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Deuteronomy 6 [Deu 6:1-2 NIV] 1 These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life.

[Deu 6:3-5 NIV] 3 Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you. 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

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[Deu 6:6-8 NIV] 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

[Deu 6:8-10 NIV] 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. 10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you--a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,

[Deu 6:11-13 NIV] 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant--then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 13 Fear the LORD your God, serve him only…

2. Higher Focus On Kids’ Activities 3. More Travel 10 Reasons - Church Attenders Are Attending Church Less Often - Carey Nieuwhof 1. Greater Affluence 2. Higher Focus On Kids’ Activities 3. More Travel 4. Blended And Single Parent Families 5. Online Options

Ten reasons - Carey Nieuwhof 6. The Cultural Disappearance Of Guilt 7. Self-Directed Spirituality 8. Failure To See A Direct Benefit 9. Valuing Attendance Over Engagement 10. A Massive Culture Shift

15 Characteristics Of Today's Unchurched Person - Carey Nieuwhof 1. They don’t all have big ‘problems.’ 2. They feel less guilty than you think. 3. Occasional is regular. 4. Most are spiritual. 5. They are not sure what “Christian” means.

6. You can’t call them back to something they never knew. 7 6. You can’t call them back to something they never knew. 7. Many have tried church, even a little, but left. 8. Something is generous. 9. They want you to be Christian. 10. They’re intelligent, so speak to that.

11. They hate hypocrisy. 12. They love transparency. 13 11. They hate hypocrisy. 12. They love transparency. 13. They invite their friends if they like what they’re discovering. 14. Their spiritual growth trajectory varies dramatically. 15. Some want to be anonymous and some don’t.

A warning from the 1930’s

[Matthew 24:21-22 NIV] 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. 22 "If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

Remember what it has taken to have what we have This facility Our restoration history Our autonomy – Freedom is not free

Remember what you are up against [Ephesis 6:12 NIV] 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Where from here? We have meet and it was the determination of the body that this work should continue Hold fast