Believing, Behaving and Belonging

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Believing, Behaving and Belonging New
Relationships Philippians 219-30
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ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF J. MACFARLANE Drowned in
the water of Leith BY A FEW AFFECTIONATE FRIENDS
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No greater love hath a man than this, that he lay
down his friends for his life!
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• Friendships are hard to find
• Today a man discovered gold and fame,
• Another flew the stormy seas,
• Another saw an unamed world aflame,
• One found the germs of a disease.
• But what high fates my paths attend
• For I today I found a friend.

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• Paul, Timothy and Epaphroditus
• Paul strict, highly educated
• Timothy young, from a mixed marriage
• Epaphroditus convert, local leader
• YET
• Brothers in Christ

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• Three Hall marks of Christian Relationships
• 1. Love
• Where is true JOY found?
• Jesus first
• Others second
• You last

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Three Hall marks of Christian Relationships 2. V
ision v 21 the cause of Jesus Christ v 22 the
work of the gospel
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• OUR PURPOSE
• ...taking our commission from Jesus to 'go make
  disciples' we are
• Passionate about loving God - called to worship
• Committed to loving one another - called to
  community
• Convinced of the urgency of loving all in God's
  world - called to mission
• At St. Pauls we believe that God calls us to
  love,
• fills us with his Spirit and challenges us to
  go!
• Our purpose commits us to discovering new ways of
  being Gods Church for the 21st Century and to
  fulfilling his plans and purposes both in
  Dorking and across the world.

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• Three Hall marks of Christian Relationships
• 3. Risk!
• Openness, honesty vulnerability
• Jesus made himself vulnerable
• to his friends
• by this shall all men know that you
• are my disciples that you love one another.