Worship: To allow everyone, from those completely unfamiliar with HOW to worship to those who love worship, to engage more fully in worship. Holy Spirit: To allow more space for the Holy Spirit to move during service by providing better opportunities for prophetic ministry. Flexibility: To allow for more coordination between all the “parts” of Sunday morning (worship, teaching, prayer ministry, etc) from week to week and series to series and adjust the service as the teams feel led. Upcoming changes on Sunday Format

Children & Youth: A Window of Opportunity

Three Stories God’s, Yours and Theirs

Mark 10:13-16 People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” 16 And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.

Matthew 18:1-8 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. 6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

1. Become like children 2. Welcome children 3. Don't trip up children 4.Tell and Celebrate God Stories

*The Bible’s God stories Psalm 119:46-49 I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame 47 for I delight in your commands because I love them. 48 I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.’ Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the L ORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by the streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither-what ever you do prospers Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the L ORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by the streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither-what ever you do prospers.

*The Bible’s God stories Deuteronomy 11:18-21 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the L ORD swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.

Deuteronomy 7: But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. 19 You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear *Your Own God Stories

*Children’s God stories

1. Become like children 2. Welcome children 3. Don't trip up children 4. Tell and Celebrate God Stories God’s yours and theirs