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Part 1: Function & Calling of The Church

May 2, 2021 • Cami Wittwer

The Church, like many things, has a variety of systems that are designed to help it function. The body wouldn't function at its optimal level without a healthy circulatory system. Likewise, The Church is the most effective when it's members are operating in all of the gifts the Lord has designed us with. Lose or neglect one and the Church becomes less effective.

This week, Pastor Cami begins a new series on the Gifts of the Son and how we work together to advance the Kingdom of God on Earth.

Part 7: Teacher

June 27, 2021 • Mike Foell

Sometimes the most profound things in life are the simplest. That's easy to lose sight of when we think about teaching. We think of vast knowledge or deep wells of wisdom. These are good things, but without the ability to communicate and transmit those things they do not constitute the gift of teaching on their own. Pastor Mike finishes our series on the Gifts of the Son with a look first at what the teaching gift is not, then what it is. Finally he leaves us with action steps on how to respond to those with the gift of teaching as hearers of God's Word.

Part 6: Shepherd

June 13, 2021 • Mike Foell

Not an office, not the responsibility of the select few in vocational ministry, we're all called to care for those around us. That is the very role of the pastor (or shepherd) in the Church. While some are more gifted to do this well, we're all charged with the responsibility. Pastor Mike continues our series through the Gifts of the Son with the Gift of the Shepherd and what that means practically in each of our lives.

Part 5: Evangelist

June 6, 2021 • Cami Wittwer

What do you think of when you hear the word "evangelist"? Maybe people like Billy Graham and Greg Laurie? Maybe people handing out Bible tracts or standing on street corners with bull horns? Like much of our conversation around Divine Placement and the five-fold ministry, we have painted a cultural picture of the evangelist that isn't what the Bible says. Pastor Cami opens up the text to see how the evangelist functions in the Church and how the evangelistic gift plays out in our day-to-day lives.