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Joy of Commitment Slides, 2/26/12
1. Commitment?
"I often visit newcomers in town and find them to
be church shopping. They want to know what they
can get out of church. Churches are one more
consumer commodity. Worship services are not a
place for us to serve God and neighbor but a place
where people expect to purchase the best: inspiring
worship, good music, moving sermons, quality
childcare. As if we buy God and not vice versa."
--Arthur Boers, in The Other Side
4. Consumers: purchase products and enjoy the
benefits of services.
Crowds: like to be entertained.
Disconnected individuals: do their own thing
when and how they please.
5. For just as the body is one and has many
members, and all the members of the body,
though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one
body— Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all
were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body
does not consist of one member but of many.
1 Corinthians 12:12-14 (ESV)
6. • Discovering His Church
• You Belong in Community
• Our Faith
• Our Church & Membership
7. Covenant Relationship
1. I Will Protect the UNITY of My Church
– By acting in love toward other members
– By refusing to gossip
– By following the leaders
2. I Will Share the RESPONSIBILITY of My Church
– By praying for its growth
– By inviting the unchurched to attend
– By warmly welcoming those who visit
3. I Will Serve the MINISTRY of My Church
– By discovering my gifts and talents
– By being equipped to serve
– By developing a servant’s heart
4. I Will Support the TESTIMONY of My Church
– By attending faithfully
– By living a godly life
– By giving regularly
8. “Having received Christ as my Lord and Savior
and being in agreement with CLA’s purpose,
beliefs, values, strategy, and structure, I now feel
led by the Holy Spirit to unite with the CLA
family. In doing so, I commit myself to God and
to the other members to live out our
Membership Covenant.”
