1. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.

3. “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” John 17:20-23 I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one – I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

4. Why is unity so important to God? “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” When we recognise we have a common enemy, we unite We pray for unity: So that, God is glorified and our community will know that God sent Jesus

5. First Reason We pray for unity because we desperately need each other “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” Romans 12:4-5 “ Each of us has one body with many parts. And the parts do not all have the same purpose. So also we are many persons. But in Christ we are one body. And each part of the body belongs to all the other parts.”

6. Second Reason We pray for unity because the world will see God's love “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” vs.17 "Accept one another just as Christ accepted you in order to bring praise to God." “accept” = (Greek) προσλαμβάνω [proslambanō] when you accept someone fully you receive them into your arms walking hand in hand with a brother or sister

7. Second Reason We pray for unity because the world will see God's love “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

8. Third Reason We pray for unity because we can do more together than we can do apart “May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” The local church is the hope of the world There are no Lone Rangers for Jesus The world is sick and tired of hearing about the love of Jesus, they want to see it

10. OUR MISSION: To guide those far from God into the new start found in Jesus Christ.