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This is week 5 of our 5 week series, "Conversations About The Holy Spirit". Today's teaching, "The Spirit In Community", is by Pastor Keith Smith, Lead Pastor.

See below for a short article from Pastor Jonathan, teaching notes and announcements.

Welcome to a series that is going to encourage you to be talking about the person of the Holy Spirit. There are so many mysterious aspects, questions and often misrepresentations of who the Holy Spirit is and what the Holy Spirit does, in and through us, as we follow Jesus.

During our weekend gatherings and in our Community Groups, Pastor Keith Smith, Dr. Van Johnson and I will be inviting you into a conversation about the gifts of the Spirit, the baptism of the Spirit, the leading of the Spirit and an invitation to experience every life-giving aspect of the Spirit’s work and presence.

So join us with your questions, apprehensions and expectation as we embark on a conversation about the Holy Spirit!

Lead Pastor

1. CONTRIBUTE for the edification of others

“What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up."

~ 1 Corinthians 14:26

2. CONFINE your private worship to your private worship times

“Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you…I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children..."

~ 1 Corinthians 14:6,18-20a

3. CONSIDER the unbeliever and new people

“…inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind?”

~ 1 Corinthians 14:23b

ALREADY BE MINISTERING TO OTHERS

When you’re busy doing

the ALL, the Spirit can enable

you to do the SOME

ALWAYS BE OPEN TO GLORIFY JESUS

and Help Others

AUDIENCE - Ask who is this for?

- Me?

- Another person?

- Group (Leadership)?

- Church gathering?

LEADER has a responsibility to:

- Explain what is happening in a gathering

- Ensure what is happening

follows Bible’s guidelines

“Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.”

~ 1 Corinthians 14:29

EVERYONE has a responsibility

“Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.”

~ 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22

APPROPRIATE time and place

“If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.”

~ 1 Corinthians 14:28

“But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.”

~ 1 Corinthians 14:40

AFFIRMATION What is the Outcome?

“Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit”

~ 1 Corinthians 14:1

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- March 4: Holy Spirit Gathering | 5:30 pm

- March 12-16: 2018 March Break Camp

- March 25/26 - Worship Together Weekend

- March 28 - Young at Heart Lunch | 10:30 am

- March 30 - Good Friday Gatherings (9:30 am & 11:15 am)

- March 31- Easter Gathering (5:30 pm)

- April 1 - Easter Gathering (9:30 am & 11:15 am)

- April 11 - Alpha (first week) | 7 pm

- April 14 - Partner (membership class) | 9:30 am

- April 15 - Cathedral | 5:30 pm

- April 21 - Women's "A Nite at the Movies" | 7 pm

- April 25 - Young at Heart Lunch | 11:30 am

Thank you for joining us today!

We pray that you will have a wonderful week.