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

3. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” Proverbs 13:20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” Being independent, is to be distinctly non-Christian Material poverty Spiritual poverty Relational poverty

4. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them." Experiencing God in the context of a broader biblical community Relationally impoverishment - first reason - Increased Mobility The average Australian will move house once every 5 years Ages 20 to 30 move on average once every 3 years The ‘average’ Australian - http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4102.0Main+Features30April+2013

5. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” Relationally impoverishment - second reason - Modern Conveniences Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-conditioned World Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-conditioned World

6. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” Relationally impoverishment - third reason - Social Media “Social media is creating an epidemic of deferred loneliness” “Is Facebook Making Us Loney?” http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/308930 / We're going through life with 400 Facebook friends, and no one to really talk to, or reveal our hearts to

7. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” You might be one community away from changing the course of your future Acts 2:42-46 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts” This stuff doesn’t happen by accident!

8. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” You might be one community away from changing the course of your future first quality Refrigerator Rights second quality Flawed Feet Romans 15:7 “Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory.”

9. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” You might be one community away from changing the course of your future first quality Refrigerator Rights second quality Flawed Feet 2 Samuel 9:13 “And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table; he was lame in both feet.”

10. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” You might be one community away from changing the course of your future third quality We Fight Lions! 1 Peter 5:8 “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”

11. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” You might be one community away from changing the course of your future third quality We Fight Lions! 1 Peter 5:8 “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”

12. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” You might be one community away from changing the course of your future third quality We Fight Lions! Ephesians 6:10-18 “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 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. Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

13. “Show me your friends, and I'll show you your future.” You might be one community away from changing the course of your future third quality We Fight Lions! Christianity is not a playground, it’s a battleground John 13:35 “Everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.”

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