1. Adapted from Sam Long Building a Contagious Church Be Contagious Leaders Connect People with Jesus and His Word We must be United

2. Adapted from Sam Long To Build a Contagious Church We Must Show We Care About People Practice the MMFINA Principle –M–M–M–Make –M–M–M–Me –F–F–F–Feel –I–I–I–Important –N–N–N–Needed, and –A–A–A–Accepted

3. Adapted from Sam Long Caring About People Paul Understood and Taught MMFINAPaul Understood and Taught MMFINA –1 Corinthians 12:22-26 –Romans 12:3-21

4. Adapted from Sam Long Caring About People The Appeal of GangsThe Appeal of Gangs –Gangs give a sense of importance –Gangs provide a sense of being needed –Gangs render acceptance The MMFINA PrincipleThe MMFINA Principle –sense of importance –sense of being needed –acceptance

5. Adapted from Sam Long Caring About People We Must...We Must... –Be sensitive to people’s needs – KINDNESS Col 3:12-13Col 3:12-13 –Encourage their work – Barnabas –Respect their feelings – To pride oneself in being frank may be a guise for pure meanness –Nurture their strengths – Promote and sustain their development 2 Tim 3:16-172 Tim 3:16-17

6. Adapted from Sam Long Caring About People Sympathy vs. EmpathySympathy vs. Empathy What is sympathy?What is sympathy? What is empathy?What is empathy? LemonsLemons

7. Adapted from Sam Long Building a Contagious Church Connect People with Jesus Be Contagious Leaders Be United Show that we Care About People