1 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:07,500 To the start of our new series entitled, reach 23, at the way I 2 00:00:07,508 --> 00:00:09,400 want to start. This series is by telling you 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,300 all a story. Go get comfortable. 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:14,800 I'm going to read you this story. 5 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:19,500 Hmm. On a dangerous Sea Coast. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,200 Where shipwrecks, often occurred, there was once a crude 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,700 little Lifeboat station. The building was just a Hut and 8 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:33,200 there was only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,500 constant watch over the sea and with no thought for themselves. 10 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:42,800 Went out day and night tirelessly looking for lost 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,000 people. Now, some of those who have been 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:50,000 saved and various others in the surrounding area, wanted to 13 00:00:50,008 --> 00:00:54,100 become associated with our station, and give of their time, 14 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:57,600 money and energy. For the support of this work, 15 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:04,000 new boats were boards and new Crews were trained with 16 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,400 commitment and energy little Lifeboat, station grew. 17 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,900 Now, some members of the Lifeboat station one, happy that 18 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:16,700 the building was so crude and poorly equipped. 19 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,100 So they felt that a more comfortable place would be 20 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:24,700 provided as the first Refuge of those saved from the sea. 21 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:30,400 So they replaced the emergency Hammer works with bets and put 22 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,500 better Furniture in the enlarged to build it. 23 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:37,800 Now, the Lifeboat station became a very popular Gathering Place 24 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,100 for its members, and they decorated and furnished, it 25 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:45,700 beautifully, and started using it as a sort of Club view a 26 00:01:45,708 --> 00:01:47,400 members. We're now interested in din 27 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:52,300 going out on Lifeboat missions. And so they hired Lifeboat Crews 28 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:58,200 to do this work for them. life-saving, pictures and 29 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:03,700 mementos decorated the club's walls, where official meetings 30 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:10,600 were held Now this time a large ship was wrecked off the coast. 31 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:16,700 And the hired Crews board in boatloads of cold wet. 32 00:02:17,900 --> 00:02:20,600 And half drowned people, they were dirty. 33 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:25,400 They were sick. With different personalities and 34 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,400 temperaments. And from other cultural 35 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,200 backgrounds. The beautiful new club was in 36 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,200 chaos though. The committee immediately had a 37 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,900 shower house built outside the club where the Shipwreck victims 38 00:02:39,900 --> 00:02:43,400 could be cleaned up before coming inside. 39 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,400 At the next meeting in the club membership was divided. 40 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:54,100 Most of the members wanted to stop the club's life-saving 41 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:57,900 activities since they were well, and that Pleasant and a 42 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:01,400 hinderence to the normal social life of the club. 43 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,600 But some members insisted that life-saving was their primary 44 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,000 purpose and pointed out that they were still called a 45 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,500 Lifeboat station. However, they were finally out 46 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:20,000 voted and told that if they wanted to save the lives of all 47 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,800 types of people who might be Shipwrecked, they could begin 48 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,600 their own Lifeboat station, somewhere else further down the 49 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:32,600 coast that they did. As the years went by similar 50 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,800 changes took place in the new station as well. 51 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,500 It also evolved into a club and consequently, another Lifeboat 52 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:42,700 station was founded elsewhere. History. 53 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:46,500 Continue to repeat itself. And on the Seacoast today, you 54 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:50,000 will find a number of exclusive clubs along the coastline 55 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,100 shipwrecks are still frequent in those Waters. 56 00:03:53,100 --> 00:04:00,700 But most of the people are never reached and say, Right story. 57 00:04:02,300 --> 00:04:05,800 I heard it about a week ago, it's a rather good story. 58 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,500 And it rather makes the point I think, without me, having to get 59 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:14,600 into the specifics of it, there is always a tension. 60 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,200 There is always a tension. But we mustn't forget our 61 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,700 primary purpose, you know, we're part of the vineyard movement. 62 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,300 Two and a half thousand churches globally about 135 in the UK and 63 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:34,000 we are a missional movement. We are a movement on a mission 64 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,900 to save the Lost. And this church when it was, 65 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:41,500 founded over 35 years ago, was founded on that mission of 66 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:48,400 saving the Lost. But you see the danger exists. 67 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,400 We can hear this story and we kind of chuckled to ourselves 68 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:55,300 and say those City people. We much different. 69 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,000 Do we not feel that same tension? 70 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:03,200 I do honestly, to be fair. Let's read our mission 71 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,100 statement. Would you like to read our 72 00:05:04,108 --> 00:05:06,900 mission statement? You'll find it in the Bible is 73 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:10,700 in Matthew 28:19-20. Let's read it together. 74 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:17,000 This is our mission statement. This is why we are a church. 75 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:19,200 Let's read it. It's going to be on the screen 76 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,400 if you're in the room, if you're online be on your device. 77 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,000 Go therefore and Make Disciples of all Nations, baptizing them 78 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,800 in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the Holy 79 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:36,300 Spirit. Teaching them to observe all 80 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:37,600 that. I have commanded. 81 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:40,900 And behold, I Am With You Always to the end of the egg. 82 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,600 It's very simple, but we make it. 83 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,300 Oh, so complex that is our mission. 84 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:51,700 That is why we exist because there are people out there 85 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:57,000 getting lost and we are called to say the loss, introduce them 86 00:05:57,100 --> 00:06:01,500 to Jesus. You know, last year I outlined 87 00:06:01,700 --> 00:06:06,800 our vision as a church for the next 10 years called reach and 88 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:11,600 reaches, about extending our reach to reach the lost. 89 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:15,200 It's about recognizing that we are a Lifeboat station. 90 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,200 We're not an exclusive social club though. 91 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:22,000 We love having Fellowship. Another time. 92 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:28,300 I said this, it's time to reach further than we've ever reached 93 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:34,100 before to spend ourselves on giving all of ourselves to him. 94 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,600 And as a church family, we have always responded to the call of 95 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,500 the Lord to expound our boundaries. 96 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:44,200 Expand them in order to make Christ known and reach. 97 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,600 The lost that is always been the mission of this church. 98 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,500 And one of those verses, if you like that, we frequently visit 99 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:55,400 is found in Isaiah 54, verse 2. The says this, enlarge the place 100 00:06:55,400 --> 00:07:00,200 of your tent, stretch your tent. Curtains wide. 101 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,700 Do not hold back. Well lengthen your cords 102 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:10,300 strengthen your Steaks. That is being the cool on us as 103 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:13,900 a people. Since the Inception of this 104 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:17,800 church and we will continue to extend our tent pegs. 105 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,400 Why? So that we can be that Lifeboat 106 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,500 station that those that are lost and are Shipwrecked that is 107 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:27,300 always our Focus. That is always our mission. 108 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,500 Before covid. It was like an age away. 109 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,000 Now doesn't look a different lifetime. 110 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:38,700 The lord gave me a picture, which I shared with you when we 111 00:07:38,708 --> 00:07:42,500 launch reach and I was in my garden when I had this picture 112 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:45,000 and in my garden, you know, we have a lovely Garden, it's 113 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:50,800 well-manicured but Outside of that around a set of offenses, a 114 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:57,900 Fields, not manicured left to do what the fields do. and I just 115 00:07:57,900 --> 00:08:02,100 had this sense that it would be very easy for me and it indeed, 116 00:08:02,100 --> 00:08:08,300 it is just to enjoy my garden because we got Badminton net in 117 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:10,000 the you know people get these badminton Nets with other 118 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:10,800 things. It's lovely. 119 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,800 I don't want to leave my garden especially when the sun comes 120 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,900 out. But I felt the Lord said, Mark. 121 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,000 You've got to look Beyond into those open space, those fields 122 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:25,500 that have yet to be harvested and he said that is the danger 123 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:29,300 Mark of church. You see the danger of church and 124 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:33,900 it links with this story is it you manicure your church to such 125 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:36,200 a point. You don't want to leave it. 126 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:39,900 They didn't look so lovely and don't get me wrong, I'm not 127 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:42,799 suggesting that, there should be a lovely environment where we 128 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:45,400 can, you know, have a spirit of excellence in this place. 129 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,900 We want to bless people with great coffee and, you know, we 130 00:08:47,900 --> 00:08:49,600 want an environment where people come and go. 131 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,800 Wow, this is different. This is not what I thought 132 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,400 church was like those are all good things but that's not the 133 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,800 main thing. Because if you make it the main 134 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,000 thing you're not going to want to leave this place, you're not 135 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,900 going to want to get it dirty. You're not want to get going to 136 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,300 get messy people in that a lot like you. 137 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:08,800 But you see the Lord reminded me in that picture. 138 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,200 Say, listen, Mark, I'm calling you in the church to do it again 139 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,400 and to extend your reach beyond the manicured, lawn beyond the 140 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,600 comfortable, a place that you find yourself in and go into the 141 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,800 Harvest because the Harvest is ready, but the laborers are few. 142 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:29,300 And you see, when I launch reach, that is what I said that 143 00:09:29,300 --> 00:09:33,000 over the next 10 years. We are going to spend all of 144 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:37,900 ourselves so that we can extend the I'll reach to reach the lost 145 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:43,400 because that is our mission. So how are we going to extend 146 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,200 our reach and I'm recapping from last year. 147 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,100 How are we going to extend our reach to Risa last? 148 00:09:49,100 --> 00:09:51,000 We're going to be creating spaces. 149 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,900 You can stay with me if you want and places the people to 150 00:09:54,900 --> 00:09:59,000 encounter. You see, that's how we extend 151 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:04,500 our reach by creating spaces and places for people to encounter 152 00:10:04,700 --> 00:10:07,000 Jesus. Let's work backwards on that. 153 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,600 You see it all about Jesus. It's all about encountering 154 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,000 Jesus. You know, you read the Bible, 155 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,900 the woman with the issue of blood encounter Jesus and she 156 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:20,000 was healed. Nathaniel was under the Fig Tree 157 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,700 and Jesus called him out by name and he encountered Jesus and his 158 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:28,900 life was changed a woman at the well Zacchaeus in the tree the 159 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:33,000 disciples and we heard a couple of weeks ago in our wonderful 160 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,900 baptism, service on Easter Sunday, on Resurrection Sunday, 161 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,600 those are life. Changing testimonies of people's 162 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,600 lives have been changed by encountering Jesus. 163 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:45,200 I love Antonio's, testimonies over there. 164 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:46,500 He was. So, I think you said you were 165 00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:49,600 painting in outside your house and all of a sudden you had this 166 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,700 Encounter With Jesus and your life has changed since what an 167 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:57,200 amazing testimony. But that is the Reality of what 168 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,400 happens. When you encounter the living 169 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:04,500 Christ, that is what happens when you encounter Jesus 170 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,700 himself. And we've been singing earlier 171 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:08,700 having we about fixing our eyes on. 172 00:11:08,700 --> 00:11:12,900 Jesus. Can you imagine if we just sing 173 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:16,100 about fixing our eyes on Jesus and encountered Jesus here, and 174 00:11:16,100 --> 00:11:18,500 then we leave the building were like, well, I'm done and sorted. 175 00:11:19,100 --> 00:11:20,700 Doesn't matter what? That my neighbors don't know. 176 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:22,300 It doesn't matter that there's people out there being 177 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:24,600 Shipwrecked because, at least had a fantastic son. 178 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:25,900 Then wasn't the worship. Great. 179 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,400 I mean these are the real dangers and that the tensions 180 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,700 that we feel, but you see we are called to create spaces and 181 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:36,700 places where people can encounter Jesus, you know, in 182 00:11:36,700 --> 00:11:41,600 John 14:6. Jesus said, I am the way, the 183 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,500 truth and the life. No one comes to the father, 184 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:51,700 except through me, I am the way, not a way, the way not always 185 00:11:51,700 --> 00:11:54,200 lead to God. That's a lie of the enemy. 186 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:02,100 Jesus is the way and he is the life, he's not just some good 187 00:12:02,100 --> 00:12:05,800 person, some profit, some good teacher, he is a very Living, 188 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:10,200 God incarnate a died on the cross for each each one of us 189 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,400 and so therefore it's by him that we receive eternal life. 190 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:16,800 I am. Jesus says, the way the truth 191 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,800 and the life You know, no amount of Good Works. 192 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:26,200 Can be can do it. You know, Christianity is not a 193 00:12:26,208 --> 00:12:30,300 religion of good works. It's a religion of Grace, it's a 194 00:12:30,308 --> 00:12:34,700 religion. Where Jesus has done it all for 195 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:37,400 us. I mean that's the only only 196 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,100 religion you'll find that doesn't say to you if you if you 197 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:43,500 perform better you can attain some kind of relationship with 198 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:47,500 to God quotes. Jesus has done it all for us. 199 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:51,200 And so our role here at a church, as church is to create 200 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,800 spaces where we introduce people to Jesus. 201 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,400 And by the Holy Spirit, he opens people's eyes to that Risen 202 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,600 Lord, and we need to create those spaces and those places to 203 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:07,200 do it. So, let's just dive into spaces 204 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,100 and places. And you know, we thank God for 205 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:13,500 the amazing of facilities that we have here, but we, but we 206 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:15,400 have to be good stewards of his facilities. 207 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:18,900 And when we have the call to extend our tent pegs, we have to 208 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:22,800 ask the question, what more Lord can we do to create spaces for 209 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,900 people that are current space doesn't reach? 210 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:30,400 And so last year, I outlined some initiatives, some plans for 211 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,100 22 that we were going to do, and I want to give you a brief recap 212 00:13:34,100 --> 00:13:37,800 on some of those Last year, we set a Target to create a brand 213 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,200 new youth facility, the youth Auditorium with the studio 214 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,600 space. Breakout rooms allowing larger 215 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:48,100 numbers of Youth not just on a Sunday but throughout the week 216 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,300 to encounter Jesus and we did it. 217 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,900 We created that space, you created that space in your 218 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:58,500 sacrificial, giving and your time and your energy, and we're 219 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:01,400 going to hear next week and update on those spaces. 220 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,700 But hundreds of Youth are encountering Jesus on a Sunday 221 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:09,100 and throughout throughout the week. 222 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:12,300 One of the other spaces we look to create was having an 223 00:14:12,300 --> 00:14:17,300 intentional relationship with step and 267 organizations youth 224 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:20,500 organizations to open up our building during the week. 225 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,000 So that people would encounter youth would encounter Jesus, and 226 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:27,000 we've done that, and we're doing more besides step run, Retreats 227 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,400 here for schools, in our building. 228 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,100 They use the use of facilities that you have worked so hard. 229 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,700 Out for we work with 267 and about 45 other youth leaders 230 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:41,100 throughout the area to host churchwide events, where people 231 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:43,700 youth bring their friends from their school into this place, 232 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:46,600 the illuminate Cafe, the Charlotte and others run on a 233 00:14:46,608 --> 00:14:48,600 Thursday night, and many other initiatives. 234 00:14:48,900 --> 00:14:52,300 We are creating spaces where youth have encountered Jesus. 235 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:55,900 We also look to build a brand new space. 236 00:14:55,900 --> 00:15:00,900 For our Venture lamb kids are is 62 a 5 to 10 year olds, right? 237 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,500 To the larger space for more children to encounter Jesus. 238 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,400 Since last February, we have had a 75% increase in the net amount 239 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:12,000 of kids that age group, because of that space. 240 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:18,400 We set our sights on creating a special educational needs space 241 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,000 and Ministry called Treasure Chest that we could. 242 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:25,100 That we can invest in these special needs children. 243 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:28,900 And about two weeks ago, the last of all of the equipment was 244 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:32,400 installed, it is phenomenal. Feel free to go and have a p. 245 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:35,100 We would have some photos next week as we have an update on 246 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:38,000 that. But that's because we decided to 247 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,900 spend ourselves and all of ourselves for him and to save 248 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:45,200 the Lost. what else did we look at, we want you to create a 249 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:50,400 brand-new We wanted to invest in new spaces outside of this 250 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,800 building. We've invested heavily in our 251 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:57,600 online space invested, not just money in equipment, but many of 252 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:02,100 you serve in that team and we're creating some fantastic content 253 00:16:02,100 --> 00:16:04,800 for that. Why is this important are many 254 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,000 people that are new in this place have found us because of 255 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,400 online. I speak to many of you. 256 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,400 I would say anecdotally, maybe 80% of people that visit us and 257 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,800 become part of this church have found Us online, but more than 258 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,100 that, there are people. Pull out there who cannot find a 259 00:16:19,108 --> 00:16:21,900 local church for whatever reason that at the moment. 260 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,400 I've been blessed by the content that we produce and many are 261 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,600 meeting Jesus through that online space. 262 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,200 Your to give you some interesting stats YouTube 263 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:35,400 subscribers a year ago before we reached launch dries. 22, we had 264 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,200 about 300 subscribers. We're almost at 1000 265 00:16:38,300 --> 00:16:43,100 subscribers. And in the last 28 days, we have 266 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:46,900 had seven 6,000 views of our content on YouTube alone. 267 00:16:48,700 --> 00:16:50,500 When a year ago, that was hardly any. 268 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:55,400 Instagram, our reach has increase in one year by three 269 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,000 thousand percent. Facebook. 270 00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:01,500 Our reach has increased almost 70%. 271 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,400 And we are creating a brand new space online where people can 272 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,000 encounter Jesus and Thiago who is our creative content produced 273 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,500 as a fantastic job, heading up that team and working on new and 274 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,599 new content. And we've got an exciting plan 275 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:19,099 as we head into this year. In terms of new content, we've 276 00:17:19,099 --> 00:17:20,700 launched new devotionals this year. 277 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:23,200 We've launched worship moments. We've got many more plans. 278 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,600 We've also in Creative brand new spaces, within this building 279 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,700 such, as the rise prophetic company, an amazing space for 280 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:34,100 for Women Within writer encountered. 281 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:35,800 Jesus, we launched the rise in the word. 282 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,900 Last week, we experimented with different creative worship 283 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:42,900 spaces, worship nights, and also, the worship Garden, which 284 00:17:42,900 --> 00:17:44,900 was amazing that was led by Shentel. 285 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:47,800 And, you know, we're going to be having three of those this year, 286 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,200 as well, which is really exciting. 287 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:53,300 We've also been experimenting with the monthly worship and 288 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:56,700 prayer night and I can tell you now, Now that the first month, 289 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,900 first Tuesday of every month we've got a new space called 290 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:03,600 space. It's just simply called space 291 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,900 for every where we encountered Jesus to through prayer and 292 00:18:07,900 --> 00:18:10,500 through worship, that's going to be in the youth Auditorium. 293 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,200 It will start when's the first Tuesday of next month. 294 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:16,400 Not next. Not this Jews are the Chooser 295 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,700 afterwards. So, come along join Eduardo. 296 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:21,500 And I on the team as we create that space, for people to 297 00:18:21,508 --> 00:18:25,700 encounter Jesus, and that's going to be really And so we 298 00:18:25,700 --> 00:18:29,600 reject our prayer meetings. Around slightly space is going 299 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,600 to be our monthly time where we come corporately together and 300 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:36,000 break through online will continue those Tuesday night in 301 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,100 between this led by Trevor Moore on the team. 302 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:40,700 Where is an intercessory Focus. What do I mean by that? 303 00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:43,500 I mean simply that we stand in the gap for other be. 304 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:47,200 We pray for our church. We pray for our country and 305 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,100 other other areas of the Lord lays on a heart. 306 00:18:50,100 --> 00:18:53,900 That's our intercessory prayer space that we've created. 307 00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:56,200 That's a lot, right? In a year. 308 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,100 Wow. Thank you Lord. 309 00:18:59,900 --> 00:19:02,600 And next week, we're going to have a creating spaces Focus 310 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,500 because I tell you something, we've got some really exciting 311 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:08,700 plans for the rest of this year, will reach 23. 312 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:12,300 Is we create brand new spaces as we extend our facility here and 313 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:16,500 as we create some new exciting service formats, as we extend 314 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:20,500 our reach to those who currently don't connect with us in 315 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:24,300 particular ways. Don't miss next week waiting 316 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,000 places. Let me just give a recap on 317 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,100 this, not just about creating spaces within these four walls. 318 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:33,400 It's about saying, how do we create physical spaces outside 319 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,200 of this building? And that's why last year we 320 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,500 announced our have filled site. And, as I mentioned earlier, we 321 00:19:38,500 --> 00:19:43,600 launched Hatfield such an amazing team that are led by a 322 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,200 Jay and Jenna and really excited about what the Lord is doing 323 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:48,800 there. They've, they ran Alpha during 324 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,200 summer, they've had social events. 325 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:56,100 We now are Second Sunday and God is really moving in Hatfield 326 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:58,900 through that team, really excited and I did tell you last 327 00:19:58,900 --> 00:20:01,300 year that I believe the lord gave me a word five in five 328 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:05,400 years and so this year we're going to launch another site and 329 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,900 so in two weeks time when we look at creating places do not 330 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:11,100 miss it because we're going to be announcing what the new site 331 00:20:11,100 --> 00:20:15,100 is going to be this year which is and it's really exciting and 332 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:20,200 so do come along to that. So reach is a 10-year plan. 333 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,600 And God is breathing on this. We're not just coming up with 334 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,100 things to say. Okay, let's try this. 335 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:28,000 We seek the Lord and got his right. 336 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,200 Go focus on this. Why? 337 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,500 Because we are saying, Lord, how do we fulfill that mission that 338 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:36,100 you've given us? I've been a Lifeboat station, 339 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,300 how do we break that desire? How do we break that temptation? 340 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:45,400 Just to get comfy. We break it by giving all of 341 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:50,200 ourselves for those of yet to encounter Janine, And how do we 342 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,900 do that? I want to just recap on our 343 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:53,900 values. You see while our vision will 344 00:20:53,900 --> 00:20:56,500 evolve over time, and this is the vision that we've laid out 345 00:20:56,500 --> 00:21:00,200 for the next 10 years. What doesn't change is the way 346 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,000 in which we do it, the values. What is important to us as a 347 00:21:04,008 --> 00:21:05,900 people? And I shared these in more 348 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:08,300 detail last year but I just want to recap. 349 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:13,200 It's for all of us. I'm Town Council District. 4 of 350 00:21:13,208 --> 00:21:14,700 these. Let me just going to be on the 351 00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:17,600 screen and you can look at them as a people. 352 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,700 Our kingdom mindset and understanding of the here and 353 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:26,800 not yet. That we are here to extend God's 354 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,000 Kingdom in work. Indeed through the power of the 355 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,700 Holy Spirit. It is that value of our kingdom 356 00:21:31,700 --> 00:21:36,700 mindset. That informs our need to extend 357 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:41,500 his kingdom here, right. Because we recognize the reality 358 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:46,100 of his kingdom breaking in and that we have a part to play in 359 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:49,100 that. As a people are awareness of the 360 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:52,200 presence and the power of the Holy Spirit. 361 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:57,000 We don't do this just in our natural strength because quite 362 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,900 frankly, this audacious 10-year Plan called reach. 363 00:22:01,100 --> 00:22:04,100 If it wasn't for God would fulfill that flat on our face. 364 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:08,200 You know, when God outlined this I said this is what we can do as 365 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,200 a church and it wasn't just myself as we talked with with 366 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,400 leaders and team. I'll be honest. 367 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,600 You guys have been like, really that's quite scary. 368 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:17,600 That's a lot of stuff to do. Do. 369 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:21,500 And she does, like, well, that's the whole point, mark. 370 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:27,000 That's the whole point because I have promised that I will equip 371 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,800 you, and if we don't extend ourselves to the degree that we 372 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,800 need God, then, quite frankly, we might as well, all go home. 373 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,600 We not cool to do this on our own. 374 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:38,600 I mean what did Jesus say to the disciples said? 375 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,200 Wait for you here. Wait here because the Father's 376 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,600 Promise is going to send the holy spirit for enable you to go 377 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,200 out from this place. You see our value? 378 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,300 Of the Holy Spirit, the presence of the holy spirit. 379 00:22:53,300 --> 00:22:57,100 In the ministry of the Holy Spirit informs how we extend our 380 00:22:57,100 --> 00:23:00,200 reach as a people. Number three, our understanding 381 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:05,000 that everyone gets to play. That the business of making 382 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,600 Christ known is for everyone, not just the guy or gal on the 383 00:23:07,608 --> 00:23:10,900 stage. Everyone gets to play. 384 00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:14,600 Everyone has a part to play everyone and I love that house. 385 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,900 It was talking about volunteering at earlier because 386 00:23:16,900 --> 00:23:19,700 everyone has been given a gift of Grace as a says, in 1 Peter, 387 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,400 everyone has been given Gifts of Grace who introduced people to 388 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,800 cheat. And if you're here, you're here 389 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,800 for a reason. You're here for a reason because 390 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,800 God has a plan and purpose for you. 391 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,000 Create spaces and places where people can encounter G. 392 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,200 And last one, no, we've got two more as a people, our commitment 393 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,700 to extending the justice and compassion of Jesus, it fuels 394 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:48,100 our desire to reach those who are unloved, forgotten, and 395 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:52,000 marginalized by society, that we are called to stand up for those 396 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,600 that cannot do so for themselves. 397 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:59,800 That is all value of his just and lastly is our people, our 398 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,600 priority to worship. This draws Us close to him in 399 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:09,400 intimus In that place and that Center of, of giving ourselves 400 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:14,400 to him as a Living Sacrifice. Of abiding in the vine that we 401 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,500 bear fruit. You know the good works that 402 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:21,200 we're talking about here are not manufactured his good words come 403 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:23,600 from abiding in the Vine with Christ. 404 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,200 They are they are fruit that comes from a relationship with 405 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,700 him. And so these are the values that 406 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,100 do not change. These are the values, by which 407 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:37,700 directs us on how we extend our reach to reach the lost and the 408 00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:42,100 way in which we create spaces and places the people to 409 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:45,700 encounter Jesus, I'd like to invite the band up. 410 00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:49,000 I recognize this has been a very much, a different type of talk. 411 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,800 This hasn't been me expounding the word as, as we did through 412 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,300 our normal sermon series, but we're going to be over the next 413 00:24:56,300 --> 00:25:01,000 few weeks looking at Reach 23, and the plans that will, the 414 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,300 lord has laid before us to create spaces and places that 415 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:08,400 people to encounter Jesus and to challenge ourselves and ask 416 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,500 ourselves the question. What part in it? 417 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:15,100 Do I have, what part can I play in this? 418 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:20,100 Great Endeavor. Let me just ask by n by asking 419 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:22,100 this question and then answering it for us. 420 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,500 Why? Now, why again? 421 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,900 Well, I hope you've got the sense of that, but here's some 422 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:30,400 specific number one, God is not finished with us yet, there's a 423 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,400 church. The call upon this chose to make 424 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:39,300 rice loan still stands is about Alum who operates from the 425 00:25:39,300 --> 00:25:41,800 office of profit. Many of you were here in 2019. 426 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,100 When you gave the church, a word, she says this, there are 427 00:25:44,300 --> 00:25:46,700 many Shepherds in this church. That needs to be released with 428 00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:50,300 authority, as well as a way to be opened up for them. 429 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:52,700 It is a time to position people in the post. 430 00:25:52,700 --> 00:25:55,800 They need to be in and to open those multiple Gates. 431 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,400 There are many racehorses in this church. 432 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,400 Ready to run. Open the gates for the race 433 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,000 horses of this. House release them to their 434 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:08,300 races for, they need to run and that is what about creating 435 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:12,000 spaces and places as about that, recognizing that everyone gets 436 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,600 to play. And we want you to run the race 437 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,900 that God is marked out for you. We want this to be a place where 438 00:26:17,900 --> 00:26:21,400 you can be equipped to walk and run in the gifts that God has 439 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:25,000 given you these amazing initiatives, I just very quickly 440 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,800 looked at from 20 to happen because of you happened because 441 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,700 of people sacrificing their time, their energy and their 442 00:26:31,700 --> 00:26:34,500 money. Any and run in as racehorse. 443 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:37,900 My job here. Steph's job here, the leadership 444 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:40,900 teams job here. The trustees job here, the staff 445 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:43,100 team is to open those gates for you. 446 00:26:43,500 --> 00:26:45,400 And to equip you to run that race. 447 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,100 Number two, we have been good stewards of what God has given 448 00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:50,100 us this far. So he has given us more. 449 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,500 It's a kingdom principle that he will give you x amount. 450 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:56,700 Your faith will give you more. He'll give you more. 451 00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:58,400 He'll give you more, we shouldn't surprise. 452 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,500 I be surprised at the more God has given us but with that Comes 453 00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:05,500 the requirement to be good stewards, it will be easy just 454 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:08,600 to sit in comfort and say, look what we have, but that's not 455 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,100 what it's all about. Number three. 456 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:12,900 The Harvest is plentiful. The workers are few. 457 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:15,700 Listen, guys. There is a lost out there a 458 00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:18,400 number for time. He's sure because Jesus is 459 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,400 coming again, and when he comes again, that's it quite Frank. 460 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:26,600 He will judge every man and woman in every nation. 461 00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:32,500 We are dealing with Souls, you know, we often say Jesus saves, 462 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:35,900 we never say sage from what doing we say to our friends. 463 00:27:35,900 --> 00:27:39,400 Jesus saves great. What from a life of boredom as 464 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:41,300 he saved me so I can have my best life yet? 465 00:27:41,300 --> 00:27:44,600 No, he's saving you from hell. Where you can talk about that 466 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,300 really well then what's the point of Jesus dying on the 467 00:27:46,300 --> 00:27:49,200 cross. Then what's the point? 468 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,000 He might as well go home. He saved us for a reason. 469 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,200 He say this in order that we can have eternal relationship with a 470 00:27:55,208 --> 00:27:58,700 father who loves us. He saved us in order that his 471 00:27:58,700 --> 00:28:01,800 righteousness, the righteousness of Jesus can be given unto us. 472 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,000 And so, when God looks at us, he looks at us as high relief, God 473 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,200 is saving us from that. And so he loved us so much that 474 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,900 he sent his only son to die from us, and you'll be got a world 475 00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:15,500 out there being Shipwrecked. And have we got the courage and 476 00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:19,700 boldness to say Jesus is here to save That is a challenge from to 477 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:22,000 want to. I'm going to pray and then we're 478 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:19,900 going to worship. That is a challenge from to want 479 00:28:19,900 --> 00:28:22,000 to. I'm going to pray and then we're 480 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:22,600 going to worship.