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Paul Heier (Mission Hispana) comes to visit us today in our new building! He encourages us in our new ministry opporitunites, speaks to us about the uncomfortable things God can sometimes call us to do and shares some of the ministry Mission Hispana has been doing in Nicaragua.

How can we learn to be spiritually strong when we feel weak so often?

Helen Watts comes to us from the U.K. and unpacks Ecclesiastes 3:5. Just as the LORD instructed Joshua to gather stones as they passed through the Jordan River, Helen encourages us to gather "stones" in the midst of what God is doing to create "monuments" of God's faithfulness in our own lives.

Paul had confidence in the ministry God had given him because of these two things: 1) he knew and nurtured the word God had spoken over his life and 2) he was continually filled with the Spirit.

God is one who releases His people into ministry, that we might find satisfaction in Him. This releasing is not just FROM one thing, but also releasing INTO another.

How John's Gospel shows the centrality of Christ in all creation.

Alan Scotland (Lifelink International), Dave Prince (Living Word
Church - Chicago), and John Tancock (Swansea, UK) join Rick Miller to set in
Joey Noffsinger as an elder. Dave speaks an encouragement to the church
here in Memphis to grow, Alan speaks encouragment to Joey as he steps
into this new role in our church and then all the elders gather around
Joey to pray over him and commision him for service.

This is the first installment of a two part series discussing empowerment within the context of community, by examining the role of the Holy Spirit in both the Old and New testaments.

Equipping: Being a community that unlocks one another.

Pastoring:  Being a community with the shepherd heart
of God.