2. IMAGINE….

3. Question? If you had to describe the essence of church in a word or short phrase what would it be?

4. Bible Metaphors Body 1 Cor 12:13 Household Eph 3:19 Flock Acts 2:20 Field 1 Cor 3:9 Temple Eph 2:21 Eklessia= called out ones

5. Machine or Organism? Are we alive?

6. MRS GREN Heptagon Movement Respiration Sensitivity Growth Reproduction Excretion Nutrition

7. Movement Plants move in response to the sun. We should be moving in response to the son

8. Respiration We need to be breathing in God’s Spirit to release energy with in the church

9. Sensitivity Are we willing to change in response to our surroundings, culture, people’s needs, etc.

10. Growth Growth happens in seasons. What limits growth in the church?

11. Reproduction Have we forgotten God’s first command to man? “Be fruitful and increase in number.” (Gen 1:28)

12. Excretion Excretion is the removal of substances which were good but all nutrition from them has been used.

13. Nutrition Do you have a balanced Diet?

14. DNA Question What would you say the DNA of ‘church’ is?

15. Cells - DNA 3 Strands of Cell DNA Love God Matt 22:37 Love Others Matt 22:39 Be Disciple making Disciples Matt 28:19-20

16. Cell Values All Involved Becoming Disciples Creating Community Doing Evangelism Encountering God

17. Cell Meetings Welcome Worship Word Witness