Vision Sunday
Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision the people perish.”
Our Vision: “Changing lives in a changing culture with the unchanging truth.”
Our one word: Invest
Ecclesiastes 11:1 “Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.[a] 2 But divide your investments among many places,[b] for you do not know what risks might lie ahead. When clouds are heavy, the rains come down. Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls. 4 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest. 5 Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb,[c] so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things. 6 Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.”
3 important principles of investing.
1.
Investing is future focused.
Verse 1 “Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.”
Proverbs 13:11(MSG) “Easy come, easy go, but
steady diligence pays off.”
2. Investments are multiplied when they are divided. verse 2 “But divide your investments among many places,[b] for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.
verse 6 “Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.”
3. Investments always require hard work. verse 4-6 “Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest. 5 Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb,[c] so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things. 6 Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.”
Verse 4 LB “if you wait for perfect conditions nothing ever gets done.”
This year, we are investing in 4 different areas.
- Invest in Relationships:
Matthew 18:19-20 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
I Corinthians 13:13 “Faith hope and love, but the greatest of these…”
I Peter 4:8 “Above all, love one another deeply…”
Lifegroups: Begin the week of February 11
New Series on Relationships: Begins February 8
Buffalo Nickel Family Night: February 22
2. Invest in our community:
John 1:40-41 “Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).”
Baptisms and Child Dedications: March 1
Easter: April 5
Grand Opening: April 12
3. Invest in People:
4. Invest in the next generation:
Proverbs 13:22 “A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children.”
The Orange Strategy
Yellow= the light of the church
Red= the love of the family
Together they produce the
brilliance of orange.
Every Sunday: God time Cards
Every month: Virtue of the month
Twice a year: FAM JAM
