1. Just to know You and to make You known We lift Your name on high Shine like the sun make darkness run and hide We know we were made for so much more Than ordinary lives It's time for us to more than just survive We were made to thrive

2. Continuing the Work Begun! Acts 1:1-8 Pastor Bob Baker THE BIG IDEA: We were created not just to survive, but to THRIVE by the power of the Holy Spirit and continue the work begun!

3. Continuing the Work Begun! Acts 1:1-8 Pastor Bob Baker #1. Jesus began the work! (vs. 1) #2. Acts marks the transition between Jesus’ earthly ministry His heavenly ministry. (vs. 2, 10-11) #3. We cannot do the work God has called us to do apart from the Holy Spirit! (vs. 4-5)

4. Continuing the Work Begun! Acts 1:1-8 Pastor Bob Baker #4. We cannot allow distractions from the mission at hand! (vs. 6-7) #5. God has equipped us to be His witnesses in our spheres of influence. (vs. 8)

5. JESUS “To Know Him and to Make Him Known” “To Know Him and to Make Him Known” A.B. Simpson “A Christ Center Acts 1:8 Family” “A Christ Center Acts 1:8 Family” John Stumbo OUR PURPOSE: Partnering with God to Develop people into joyful, influential followers of Jesus! OUR VISION: To strive to provide an Environment of Transformation where … God’s Presence & Power Discipleship Family … intersect to develop people who are equipped and sent to do God’s mission! People who THRIVE!

6. Christ in Me Our Spheres of Influence Acts 1:8 Style! Jerusalem Judea Samaria The World

7. “There is no believer whom the Son of God does not require to be his witness. In what place, at what time, with what degree of frequency, in what manner, and to what extent, we ought to profess our faith, cannot easily be determined by a fixed rule: but we must consider the occasion, that not one of us may fail to discharge his duty at the proper time.” - John Calvin Continuing the Work Begun! Acts 1:1-8 Pastor Bob Baker

8. Continuing the Work Begun! Acts 1:1-8 Pastor Bob Baker THE BIG IDEA: We were created not just to survive, but to THRIVE by the power of the Holy Spirit and continue the work begun!