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Missio Dei
All around us, we see the effects of the fall. Broken lives. Addictive behaviors. Wrecked marriages. Abusive relationships. Oppression. Injustice. Job uncertainty. Foreclosures. It’s into this broken world that Jesus comes.
Jesus is on a mission to renew all things. He is working through His people to bring transformation into a fallen world. He is seeking a people who will join Him in restoring the brokenness in our lives, in our communities, and around the world. For Jesus to restore the brokenness through us, we will have to readjust our lives around the life, mission, and teaching of Jesus.
What if we began to truly show God’s love through our everyday lives to a world we know God loves? What if we really had a dynamic vision for serving the broken people around us? What if we joined together with other Christ-followers in community and learned to develop new ways of life that helped us join God in His mission? What if we really served and loved in a way that we actually begin to see Jesus transform lives, families, and communities?
Missio Dei is a practical study in Luke 9-10. It is designed to help you join Jesus in His mission. It will help you build life-long practices that will give you joy as you participate in Missio Dei, the mission of God.
During the early fall at CVC, we will spend some time discussing three topics that are very important.
Community Groups Pastor Gary Nave shares about the need to connect in community. Co-teaching Pastor Chad Allen shares about the opportunities that are offered for our families through various ministries at CVC. And Lead Pastor Rick Duncan shares on the tenth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001.
Join us as we address these important milestones in the history of CVC.
In the Bible, a little book in the Old Testament carries a big message that is relevant for today. It was written by a man of God named Joel.
Sounding like he’s taken a page out of our headlines, Joel deals with the current events of his day like massive natural disaster, nations at war, and questions about the end of time.
Through it all, Joel seeks to answer the questions, “What is God doing in the midst of this seemingly pointless chaos?” “How now shall we live?” “Will God restore what we’ve lost?” “Can we once again experience an outpouring of God’s Spirit and blessing?”
Maybe your calamity has been personal, family, career, or community-wide. Maybe you are wondering if there can ever again be a restoration and an outpouring of blessing for your life. The message of Joel is that there’s hope for you.
Outpour :: Summer 2011
We know that Jesus changes everything for the better. Yet if we’re honest, most of us feel uneasy talking to others about Jesus. We have the idea that helping someone come to know Him means trying to convert strangers with memorized tactics.
God is the One who changes lives. Our privilege is to develop friendships with others as we listen to, then tell stories that will guide them into a relationship with the God who transforms lives.
Aren’t we all intrigued by stories? Let’s discover the stories of people around us, connecting our story with theirs, then sharing the story of Jesus in a way that leaves them wanting to know more.
Stories – What is theirs? What is yours? How about the story of Jesus? Woven together, they change everything for the better.
This weekend’s services are called “cvcPulse” because we’re taking a church-wide spiritual check-up.
We’re going to celebrate what God has done to change lives in the past few months at CVC. We’re also going to anticipate some of what we are asking God to do to change lives in the next few months at CVC. Finally, we’re going to give you opportunity to participate in what God is doing here at CVC as we seek to help each other grow to be passionate followers of Christ who love God, one another, and the world.
Jesus, I’m coming to You because I know I need to forgive. I know that can’t forgive on my own. I don’t have the grace in me to forgive on my own. So, I am bringing the hurt to You and laying it all at Your feet.
Please heal me from the inside out. I want to let go of this. Change my heart, O God.
Thank you Lord, for loving me and forgiving me. Thank You for supernaturally enabling me to forgive by the power of Your Holy Spirit. And thank You, Jesus, for setting me free.
Can you pray this prayer? Do you want to experience this forgiveness?
You can ... Forgive!
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