Last night we had an incredible turn out for a2's Dream Team Huddle. Wow!
I'm including the extended notes from last night's session below... We talked about our priorities for the next six months - one year... We also conducted a pretty extensive live interactive poll with real time results via polleverywhere.com.
If your church or organization is looking for instant polling results and something that turned into a fun experience for us, check out polleverywhere.com. Special thanks to three technical gurus who helped to pull the poll off: David Jacks, Dan Butcher and Zack Butcher. You guys are amazing!
We followed the "huddle" up with a2's own Sundae's On Sunday Ice Cream Bar. Teddie Butcher knocked it out of the park on this one! Thanks, Teddie.
Great job to everyone who was involved. Thank you so much!
With that said, here are the extended notes from last evening's session.
a2's Dream Team Huddle
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Our Priorities As We Take The Field:
1. Worship that touches the heart of God.
a2 Core Value - God First: We call it worship. It’s about expressing our love and devotion to God. It’s responding to all that God is with all that we are. We want to honor God in everything we do by worshipping passionately, praying intensely, living with integrity and always doing our best (Matt 22:36-37; Col 3:17, 23; Mal 1:6-14).
1 Peter 2:9 (NIV), But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Malachi 1:6-8 (MSG), “Isn’t it true that a son honors his father and a worker his master? So if I’m your Father, where’s the honor? If I’m your Master, where’s the respect?” God-of-the-Angel-Armies is calling you on the carpet: “You priests despise me!
“You say, ‘Not so! How do we despise you?’
“By your shoddy, sloppy, defiling worship.
“You ask, ‘What do you mean, “defiling”? What’s defiling about it?’ 7 “When you say, ‘The altar of God is not important anymore; worship of God is no longer a priority,’ that’s defiling. 8 And when you offer worthless animals for sacrifices in worship, animals that you’re trying to get rid of—blind and sick and crippled animals—isn’t that defiling? Try a trick like that with your banker or your senator—how far do you think it will get you?” God-of-the-Angel-Armies asks you."
2. Prayer that storms the gates of hell.
a2 Core Value - Pray Hard: We will pray like everything depends on God and work like everything depends on us (Eph 6:19-20; Col 4:2-6).
Colossians 4:2 (NLT), Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
Colossians 4:2 (ESV), Continue steadfastly in prayer…
Colossians 4:3-4 (ESV), At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison--4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
“…history belongs to the intercessors…History belongs to those who will believe and pray the future into being…” ~ Walter Wink
2 Thessalonians 3:1 (MSG), Pray that the Master’s Word will simply take off and race through the country to a groundswell of response, just as it did among you…
3. Gutsy leadership that pursues the heart and purposes of God, regardless of what a poll indicates, conventional wisdom dictates, or what religious traditionalism it infuriates.
4. Relationships that move people past cheap sentimentalism, but that ignite spiritual growth, personal transformation and revival in the lives of those who are courageous enough to invest in them.
Acts 2:44-47 (NLT), And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. 45 They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. 46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord's Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity— 47 all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.
a2 Core Value - Love and Acceptance: We love and accept people unconditionally, right where they are, no strings attached, and lead them to the healing and wholeness available in Jesus Christ (Rom 15:7; Jn 13:34-35; Matt 2:15).
a2 Core Value - Everyone Belongs: We were made to do life together. We believe that lasting life change, personal transformation and spiritual growth best occur in the context of authentic, life-giving relationships (Acts 2:42, 46-47; 1 Jn 4:7-13).
5. A missionary mindset that challenges us to do more than chill out “under the sound of chapel bells, “ but motivates us to “run a mission a yard from the gates of hell.”
See Steve Camp's contemporary Christian classic: "Run To The Battle."
Luke 5:31-32 (NLT), Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor-sick people do. I have come to call sinners to turn from their sins, not to spend my time with those who think they are already good enough.
a2 Core Value - Love and Acceptance: We love and accept people unconditionally, right where they are, no strings attached, and lead them to the healing and wholeness available in Jesus Christ (Rom 15:7; Jn 13:34-35; Matt 2:15).
a2 Core Value - People Matter: People matter to God and they ought to matter to us. We reach out to people who haven’t experienced a relationship with God and invite them into the adventure of a personal relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ (Lk 5:30-32; 15; Matt 18:14; 28:19-20).
6. An amazing team that is so committed to God’s purpose and plan for the church that it’s willing to invest the “sweat equity” necessary to see the purpose and plan of God “blow up” in our church and community.
a2 Core Value - Make A Difference: We believe that God has given every individual some amazing gifts. We champion the gifts, talents and abilities of every individual and challenge them to use these gifts to honor God by serving others and making a difference in our community and world (Mk 10:45; 1 Cor 12, 14; Rom 12; Eph 4; 1 Pet 4:10).
1 Peter 4:10 (ESV), As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace…
What You Can Do To Take The Field:
• Engage your mind.
• Believe with your heart. Get pumped up about God’s activity!
“God dwells in a state of perpetual enthusiasm. He is delighted with all that is good and lovingly concerned about all that is wrong. He pursues His labors always in a fullness of holy zeal. No wonder the Spirit came at Pentecost as a sound of a rushing mighty wind and sat in tongues of fire on every forehead… Whatever else happened at Pentecost, one thing that cannot be missed by the most casual observer was the sudden upsurging of moral enthusiasm. Those first disciples burned with a steady, inward fire. They were enthusiastic to the point of complete abandon.” ~ A.W. Tozer – Of God and Men
• Pray like crazy.
2 Thessalonians 3:1 (MSG), Pray that the Master’s Word will simply take off and race through the country to a groundswell of response, just as it did among you…
• Connect in a Small Group.
- Summer Dinners for Eight (Leaders Sign Up Immediately)
- New Small Groups Kick Off in August
• Just do something!
Isaiah 54:2-5 (MSG), Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. 3 You're going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You're going to take over whole nations; you're going to resettle abandoned cities. 4 Don't be afraid--you're not going to be embarrassed. Don't hold back--you're not going to come up short. You'll forget all about the humiliations of your youth, and the indignities of being a widow will fade from memory. 5 For your Maker is your bridegroom, his name, GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies! Your Redeemer is The Holy of Israel, known as God of the whole earth.
Ephesians 3:20-21 (MSG), God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.
21Glory to God in the church!
Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus!
Glory down all the generations!
Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!
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