Elements City Church
Why Church? week 3 - Equipped to Serve
One of the purposes that must mark the Church is that God’s people would be people who SERVE others. We’ve each been gifted by God and called to discover and develop our gifting. We seek to be people who serve because we follow a Savior who serves. We each have a contribution to make and we’ve been equipped and called. Living a life of serving others is a non-negotiable for a follower of Jesus and it's part of the fuel that moves the Church forward.
Locations & Times
Elements City Church
1825 N Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85712, USA
Sunday 5:00 PM
Welcome to Elements City Church!
Whether you're on-site or online, we are praying that tonight will be an encouragement to you! If you're new and want to get connected, we'd love to hep you do so! Click the link below to fill out our Connection Card.
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If you have a prayer request you'd like our Elders and Prayer Team to pray for, click the link below to share it with us.
https://share.fluro.io/form/6329f633da0feb00250cbd5fThe aim behind this series is to drill down a bit on our mission as a slice of the Kingdom of God known as a church called Elements.
Mission statement:
Elements City Church is an inviting community of Jesus followers, commissioned by the gospel to make disciples by cultivating relationships that reflect the love of Christ.
We are one church within the global Church that Jesus established and launched that has a mission of making God known and brining His good into the world. The Church has 5 key pillars that flow from the Great Commandment and Great Commission given us by Jesus (see Matthew 22:34-40 and 28:18-20):
- Fellowship
- Worship
- Serving
- Discipleship
- Evangelism
Mission statement:
Elements City Church is an inviting community of Jesus followers, commissioned by the gospel to make disciples by cultivating relationships that reflect the love of Christ.
We are one church within the global Church that Jesus established and launched that has a mission of making God known and brining His good into the world. The Church has 5 key pillars that flow from the Great Commandment and Great Commission given us by Jesus (see Matthew 22:34-40 and 28:18-20):
- Fellowship
- Worship
- Serving
- Discipleship
- Evangelism
TRUTH:
Living a life of serving others is a non-negotiable for a follower of Jesus.
Living a life of serving others is a non-negotiable for a follower of Jesus.
You’ve been called to serve by a Savior that serves.
And you’ve been equipped to serve.
Passages like 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12 and Ephesians 4 and also briefly in 1 Peter 4 unpack that as a believer in Jesus, you've been given some spiritual gifts that are meant to be discovered and developed.
And you’ve been equipped to serve.
Passages like 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12 and Ephesians 4 and also briefly in 1 Peter 4 unpack that as a believer in Jesus, you've been given some spiritual gifts that are meant to be discovered and developed.
Spiritual gifts list and assessment info
Lifeway has some resources that you can do on your own to help you discover your spiritual gifting and begin to develop it more in the moments ahead... click this link and then you'll see the available resources.
https://www.lifeway.com/en/articles/women-leadership-spiritual-gifts-growth-serviceQuote:
“When we employ our spiritual gifts others benefit. Others are encouraged. Others gain fresh hope. And interestingly, so do we!”
-Charles Swindoll
We each have a role to play – a contribution to make!
Ministry is not just for the "professionals" -- it is for every disciple.
“When we employ our spiritual gifts others benefit. Others are encouraged. Others gain fresh hope. And interestingly, so do we!”
-Charles Swindoll
We each have a role to play – a contribution to make!
Ministry is not just for the "professionals" -- it is for every disciple.
We’ve been fitted together and assembled to play our part for the good of the Body of Christ - the CHURCH.
We need each other! We each have a part to play!
see how Apostle Paul describes the church like members of the body... 1Corinthians 12
We need each other! We each have a part to play!
see how Apostle Paul describes the church like members of the body... 1Corinthians 12
A God-changed life is a God-gifted life, and gifts are meant to be shared.
We are each SENT as active agents for God and his good in the world.
To BE SERVED is the honor that our culture pushes and promotes.
To SERVE others is the honor that Jesus exemplifies.
We are each SENT as active agents for God and his good in the world.
To BE SERVED is the honor that our culture pushes and promotes.
To SERVE others is the honor that Jesus exemplifies.
Quote:
One thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
-Albert Schweitzer, missionary doctor (1875-1965)
One thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
-Albert Schweitzer, missionary doctor (1875-1965)
The practice of serving is to mark our lives as followers of Jesus.
In a world that pushes us to seek ‘being served’, live as one looking for ways to serve others.
MAKE SERVING A LIFESTYLE & HABIT:
-5 Minute Favors - (serving doesn't have to be grand and huge endeavors)
-Join a SERVE Team here at Elements (serve once a month to help set the table for others to experience Church)
-SERVE WEEKEND is coming February 8th and 9th, 2025
Saturday the 8th:
Food Distribution and campus cleaning 8am-10am
Feed My Starving Children meal packing at OVCN church 2pm-4pm
ABCS Pregnancy Center (landscaping/clothes sorting) 3pm-5pm
Sunday the 9th:
Work Day projects at Catalina High School 930am-1130am
SIGN UP FOR THESE EVENTS IN THE APP OR ONLINE TODAY!
*reminder we will NOT be having in person church service on Sunday the 9th; we WILL have an online service via YouTube anytime that day. Enjoy doing a Super Bowl party with your Egroup, family or friends that evening. And we'll be back to normal Sunday gathering @ 5pm - February 16th as we begin a brand new series.
In a world that pushes us to seek ‘being served’, live as one looking for ways to serve others.
MAKE SERVING A LIFESTYLE & HABIT:
-5 Minute Favors - (serving doesn't have to be grand and huge endeavors)
-Join a SERVE Team here at Elements (serve once a month to help set the table for others to experience Church)
-SERVE WEEKEND is coming February 8th and 9th, 2025
Saturday the 8th:
Food Distribution and campus cleaning 8am-10am
Feed My Starving Children meal packing at OVCN church 2pm-4pm
ABCS Pregnancy Center (landscaping/clothes sorting) 3pm-5pm
Sunday the 9th:
Work Day projects at Catalina High School 930am-1130am
SIGN UP FOR THESE EVENTS IN THE APP OR ONLINE TODAY!
*reminder we will NOT be having in person church service on Sunday the 9th; we WILL have an online service via YouTube anytime that day. Enjoy doing a Super Bowl party with your Egroup, family or friends that evening. And we'll be back to normal Sunday gathering @ 5pm - February 16th as we begin a brand new series.
Almost every miracle Jesus did, He did it because He let Himself be interrupted. Almost all the ministry He did, He did it because He allowed Himself to be interrupted. Are you interruptible? Because experience shows us: a lot of serving opportunities will spring up from interruptions…
motto from John Wesley:
“Do all the good you can by all the means you can by all the ways you
can in all the places you can and at all the times you can to all the people you can as long as you ever can.”
That, my friends, is the greatness that Jesus pointed to with his earliest disciples back in the gospel of Mark chapter 10
43 But it is not so among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Who can you SERVE this week?
“Do all the good you can by all the means you can by all the ways you
can in all the places you can and at all the times you can to all the people you can as long as you ever can.”
That, my friends, is the greatness that Jesus pointed to with his earliest disciples back in the gospel of Mark chapter 10
43 But it is not so among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all. 45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Who can you SERVE this week?
Thank you for your financial partnership!
Thank you for giving your tithes and offerings. It serves people and enables us to be the church, and fuels the mission of Elements City Church. Our capacity to function as a church on a daily basis is directly impacted by your support, and we are so grateful for it! You can give online at the link below, or through the Elements City Church app.
http://elementscitychurch.org/giveAren't you glad you came to church tonight?!
We hope you've been refreshed and reinvigorated by the Holy Spirit in worshipping with us tonight.
Next Sunday we continue our series, Why Church?, looking at the five purposes of the Church and the responsibility that falls on every believer in helping the Church fulfill Her purposes. See you then!
The Nerd Out is back! New episodes are posted to our YouTube channel Monday afternoons going deeper into the messages from the weekend, giving you a tool for discipleship to help you on the go. Check it out!
We hope you've been refreshed and reinvigorated by the Holy Spirit in worshipping with us tonight.
Next Sunday we continue our series, Why Church?, looking at the five purposes of the Church and the responsibility that falls on every believer in helping the Church fulfill Her purposes. See you then!
The Nerd Out is back! New episodes are posted to our YouTube channel Monday afternoons going deeper into the messages from the weekend, giving you a tool for discipleship to help you on the go. Check it out!
How can we pray for you this week?
If you have a prayer request you'd like our Elders and Prayer Team to pray for, click the link below to share it with us.
https://share.fluro.io/form/6329f633da0feb00250cbd5f