Join us on Sunday morning at 9:15am or 11am when Ian Winter will be looking further at The Vision for Fulwood Free Methodist Church, particularly looking into the ‘how’ of the vision.
BSL interpretation will be available at the 9:15am service.
The 11am service will be live streamed – link at the end of this post.
Our children and young people’s groups will meet at both services as follows:
Sparks for pre-school children aged 2-4 in the Prayer Chapel.
Energize for children in Reception to year 6 in Oak.
Ignite for young people in school years 7-11 in Cypress.
A creche area is available in the coffee lounge for parents/carers with children under the age of 2.
In the evening service at 6:30pm, we will be focusing on praying for the CREED vision. We would encourage you to come as we cover the future of FFMC in prayer.
Ian Winter continues our series looking at the future vision of Fulwood Free Methodist Church.
In this talk Ian is looking at the vision acrostic CREED and the various Bible Verses that highlight God’s heart for us.
Ian uses several Bible verses in this talk, so we’ve outlined them for you below:
Our Vision Statement:
We exist to:
Celebrate God’s Kingdom by reaching people with His message, establishing them as members in His family, equipping them to Christ-like maturity, and deploying them for ministry and mission in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Celebrate
‘From them will proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who celebrate. And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished; I will also honour them and they will not be insignificant.” Jeremiah 30:19
“O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together.” Psalm 34:3 (RSV)
“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the Lord’s house.’” Psalm 122:1 (GN)
“…let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again.” Luke 15:23-24
The Kingdom of God is a party: “And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king, who gave a wedding party for his son…’” Matthew 22:1-2
“For the kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Romans 14:17
Reach
“He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters.” Psalm 18:16, (NLT)
“So, reach out and welcome one another to God’s glory. Jesus did it; now you do it! Jesus, staying true to God’s purposes, reached out in a special way to the Jewish insiders so that the old ancestral promises would come true for them.” Romans 15:7-8 (MSG)
“Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.” Matthew 8:3 (NIV)
“So that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world as you hold out the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you…” Philippians 2: 15-17
“The most important thing is that I complete my mission – the work the Lord gave me to do – to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.” Acts 20:24 (NCV)
“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV)
“You will be my witnesses in …” Acts 1:8 (NIV)
Establish
“And so were the churches established in the faith and increased in number daily.” Acts 16:5
“You are a member of God’s very own family and you belong in God’s household with every other Christian.” Ephesians 2:19 (LB)
“because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,” Philippians 1:5
“And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever… and let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.” 2 Samuel 7:16, 26
“He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.” Psalms 40:2
“In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.” Isaiah 54:14
“In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” Romans 12:5
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. Psalm 92:12
Equip
“to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, to a position of strength and maturity” Ephesians 4:12 (LB)
“…so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:17 (NIV)
“Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.” Hebrews 13:20-21 (BSB)
“building up the church, the body of Christ, to a position of strength and maturity until all become full grown in the Lord.” Ephesians 4:13 (LB)
“Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; educate a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.” Proverbs 9:9
“Our greatest wish and prayer is that you will become mature Christians.” 2 Corinthians 13:9 (LB)
Deploy
“The Lord then recruited and deployed seventy more disciples. He sent them ahead, in teams of two, to visit all the towns and settlements between them and Jerusalem.” Luke 10:1 (The Voice)
“to prepare God’s people for the work of ministry, so that the body of Christ may be built up.” Ephesians 4:12 (NIV)
“We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10
Join us on Sunday morning at 9:15am or 11am, and Sunday evening at 6:30pm as we begin to look at The Vision for Fulwood Free Methodist Church with or Senior Pastor Ian Winter.
BSL interpretation will be available at the 9:15am service.
The 11am service will be live streamed with the link below.
Our children and young people’s groups will meet at both services as follows:
Sparks for pre-school children aged 2-4 in the Prayer Chapel.
Energize for children in Reception to year 6 in Oak.
Ignite for young people in school years 7-11 in Cypress.
A creche area is available in the coffee lounge for parents/carers with children under the age of 2.
We are really looking forward to meeting on Sunday 1st January 2023 to begin a New Year together.
We will be meeting at 10:00am when our speaker will be Ian Winter who will be looking at how we put Jesus at the Centre of our lives.
There isn’t any Energize or Ignite for our children or young people this week.
This service will be an in-person only service and there will be no evening service on 1st January.
Advanced notice: From the 8th January 2023 we will be restarting two Sunday morning services one at 9:15am and one at 11:00am. Energize and Ignite will be available at both services.
Carols by Candlelight is highlight for many and it’s this Sunday. Join us for refreshments from 5:30pm, we’ll be starting at 6:30pm. We are expecting to be full for this one, so please come early and we’ll get you seated.
Before that though join us at 10am on Sunday morning when we will be continuing our Advent series, ‘Peace on Earth?’. Ian Winter will be speaking on ‘Peace in a War-Torn World’ and the Bible reading is Luke 2:9-16.
The service will be both in-person and live streamed.
At 10am our children meet as follows:
Sparks for pre-school children aged 2-4 in the Prayer Chapel.
Energize for children in Reception to year 6 in Oak.
Ignite for young people in school years 7-11 in Cypress.
A creche area is available in the coffee lounge for parents/carers with children under the age of 2.
Please join us for our traditional carol service, ‘Carols by Candlelight’ on Sunday evening. Refreshments will be served from 5:30pm prior to the service starting at 6:30pm.
