We survived
one failed church plant and now, after seven years, God was doing some cool
things in and through Hub City Church. But I started to notice that my drive and
hunger weren’t as strong as they used to be. I was easily distracted. I was
having trouble focusing. In a word, I was feeling <b>empty</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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feeling of emptiness, like I was running out of gas, scared me. I loved being the
pastor of Hub City Church. I didn’t want to do anything else. So I decided that
I needed to do some research to figure out what was going on and come across
this book: <b>Leading on Empty</b>, by Wayne Cordiero. The title grabbed my
attention because that described exactly how I felt.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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really a book about Wayne’s journey to burnout, how he ended up burning out, and
what he did to move out of burnout to a new and fruitful season of ministry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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read through his symptoms of burnout I started to see those symptoms in me. And
I’ll be honest, this scared me to death. I have a few friends who went through
burnout and they either left the ministry all together, or were so scarred that
they were never the same. I didn’t want to go down that path. Like I said, I
love that God has called me to be the pastor of Hub City Church and I want to
be able to do this for a long, long time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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started to pray about what I needed to do to renew, and refresh and <b>refill</b>,
so that I could pastor with passion and hunger and drive for the next 7 years.
At this time, I also started to share what I was going through with some of our
leaders here at Hub City.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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of the things that Wayne talked about was a sabbatical, and after talking with
some of Hub City’s leadership, we decided that I needed to take a sabbatical. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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let me give you a definition for what a sabbatical is: <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sabbatical – A period of time during which one does not work at his
regular job and is able to rest, travel, refresh and renew. It’s a time for temporarily
stepping away in order to rest, disengage, study, reflect, and travel, so that
one can return to minister refreshed and renewed in body, mind and spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now,
let me let me tell you what a sabbatical is not: It is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not</b> a time for routine work, mid-career assessment, job search, and
let me emphasize that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">a</span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">sabbatical</span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">is</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></b></span><em style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">not</span></b></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">a</span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">vacation</span></strong><strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">.</span></strong> It’s not a time for a pastor
to simply<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">vacate</span></em>. Craig Dykstra, Vice
President for Religion with the Lilly Foundation, says, “As important as
vacations are, something more is needed than just temporary escape (<em style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">vacate</span></em>-ion) from the daily
grind. <strong><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">What is needed is renewed connection with God.</span></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">”<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In a
nutshell, a sabbatical is a period of time, usually three months, in which the
ministry leader and the congregation set aside the leader’s normal
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energy and creativity for both the ministry leader and the church family.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It
means that you say to me: “Jonathan, we want you to be the best possible pastor
you can be. We want you to lead us and teach us and love us with as much
energy as possible. In order to help you do that, we want you take some
time away from the regular routine of your ministry. Take this time away,
and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">go
spend it with God. Pray. Read the Bible. Read some good books. Rest.</span></strong> Travel.
And when you come back, we’ll be excited to see how this time away has<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">drawn
you closer to God and prepared you to lead us</span></strong> into our next
season of ministry as a church.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Scriptures are resonant with the spirit of sabbatical. <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Throughout the Old Testament God continues to remind
his people of the importance of Sabbath, a break from working.</span> Even the
land is told to be given a Sabbath:<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“The Lord said to Moses at Mount Sinai, “Speak to the Israelites and say
to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must
observe a Sabbath to the Lord. For six years sow your fields, and for six
years prune your vineyards and gather their crops. But in the seventh
year the land is to have a year of Sabbath rest, a Sabbath to the Lord. Do not
sow your fields or prune your vineyards.” (Leviticus 25:1-4)<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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seventh year. The farmers and their land were called by God to
rest that year and God promised to provide. Clearly, the Sabbatical year
was a big step of trust in the goodness of the Lord to provide for his people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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generosity for the needy, as the poor in the land were free to glean in the
fallow ground during the Sabbatical year. People who had sold themselves
into servitude were also given the blessing of a Sabbatical year; they worked
for six years, but on the seventh year they were given their freedom without
cost (Exodus 21:2-6). Similarly, debts were also canceled in the Sabbatical
year (Deuteronomy 15:1-6).<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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you can see, t</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">he Scriptures are resonant with the spirit
of sabbatical. It is really just a variant of the word, "Sabbath."
And it’s not a suggestion. It’s always as a command. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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me return to my story. Remember, this ball started rolling in January of 2016.
We came up with a plan for me to take a sabbatical during the summer of 2017. This
would give our church time to prepare. This was before we knew anything about
merging Oak Grove and Hub City. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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then the merge happened. The past few months have been a whirlwind, but it’s
been great. I love what John Sharpe said last Sunday at our membership class,
that this experience has been one of the most rewarding in his life. I feel the
same way. So we had to figure out if we were still going to move forward with
the sabbatical.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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when we were still praying and seeking God about his will concerning this
merge, one of the reservations with the Hub City Leadership about the merge was
that it would impact my sabbatical. So we made a decision to move forward with
the original plan. And so this summer I am going to be taking a sabbatical.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The dates of my
sabbatical are going to be May 16 – August 19. My last Sunday before the start
of the sabbatical is Mother’s Day, May 14. My first Sunday back will be August
20.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you’re wondering what I’m going to be doing, my time will be divided
into three parts. First, there will be times of silence and solitude for connecting
to and hearing from God. Second, there will be times of travel with family, mainly
revisiting places that were essential to my spiritual development. Third, there
will be times of learning and study.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></strong></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But here’s maybe the
most important thing of all for you: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This
isn’t just a sabbatical for me. It is also for the church</b>. There’s a
secondary definition of sabbatical: “A break or change from normal routine.”
This is what this summer is going to be for Hub City. We have some strategic
things that are going to happen, apart from me, that will help us become
healthier and stronger as a church.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let me reiterate: Hub
City is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOT</b> going to be in a holding
pattern this summer. It’s going to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">move</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">forward</b> in being the church and
making disciples. This is why we are bringing in James Nugent, who many of you
know already, as our intentional interim. This is why we have some strategic
things planned.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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do you need to do as we look forward to and move through this sabbatical summer?
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our church family. In fact, I’m looking for volunteers who will pray for me, my
family and our church daily during the sabbatical. If you would like to be on
this important team please email me at jonathan@hubcitychurch.com.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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Whenever things are different or there is change our natural tendency is to
lean away, to pull away. Don’t do that. Lean in to your church family.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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should have a “whatever it takes” attitude. If you see a need, meet it. Step
up. There should be no gaps that go unfilled this summer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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but it is way more than attendance. It is active attendance. <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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do this, but some people think, “Well, I’ll just wait till the pastor gets back
before I invite people.” Can I just say that the last think I want is for Hub
City to become personality driven, to revolve around me. We are Jesus-driven.
He’s who we revolve around. I love what I do, but it’s not about me. It’s about
Jesus. So invite people.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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differentness of the summer. Things are going to be different for a few months.
They may be uncomfortable at times. God uses change and differentness and discomfort
to grow us.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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to <b>be the church</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So pray, serve, participate,
give, invite. Grow. Lean in. Be the church.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know
you have questions. We’ve created a handout that will answer some of your
questions. You can always talk with me. You will also notice on the handout a
list of “who’s responsible for what” and some tentative summer dates. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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would like to be on the sabbatical prayer team, please contact me at
jonathan@hubcitychurch.com and I’ll add you to the team.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am praying for
you. I appreciate you praying for me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your friend and pastor,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-14986422717788718962017-03-06T10:38:00.001-05:002017-03-06T10:38:30.765-05:00Good stuff from Romans 9<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You should stop what you're doing right now and read <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=rom+9&version=MSG">Romans 9</a> in the Message translation/paraphrase.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was a part of my Bible reading today and reading it in The Message gives me a whole new perspective on what Paul is saying. There are two passages that really jump out at me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><span class="text Rom-9-20-Rom-9-33" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; position: relative;">I’ll call nobodies and make them somebodies;</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Rom-9-20-Rom-9-33" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">I’ll call the unloved and make them beloved.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;" /><span class="text Rom-9-20-Rom-9-33" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; position: relative;">In the place where they yelled out, “You’re nobody!”</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;" /><span class="indent-1" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span class="indent-1-breaks" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.42em; line-height: 0;"> </span><span class="text Rom-9-20-Rom-9-33" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;">they’re calling you “God’s living children.”</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Isn't it awesome that God called nobodies and makes them somebodies, and that he called the love and makes them beloved? We need to rest in that today.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">All those people who didn’t seem interested in what God was doing actually </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">embraced</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> what God was doing as he straightened out their lives. And Israel, who seemed so interested in reading and talking about what God was doing, missed it. How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;">they</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their “God projects” that they didn’t notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love this picture: Those who weren't interested in God end up embracing God as he works in their lives, and those who love to talk about God and what he's supposed to be doing actually miss him because of all they were "doing" for God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is good stuff. Marinate in it today.</span></div>
Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-9457146938378047162017-02-27T10:51:00.002-05:002017-02-27T10:51:13.979-05:00What not to say and what to say<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm always learning something from Tom Rainer. Today, on <a href="http://thomrainer.com/2015/06/say-this-not-that-to-guests-rainer-on-leadership-132/">his blog</a>, he shared a few things we should say when we meet guests at our church gatherings and a few things we should not say to guests. Let's only say the things we should say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The seven things you SHOULD say to guests are:</span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Thank you for being here.”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Let me help you with that.”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Please take my seat.”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Here is my email address. Please let me know if I can help in any way.”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Can I show you where you need to go?”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Let me introduce you to ___________.”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Would you join us for lunch?”</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The ten things you SHOULD NOT say to guests are:</span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“You are sitting in my pew/seat.”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Is your husband/wife with you?”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Are those your children?”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“The service has already begun.”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“There is not enough room for your family to sit together.”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“You will need to step over these people to get to your seat.” </span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“That’s not the way we do it here.” </span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“You don’t look like you are a member here.” </span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Have you considered attending the church down the street?”</span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: decimal;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“The nursery is real full.”</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago I finished an incredible book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Omission-Reclaiming-Essential-Discipleship/dp/0062311751/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487092408&sr=8-1&keywords=the+great+omission">The Great Omission</a> by Dallas Willard. I love the writings of Dallas Willard. He will make you think. This book is a collection of articles and lectures of his. It's worth reading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There were two lines that are repeated over and over again in the book. I keep thinking about them and wanted to share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Here's the first: Salvation is opposed to earning but not effort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love that. We can't earn our salvation, but it does require effort. We don't magically become like Jesus. We have to discipline ourselves. We have to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Makes me wonder: What effort am I (or are you) putting into your salvation?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The second is related, and this is a paraphrase: Do we have a plan or system in place for teaching people to obey all that Jesus commanded?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the great commission we're told to "teach them to obey all that I've commanded." That should be our goal. Obedience to all Jesus commanded us to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I could say more, but I think it'd be better for you to read the book.</span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-81597990610983067782017-01-18T09:31:00.002-05:002017-01-18T09:31:31.889-05:00Recommended devotional book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I need to preface my recommendation by saying that I'm not a big fan of devotional book and devotional reading. The reason being that we too often substitute them for reading the Bible, which is of utmost importance for followers of Jesus. Scripture is the primary way God speaks to his children. It should be our primary devotional source.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While I'm not a big fan of having a devotional book be our primary resource for our time with God, I am a fan of using it to supplement our Scripture intake. Sort of like how a multivitamin should supplement a nutritious diet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With that in mind I want to strongly recommend a little book that I've been using since the first of the year. It is written by one of my favorite authors, a guy by the name of Dallas Willard. The devotional book is titled <b><i>Hearing God Through the Year</i></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Drop what you're doing right now and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hearing-God-Through-Year-Devotionals/dp/0830846166/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484749623&sr=8-1&keywords=hearing+god+through+the+year">order/download</a> this book. I think I paid a little more than $3 for a used copy on <a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=20164738365&searchurl=sts%3Dt%26sortby%3D17%26an%3Ddallas%2Bwillard">abebooks.com</a>.</span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-62472806653251758932016-11-21T11:20:00.002-05:002016-11-21T11:20:43.789-05:00Stop making excuses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I know I might come across as a bit biased because I pastor a church, but I really am convinced that Christians should be in the regular habit of inviting friends, family, coworkers, and the occasional random stranger, to check out their church family. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The reason I believe this is because I really do believe that we exist to follow Jesus, and part of following Jesus is being an active part of his family. I also believe that everybody spends eternity somewhere and Jesus is pretty clear that the path to eternity in heaven is through him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But when it comes to inviting people, too often we have excuses. Tom Rainer posted Ten reason why church members don't invite people. Here's his list: </span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“I just don’t think about it.”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I’m afraid I’ll be rejected.”</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The music isn’t that good.”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“The preaching isn’t strong.”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“We’ve got too many church problems right now.”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Our church is already too crowded.”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Nobody ever challenged me to invite anyone.”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“I don’t know how to start the conversation.”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“It’s the Spirit’s job—not mine—to bring people to church.”</span></i> </blockquote>
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“It’s too far for people to come.”</span></i></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now let's be honest. Some of those are really good excuses. Some are horrible excuses. But they are all still just excuses. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Stop making excuses and invite someone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Christmas season is the best time of the year to invite someone to Hub City. So who's it going to be? </span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-77715618826225899032016-11-08T09:41:00.001-05:002016-11-08T09:41:48.639-05:00Two ways to Be The Church<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm going to let you in on a little "not-so-secret-secret" about me as a pastor. I'm not interested in doing church. Nowhere in Scripture are we called to do church where it's just an hour or so event that we can check off of our to-do list, where church is a place we go, where church is one of many things that competes for our attention. Scripture calls us to be the church and </span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">I am passionate about Hub City being the church. Scripture is clear that followers of Jesus are the church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are two ways for us to be the church. We can be the church individually. We can be the church corporately. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'll talk more about how to be the church individually in a later post, but I want to share with you an opportunity for us to be the church corporately.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are many ways for us to be the church corporately, but we have been given an opportunity to strategically be the church corporately to the District 6 CDC. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This means that we, as the Hub City Church family are going to take responsibility for praying for, loving, serving and meeting the needs of the teachers, staff and students at the CDC. We have two opportunities for us to be the church for them.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pray for teachers and staff. We have a list of all the teachers and staff at the CDC. We want them to be prayed for regularly. Feel free to write notes of encouragement to them as you pray for them. Everything worthwhile begins and is covered in prayer. Let's pray for these teachers and staff.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Provide some things they need. We have been given a list of things that are needed by the teachers and staff. We're going to be collecting these items for the next two Sundays. Here's the list:</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Crayons - regular size<br />
Glue sticks<br />
Clorox wipes<br />
Baby Wipes<br />
Boys/Girls new underwear<br />
Pencils - regular size<br />
Markers<br />
Kleenex<br />
Socks<br />
Black permanent markers</i></span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm excited to see how God is going to use this partnership. We want to be a church that would be missed if we were to suddenly disappear. That happens when we serve. That happens when we love. That happens when we take serious our vision to Be The Church. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hub City: Be The Church.</span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-23891761700629884132016-10-31T10:24:00.001-05:002016-10-31T10:24:57.159-05:00It's Halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Every year on Halloween I encourage my fellow Christians to use this as an opportunity to serve your neighbors. Here are Jonathan's tips for making the most of Halloween:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Give out the best candy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Give our lots of candy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Welcome folks as they step onto your property.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Say nice things to the kids about their costumes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't be the family who keeps their porch light off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't give out tracks unless you are giving out awesome candy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't be afraid to dress up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the one time of the year that people will come to your door voluntarily and you have an opportunity to serve them. Make the most of it. You are where you are on purpose for a purpose. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Be the house that everyone wants to visit this year.</span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-49841546904652059262016-10-05T09:00:00.001-05:002016-10-05T09:00:44.198-05:00Out of the loop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The past three weeks of seeing two churches unite into one church have been extremely exciting. God is doing some really cool things. Heck, we outgrew the baby room in week 2 and had to make people park in the back lot because we filled up the front lot. We've seen lots of new faces and so many of you are inviting people. I love being a part of what God is doing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the biggest things we are working through in regards to the merging of two churches into one new Hub City Church is that some people are feeling out of the loop (I'm including <i>me</i> in those who are feeling out of the loop to a degree). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a huge burden for me. So much so that I've spent a lot of time trying to keep people in the loop and trying to discern who's feeling out of the loop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I had a thought this morning. <b>The reason people are feeling out of the loop is that we now have a new loop</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Change and transition create a new loop. We now have a new loop. To paraphrase the Apostle Paul: <i>The old loop has gone, the new has come</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The challenge now is to figure out how to get onto the new loop. It won't just magically happen. You have to move from where you are (on the old loop) to where you need to be (the new loop).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, how do you get onto the new loop? Here how:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Lean in</b>. Our natural tendency when we feel out of the loop is to pull away for a little while. That's the WORST thing you can do. You need to lean in. That means leaning into the discomfort, leaning into different, leaning in when everything in you says to pull away.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stay connected</b>. This is all about relationships. You have to take responsibility for reaching out to people, connecting with people, hanging out with people, talking with people, praying for people. I know there are a lot of new people. It's weird, but the larger the crowd the more difficult it is to get to know people. That's why small groups are so important, by the way. We'll be launching those at the end of October, but for now intentionally look for ways to connect with people. Make sure you consistently attend worship and talk with others while you are there. Make sure to come to the Hub City Foundations class and connect with others while you are there. Whenever there's something going on over the next three months, be there!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Stay involved</b>. This is all about serving somewhere, somehow. There are more things to do than we have time and people right now. You are an essential and necessary part of this body. Do something. Do anything. For example: With the rapid growth of the under age 5 population, there are many preschool opportunities. There's an endless list of things to do to continue improving and updating the campus. Jump in with both feet and stay involved!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Pray</b>. I'm not adding this because it's the spiritual thing to say. I'm saying to pray because prayer is foundational. Pray for Hub City Church. Pray for me. Pray for yourself. Pray for others. Share your feelings with God. Ask him to show you who to get into the new loop. And then DO WHAT HE SAYS!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Give</b>. I don't really understand why it works this way, but it does: <b>Our hearts, emotions and passions follow our spending</b>. As Jesus said, "Wherever your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Something happens when we give generously and abundantly to God through our local church. So, how's your giving been? And I have to say that in order for us to be the church that God is calling us to be we all need to be giving.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Invite</b>. Just as something supernatural happens in our hearts when we give, something supernatural happens in our hearts when we invite others to be a part of what God is doing at Hub City. If you invite a friend or family member then you automatically have a vested interest in what is going on because you don't want to look stupid for bringing someone with you. So who can you invite THIS WEEK?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There's a new loop and I want EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU to be on the new loop. I've given you a good place to start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One more thing: If you have questions/concerns/comments/snide remarks... please share them with me... just not right before I speak on Sunday. :) I can't read your mind. I can't do anything about your feelings or an issue if I don't know it exists. We're in this together. We are the church. We are the body of Christ. Let's press on to accomplish God's purposes in our generation.</span></div>
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I wanted to pass along my transcript of what I shared yesterday about a Oak Grove's potential merger with Hub City. One thing that I think I forgot to say, that I want to emphasize, is this is not a 100% done deal. We believe God is leading in this direction and we are trying to follow his leadership, but Oak Grove has some tough decisions to make and discussions to have. We also want to give you time to ask questions. I want us to be united in our decision as we seek to obediently follow where the Holy Spirit is leading. I shared a timeline. I should have shared that the timeline is tentative and could change. We have to put the "f" word into practice: Flexibility!<br />
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Like I said yesterday, I want your questions. Email them to me before Sunday if you can. There will also be time for you to ask you questions on Sunday.<br />
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I want you to know that I am grateful for our church family. God has done and is doing some great things in us and through us. Pray for that to continue. Pray for Oak Grove.<br />
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Here's my transcript:<br />
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What was the first awesome gift you remember getting? For me it was an awesome banana-seat bicycle that I got when I was 5. It was awesome. I learned to ride a bike on that bike. I used to ride it to school when they still allowed you to ride bikes to school. It was like the best gift ever. That is until I turned 8 and I got an upgrade, a Mongoose Blue Max BMX with aluminum mag wheels. It was a better gift, a way better gift. <br />
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This morning I want to talk about a gift God has for the Hub City Church family.<br /><br />
I want to show you a verse. Hebrews 11:6</span></span><br />
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<i>And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.</i></span></span><br />
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Without faith it is impossible to please God. That means that pleasing God and faith are linked. They go hand in hand. <br /><br />
But what is faith? Verse 1 gives us a definition: <br /><br />
<i>Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.</i></span></span><br />
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The best picture of faith that I can think of is riding on the back of someone walking across a tight rope. Now let me ask you: On a scale of 1-10, what would you rate your faith level? <br /><br />
The reason I ask that is that this gift that God is giving us is going to require that we take our faith to the next level. It’s going to take faith on our part to accept this gift from God. But as I’m going to show you, this gift will help us to become the church that God wants us to be and transform the world where God has placed us.<br /><br />
So what is this gift that God for us? What if I were to tell you that God is giving us a gift of 40 people? And what if these 40 people come with a building? And it’s as if God is saying, “Here’s a gift.” God is giving us a gift of another church that wants to unite with us and become a part of the Hub City Family.<br />
<br />Let me tell you a story. A few months ago, when we started this revisioning process where we’re moving from just doing church to being the church, I met James. James was facilitating some training that our church health task force was going through. James wanted to get together for coffee and learn more about Hub City and our story so that he could do a better job consulting and helping us.<br />
<br />I met James at Bella Latte on 290 and shared him the story of Hub City and what had led us to where we are. At the end of our conversation he asked me to pray about something. He told me that he was the transitional pastor at Oak Grove Baptist Church and that the church had just voted to pursue a merger with healthy church in the area. He asked if I knew of anyone who might be interested in talking with him. I said that I didn’t, but that I would pray for God to lead the right church to him. The truth is that I didn’t really know anything about church mergers, so the whole idea was foreign to me, so honestly, I didn’t think much else about it until the next day.<br /><br />
That happened on a Wednesday. On Thursday, I went to be a part of this pastoral leadership training that I’ve been a part of and Paul, some of you know Paul. He’s the big guy that has been helping us through our revisioning process. Well, Paul walked right up to me and said, “I hear James talked with you about Oak Grove merging with Hub City.”<br /><br />
I immediately said, “Whoa, time out! That’s not what we talked about at all. I thought James just asked me if I new of anyone who might be interested and I told him I’d pray.”<br /><br />
So after that meeting I went to text James and asked him if he was trying to test the water with his question. Like, “are you asking me if I’m interested in Oak Grove merging with Hub City?” He told me that all he wanted me to do was to pray about it.<br /><br />
So I did. I really didn’t want to pray about it. I wasn't really interested. So I said to God, “God, if you want me to have another conversation with James about this, then I want you to make it the only thing I can think about.” <br /><br />
So for the next few days, honestly, I couldn’t get it off my mind. So I met with Mike and asked him to pray with me about having another conversation with James. We prayed for a few days and both decided that God was saying yes to another conversation. <br />
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So on June 16 I met with James to hear more. I heard how Oak Grove has been on the decline for over 25 years, and that they haven’t really had any real vision or mission for almost that long. I heard that they have a leadership void. I heard that they are willing to do whatever it takes because they want God to use them and their facility to build his kingdom and make disciples. I learned that they’ve been hurt and burned and are wounded and in need of love and care.<br /><br />
What I didn’t hear were any red flags. Now, I had a long, long list of red flags that I was looking for that would let me know that this wasn’t really what God wanted us to do. <br /><br />
I was totally shocked that not one red flag came up, so we decided that I should invite a few more Hub City people into the know so that they could pray. I met with Jaimee and Allen, Bryan Scott, and Mike. I shared with them asked for them to seek God’s leading. Does God want us to move forward with this? After a few days of prayer, they all agreed that God wanted us to move forward with this and have a first date. The first date was four leaders from Hub City getting together with four leaders from Oak Grove to share and listen and pray. Gary, Jaimee, Mike and myself met with four people from Oak Grove. After that conversation we all agreed that God was leading us to a second date. <br /><br />
On June 27 I met with the Leadership Community, Church Health Task Force and Church Health Prayer Team of Hub City Church to share about a potential merger with Oak Grove Baptist Church and to ask for prayer. We had 27 people in my house. All participants overwhelmingly and excitingly approved moving forward in obedience to how God was leading.<br /><br />
The second date would consist of 12 people from Hub City meeting with their merger team of 9 people to talk about the vision, mission, non-negotiables, and DNA of a united church. After that meeting, Gary and I met with their team one more time to answer some of their questions and clarify some things for them, and they voted unanimously that God was calling them to merge with us, and in the words of an 85 year old man named Bob, “We need to make this happen.”<br /><br />
Now, as I’ve said, there have been a lot of people at Hub City who have been involved in this decision making process. The Leadership Community, Church Health Task Force and Church Health Prayer Team as well as a few others. If you have been on the team that has been discussing this please stand. <br /><br />
The reason I want these people to stand is that I want you to know that this has been a decision that has been discussed by and prayed for by all these people.<br />
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And all of us firmly believe that this is what God is calling Hub City to do. <br /><br />
I want to answer some questions you might have. I know I won’t answer everyone’s questions, that’s why we’re going to have a question and answer time next Sunday.<br /><br />
What is going to change for Hub City?<br />
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The two big things that will change are where we meet and the number of people who are a part of our church?<br /><br />
But what’s awesome about this is that each of us bring something unique to a united church. I want to tell you what we bring to a united church.<br /><br />
We bring a name. The united church will be Hub City Church.<br /><br />
We bring a vision and a mission of making disciples who make disciples. They need a vision and mission. <br /><br />
We bring a come-as-you-are value of authenticity. Our casual atmosphere will stay the same. The reason we have a casual, come as you are atmosphere is that we don’t want to do anything that would put up a barrier between someone and God.<br /><br />
We bring a more relevant music and worship style. We will still have the band and do music like we do music. They actually bring some musicians who have been limited in how they can use their gifts.<br /><br />
We bring partnerships with Alex’s House, Disciple’s Village, Church Builders. Not only will these continue but they will get better. We’ll be able to do more. <br />
<br />We bring a lot to the table that they need, but the truth is that Oak Grove brings a lot to a united church.<br /><br />
They bring more people to love and disciple. <br /><br />
They bring people who have been burned and hurt by church and we get to help people who have been burned and hurt by church heal. Many of you have been burned and hurt and have found healing at Hub City. <br /><br />
They bring a partnership with a school. They already have inroads with the District 6 Child Development Center. I have always wanted us to be able to serve a school regularly and consistently.<br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">They bring a segment of the population that we don’t currently have: Senior Citizens. I believe that the church should be multi-cultural and intergenerational. We have a ways to go so that we look like that, but this merger moves us more fully towards being intergenerational with the addition of seniors who have a lot to teach us and who need some young energy to build their faith.<br />
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They bring an opportunity to do things that are very difficult to do being portable. They bring an amazing, debt-free facility. Yes, it does need to be renovated. But it’s a great facility and property with a ton of potential. We’re going to give you the opportunity to tour the facility on September 4.<br /><br />
The facility has a workout room. That’s right, they have a workout room. It’s amazing what resources they have that don’t get used.<br /><br />
The facility has a fellowship hall where we can eat together. We get an ice machine which will be very helpful for Movies in the Park.<br /><br />
They bring a permanent home base, which will allow us to better train and equip you to be the church. We also get some property that we can make available to the community. There is a great ball field that the community can use.<br /><br />
They bring a neighborhood. Right here we are in the middle of a retail center. Behind and around their property are neighborhoods that we can serve.<br /><br />
Let me share the tentative timeline.<br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";">•</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">September 11: They have to vote for this to be official. This will be our final day of worship in the theater.<br />
</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";">•</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">September 18 will be our first worship gathering together as a new Hub City Church. This just happens to be Hub City’s 8th birthday.<br />
</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";">•</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">September 18- October 23: This will be the only time we do Sunday Night Church. This will be a chance to teach our disciple making mission, our disciple making process, what Hub Groups are like, and our membership class.<br />
</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";">•</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">October 30: Recommit and recovanant to membership in the new Hub City Church.<br /><br />
I’ll be honest, this is kind of scary. It involves a significant amount of risk. But what I’ve discovered is that doing what God calls you to do isn’t always safe and predictable. Remember what the writer of Hebrews said: <i>Without faith it is impossible to please God.</i><br />
I want you to know my heart. We would not be having this discussion if I or the Leaders here at Hub City weren’t confident that this is what God is calling us to do. In fact, I think this is the path for us to see our “be the church” vision come to fruition.<br /><br />
I also want you to know that I want each and every one of you to be a part of this. One of my reservations is that we would lose some of you in the transition. I have been praying against that. I’m going to do all I can to make sure that doesn’t happen. I want you to make sure you do your part to make sure that doesn’t happen as well. Commit to be a part of this. <br />
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We’re actually creating a team called the “no person left behind” team whose sole purpose is that we don’t leave anyone behind. This team will be made up of people from Hub City and Oak Grove.<br /><br />
So what do you need to do? First, I want you to ask questions. I know you have questions. We want to do our best to answer your questions. We want to hear your questions. That’s why, next Sunday, during our normal worship time, we’re going to worship with our questions and use our time for Q&A. This will give you a week to come up with questions. <br /><br />
Actually, I would love your questions ahead of time. That way I can make sure I have all the information I need to answer things well. In fact, some of you already have questions. Well, that’s why you have a 3x5 card. What questions come to mind for you right now?<br /><br />
Second, I want to invite you to pray. More than anything, we want God’s will to be done. I don’t want Hub City’s will done. I don’t want Oak Grove’s will done. I don’t want my will done. I want God’s will to be done. That has been my prayer and the prayer of our team all along. And we want to invite and encourage you to pray. <br /><br />
And honestly, this is a really big and life changing decision for the members of Oak Grove. Some of them have been members at Oak Grove for 70 years. There’s a lot of history there. So I would ask that you pray for them. It will be harder for them to make this change than it will be for us.<br /><br />
Finally, a want to invite you to live by faith. God is giving us a gift. <br />
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Pray<br />
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<!--EndFragment-->Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-72225596871049426612016-07-12T08:34:00.001-05:002016-07-12T08:34:25.971-05:00How to "Be The Church" in our chaotic world<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did something this past Sunday that I have never done before. On my way to gather with the Hub City Church family I felt led to lay aside the sermon I had worked on all week and call an audible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One question kept resonating in my head. It's a question that flows out of the vision God has given Hub City Church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our vision is for Hub City Church to be a training, equipping, and sending hub so that we can Be The Church in our neighborhoods, workplaces and around the world as salt, light and ambassadors for Jesus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The question that I couldn't get out of my head was: In light of all that happened in our country last week, how can we "Be The Church?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">God brought 5 passages of scripture to mind and 5 things we all can do to Be The Church. Here they are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In light of all that happened this week: What would it look like for us to be the church this week?<br /><o:p> </o:p><b>Pray for those in authority.<br /> </b>“I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers,
intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those
in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and
holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be
saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.”<br />1 Timothy 2:1-4 NIV<br /><o:p> </o:p><br /><b>Pray for enemies.<br /> </b>““You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate
your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute
you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to
rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the
unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not
even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what
are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect,
therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”<br />Matthew 5:43-48 NIV<br /><br /><b>Pray for peace and prosperity of our city and world.<br /> </b>“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all
those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and settle
down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and
daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so
that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not
decrease. Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have
carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you
too will prosper.””<br />Jeremiah 29:4-7 NIV<br /><o:p> </o:p><br />I have friends who aren't Christian who say, "Enough praying, do
something." That's because they don't understand the power of prayer.<br /> <o:p> </o:p><b>Repent of racism, condescension, and disrespect.<br /> </b>“So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with
Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there
male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ,
then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”<br />Galatians 3:26-29 NIV<br /><o:p> </o:p>“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive
us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”<br /><span lang="RU" style="mso-ansi-language: RU;">1 John 1:9 NIV</span><o:p> </o:p><br /><b>Love your neighbor.<br /> </b>“One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating.
Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the
commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” <span lang="SV" style="mso-ansi-language: SV;">answered Jesus, </span>“is this: ‘Hear, O
Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your
strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no
commandment greater than these.” “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You
are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him
with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength,
and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt
offerings and sacrifices.” When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said
to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one
dared ask him any more questions.”<br />Mark 12:28-34 NIV<br /><o:p> </o:p>This requires a relationship. The best thing we can do to be the
church in these divisive times is to pursue relationships with people who are
different from us and show them love. </span></blockquote>
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Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-58903294786549647592016-06-13T05:46:00.003-05:002016-06-13T05:46:20.379-05:00Hub City Vision Talk 2016
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This Past Sunday, June 12, was a big Sunday for Hub City Church. We talked about where we've been, where we are, and where we're going as a church. It was exciting to look beyond-the-horizon at where God is leading us. Some of our regulars missed hearing, but I don't want them to miss out, so here is my manuscript. Let me know your thoughts and/or questions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vision Talk 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This morning, I hope to paint a picture of what I’m calling the
beyond-the-horizon vision. I want us to take a look to the horizon at what God
has for Hub City and imagine and dream about how to get there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As most of you know, Hub City is a little over 7½ years old as a
church. Our mission has always been to make disciples who make disciples. We
got that from Jesus’ command in Matthew 28:19-20</span></div>
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<span class="MsoPageNumber"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>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, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And
surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We want you to grow as a disciple who in turn makes disciples.
And remember, we define a disciple as someone who hears from God and does what
he says. A disciple is someone who is following Jesus, being changed by Jesus
and committed to the mission of Jesus, which is making disciples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But mission is different from vision. Mission is focused on what
we’re to do. Vision is a picture of a preferred future. Mission never changes.
Vision is fluid because the horizon keeps evolving. Vision is like one of those
old Polaroid pictures that becomes more focused over time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we started Hub City, the simple vision was to start a
church. And that is what we’ve done. So, what's next?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">About a year ago I started asking God what he might have next for
us at Hub City. For a long time I didn’t hear anything. And then about six
months ago some things started to take shape. This phrase came coming to mind: <span class="MsoPageNumber"><b><i>Be the Church</i></b></span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our first vision was to plant a church. We did that. Now it’s
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I want to show you a map. This is a map of Spartanburg from 1887.
This map shows how Spartanburg became the Hub City back in the late 1800s.
There were seven train lines that fanned out from the city like spokes on a
wheel making Spartanburg a major transportation hub with passengers, goods,
textiles, peaches and other produce passing through Hub City to nearly every
corner of the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This history not only has a direct link to our name but more
importantly to the <span class="MsoPageNumber"><i>be the church</i></span> vision
that God has for us.</span></div>
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<span class="MsoPageNumber"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I believe God is calling Hub City
Church to be a training, equipping and sending hub, so that we can be the
church in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and around the world as salt, light
and ambassadors for Jesus.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See, we are at a crossroads in the life and history of Hub City
Church. We have a choice to make. Are we going to just <span class="MsoPageNumber"><i>do</i></span> church, or are we going to <span class="MsoPageNumber"><i>be</i></span> the church?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See, over time churches, really all organizations but
specifically churches, overtime, turn inward. We become all about us. And
instead of <span class="MsoPageNumber"><i>being</i></span> the church we’ll just
be all about <span class="MsoPageNumber"><i>doing</i></span> church. As time goes
on we just keep trying to do church better, hopefully better than the other
church down the street. But that’s a problem because we aren’t called to do
church, we are called to be the church. The truth is that it would be so easy
for us to fall into this pit. It’s easier to do church that to be the church.
It’s easier to do church where it's all about its Sunday services. It’s easier
to do church in a way that’s directed and defined by our preferences and
desires as insiders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of all the organizations in the world, the last that should be
inward is the church. The church as an organization, and it’s not even an
organization, it really is a living organism, the body of Christ, but the
church, as the body of Christ, at its core, exists for those who aren’t yet a
part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That’s why we don’t exist to <span class="MsoPageNumber"><i>do</i></span>
church. We exist to <span class="MsoPageNumber"><b><i>be</i> the church</b></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But what does that look like? What will it look like for us to be
the church? As I’ve asked this question and prayed over this question God keeps
bringing me back to Jesus’ final words before his ascension into heaven. This
was Jesus’ <span class="MsoPageNumber"><i>be the church</i></span> vision for the
future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Acts 1:8 – <span class="MsoPageNumber"><i>But you will receive
power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses in
Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Notice there are two parts to this verse: You will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and then you will be my witnesses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first part is about having the Holy Spirit infill us and
transform us from the inside out. This is about having a healthy and growing
relationship with God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We can’t force the Holy Spirit to come, but we can do our part to
position ourselves and create a heart and an environment for the Holy Spirit to
move. We do that through prayer, confession, meditation on God’s word, letting
him transform us, and obeying him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is about our relationship with him. That’s why the first
step in <span class="MsoPageNumber"><i>being</i></span> the church is to have a
growing and healthy relationship with God where he is speaking to us through
his word and through his Spirit. It begins on the inside of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But there's a second part to being the church. It says: Then we
will be witnesses of Jesus. When you see that word “witnesses” I want you to
think of being salt, light and ambassadors of Jesus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jesus tells us to begin in Jerusalem. Let’s talk about Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is your world, where you work, where you live, where you play. I want
you to think about your world in terms of the domain in society where God has
you. Each of you lives, works and plays in one of societies’ domains. This is
your Jerusalem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I want to show you a graphic. It shows the domains that make up
our society. Now looking at that graphic, what is your domain? Write it down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What Jesus is telling us is that we are to be salt, light and
ambassadors of Jesus in our domains. </span></div>
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<span class="MsoPageNumber"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Imagine what it would look like for
the church to weave itself as a disciple-making force in each domain. Where we
are a subversive presence of salt and light, where we are outposts of
ambassadors, where we are making disciples in whatever domain we find ourselves
in. And as a result of our presence, over time, each domain will be transformed
from the inside out. That’s what it looks like for us to be the church.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">See, our mission hasn’t and will not change. It can’t change.
Jesus told us to make disciples. It’s what he did. It’s what we are to do. But
I want us to be a disciple-making force, transforming this county. And as we’ve
said before, you are where you are on purpose for a purpose. That purpose is to
be salt, to be light, to be an ambassador for Jesus, making disciples in your
respective domain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then he says “in all of Judea and Samaria.” Judea and Samaria
represent places that are near us but people who aren’t like us, or places that
are far away from us and people who are like us. We are to be witnesses in all
of those places. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let’s be honest, we can’t do that, but what we can do is partner
with and plant churches so that that happens. We don’t know exactly what this
will look like. What we do know is that we can’t transform this community and
our state and our country on our own. We need more disciple-making churches to
grow out of us to connect with people we can’t connect with and further extend
what we are doing beyond what we can do. We can be the church by planting more
churches to be the church. And we want to send some of you out to do that. This
also means partnering. Partnering and planting is how to reach all Judaea and
Samaria. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And then we will be witnesses of Jesus to the ends of the earth.
The ends of the earth for us is a village in Haiti that nobody wants to help.
It’s a village that’s an hour and a half hike up into the mountains. It’s the
village of Viello.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Over the next 5 to 10 years God is going to use us being the
church to transform that village. It’s going to begin with sponsoring and
educating the kids in the village. We’re going to talk more about this next
week when our team that’s in Haiti today gets some more information to share
with us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All of this comes back to what I said earlier about being the
church: <span class="MsoPageNumber"><b>I believe God is calling Hub City Church
to be a training, equipping and sending hub, so that we can be the church in
our neighborhoods, workplaces, and around the world as salt, light and
ambassadors for Jesus.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My Be the Church Dream:</span></div>
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have a dream that our workplaces, neighborhoods, schools, clubs and places we
visit are different and transformed because of our influence.</span></div>
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have a dream that many new churches will be planted out of Hub City, so that
there will be more training posts hubs both here in Spartanburg and around our
nation and world.</span></div>
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disciples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is what it looks like for us to be the church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All of this is going to require a step of faith, or should I say,
a leap of faith for each of us. Because if you’ll notice, this vision isn’t
dependent at all on us meeting in the theater. It’s not dependent on me as the
pastor. It’s dependent on each us being the church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which means my job is to equip you to be the church. My job is to
do what I can to help you grow as a disciple and in a relationship with God so
that you can impact your domain as salt and light and as an ambassador of
Jesus. My job is to stretch you and maybe push you out of the nest.</span></div>
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<span class="MsoPageNumber"><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">God is calling Hub City Church to be
a training, equipping and sending hub, so that we can be the church in our
neighborhoods, workplaces, and around the world as salt, light and ambassadors
for Jesus.</span></b></span></div>
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Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-11467666231871872522016-04-14T13:09:00.002-05:002016-04-14T13:09:25.671-05:00Hub City Weekly Update - 4/14/16<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrX5eRVHp1U7Y5Zw_ogAIu2MZi9QAEPKKNi1pz8e7zLk3h7qZRk_6QRrWNolvq9WgixK3MIFjY3iM6DJ7Sv2Gr4n_D9mOif-wL3AzqEE06ShDhPWGeu4HuzMh7CRpgjZ7fPj2/s1600/how+to+be+a+good+church+member-01.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrX5eRVHp1U7Y5Zw_ogAIu2MZi9QAEPKKNi1pz8e7zLk3h7qZRk_6QRrWNolvq9WgixK3MIFjY3iM6DJ7Sv2Gr4n_D9mOif-wL3AzqEE06ShDhPWGeu4HuzMh7CRpgjZ7fPj2/s200/how+to+be+a+good+church+member-01.png" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hey everybody,</span><br />
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I'm sure you know that doctors recommend a yearly physical as a check up to gauge you health. We as a church have just embarked on an 8 month church-health checkup. You will be hearing more and more about this in the coming weeks, but let me give you a quick overview of what's taking place. </div>
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We are in the process of assessing where we are as a church and our level of health. The main data for this assessment comes from you in the form of a church health survey. We need everyone at Hub City to fill out a survey. If you're in a Hub Group, then you will fill yours out there. If you're not in a group, then plan on coming early (9 AM) Sunday or staying late after worship to fill one out. Your input is essential to us getting clear picture of where we are.</div>
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After we finish the surveys, our Church Health Task Force and Church Health Prayer Team will be working to put together a plan for us to grow into a more healthy church. </div>
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Now, why do we need to be a healthy church? I don't think we'll be all that God wants us to be and do all that God wants us to do if we aren't as healthy as we can be. </div>
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I am extremely excited about the future and all that is going to come out of this church health process. Pray for us. Fill out your survey. And be ready to do whatever God tells you to do.</div>
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We are starting a very important series this coming Sunday called, <b><i>How to be a good Church Member</i></b>. We're going to spend the next six weeks learning what Biblical Church Membership is all about, why it matters, and how you are a part whether you realize it or not. My hope is that the next six weeks change how you think about church and what it means to be a part of Hub City Church. Membership matters. You matter. God has brought us together to do something unique.</div>
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I've attached graphics for Movies in the Park for you to post, share, email, print out, and use however you choose to spread the word about this summer's Movies in the Park. Here's a list of the movies we're showing:</div>
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<li style="line-height: 17px;">May 21: Minions</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">June 18: Alexander and the terrible, no good, very bad day</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">July 16: Star Wars: The Force Awakens</li>
<li style="line-height: 17px;">August 20: Zootopia</li>
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God is up to some exciting things in and through us right now. Join me in praying to know where God is working so that we can join him there. </div>
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Finally, a big THANK YOU to Randy Nichols for speaking this past week. I love that we have a God who is for the outcast, and we need to follow his example an be a church for the outcasts as well. May God use us to connect many outcasts with Jesus.</div>
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See you Sunday.</div>
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Your friend and pastor,</div>
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Jonathan</div>
Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-90180305825587536352016-02-16T10:33:00.001-05:002016-02-16T15:08:57.595-05:00Thoughts on this week's The Walking Dead episode<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Liz and I are big fans of The Walking Dead. We have watched it since the beginning. It's such a great show. But I think this past Sunday's episode, No Way Out, was the best in the history of the show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you haven't watched the show yet then feel free to stop reading because there will be spoilers. If you don't watch the show at all you are missing out, but you can keep reading because there were some incredible illustrations in this week's episode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Before you read further I want you to watch the show and think about it's implications for you personally and for the church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">First observation: The show began with everyone as victims. Darryl and his crew were victims to the biker gang. Glen and the teen girl (who's name has left me) were victims who couldn't get to where they wanted to go. Rick and the rest of Alexandria were victims to the hoard of walkers who had invaded Alexandria.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As victims they acted like victims: Scared, sheepish, hiding, cowering. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They covered themselves in zombie body parts so as to blend in and not be noticed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And if you watched the episode you know that fear lived out led to death (I was very sad about this because I thought Rick had finally found love again) and to Carl getting his eye shot out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As a result, Rick threw his fear and safety aside and decided to do something about the problem. He took off alone to take on a million walkers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But something happened when Rick had the courage to take the first step. Everyone followed. There are huge ramifications and implications of this kind of courage in our own lives. We need to be people of courage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This courage was also displayed by Darryl when he took out the bikers with the RPG. That was so awesome I almost stood up and cheered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another observation: They didn't go after each other. They went after the walkers. It reminds me that our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the ruler, authorities and powers of this dark world. We have an enemy. It's not each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another observation: We can do more together than alone. They had a major team building experience. They needed one another. They figured that out by working together, fighting together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I could write more but I don't have the time. And to be honest, I wrote this mainly for myself. I need to remember how important courage is. Be the one to risk for the sake of a cause that's bigger than me, even with death/failure on the line. I have an enemy and it's not the other human beings that share the planet with me. Make sure I'm fighting the right enemy. I need community. I need others.</span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27138315.post-87395686268497086462016-02-11T10:47:00.001-05:002016-02-11T10:47:43.312-05:00Two books you need to read<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I want to recommend two great books as follow-ups to my sermon this past Sunday about us being Salt and Light. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first book is Bob Roberts', <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bold-Love-What-Happen-People/dp/1400204208/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1455205396&sr=8-4&keywords=bold+as+love">Bold as Love</a>. I have had respect for Bob since he spoke to my evangelism class in grad school, and my respect for him continues to grow. If you're not following him <a href="https://twitter.com/bobrobertsjr">on twitter</a>, you should be. He's doing incredible things to represent Christians and Jesus well around the globe, especially among Muslims.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The second book is by Kevin Palau. It's titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unlikely-Setting-Aside-Differences-Gospel/dp/1476789444/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455205483&sr=8-1&keywords=unlikely">Unlikely</a>. I heard Kevin last week at the Come Closer Lunch here in Spartanburg. His story is fascinating. It's about how churches in Portland have come together to serve their city and the unlikely relationships they have made along the way. It's a fascinating book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are a lot of books I could recommend, but these two have been challenging and helpful to me.</span>Jonathan Everettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803066829261325984noreply@blogger.com0