The Ministry of Hospitality

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The Ministry of Hospitality

• Josh Hunt, presenter

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I gotta tell someone!
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I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks,
both to the wise and the foolish. Romans 114
NIVFor I owe a great debt. Romans 114
Living
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After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax
collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax
booth. Follow me, Jesus said to him, and Levi
got up, left everything and followed him.
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Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his
house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and
others were eating with them. But the Pharisees
and the teachers of the law who belonged to their
sect complained to his disciples, Why do you eat
and drink with tax collectors and sinners?
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Jesus answered them, It is not the healthy who
need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to
call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 527-32 NIV
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How to Double a class

• Teach a half-way decent lesson each and every
  week, nothing less will do.
• Invite every member and every prospect to every
  fellowship every month.
• Give Friday Nights to Jesus.
• Encourage the group toward ministry.
• Reproduce your group.

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Get into the habit of inviting guests home for
dinner. Romans 1213 NLT
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Get into the habit of inviting guests home for
dinner. Romans 1213 NLT
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Get into the habit of inviting guests home for
dinner. Romans 1213 NLT
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Who to Invite

• Then he told the man who had invited him, When
  you invite people for lunch or dinner, dont
  invite only your friends. Luke 1412 (GW)
• Then Jesus said to his host, When you give a
  luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends.
  Luke 1412 NIV

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Who to Invite

• Then he told the man who had invited him, When
  you invite people for lunch or dinner, dont
  invite only your friends. Luke 1412 (GW)
• Then Jesus said to his host, When you give a
  luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends.
  Luke 1412 NIV

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Offer hospitality to one another without
grumbling.1 Peter 49 NIV
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Offer hospitality to one another without
grumbling.1 Peter 49 NIV
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We ought therefore to show hospitality to such
men so that we may work together for the truth.
3 John 18 NIV
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We ought therefore to show hospitality to such
men so that we may work together for the truth.
3 John 18 NIV
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There is an epidemic of loneliness in our culture.
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During the first two-thirds of the century
Americans took a more and more active role in the
social and political life of their communitiesin
churches and card tables and dinner tables.
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Year by year we gave more generously to charity,
we pitched in more often on community projects,
and we behaved in an increasingly trustworthy way
toward one another.
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Then, mysteriously and more or less
simultaneously, we began to do all these things
less often.
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Associations
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Unions
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P.T.A.
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Participation in Organizations
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Informal Socializing
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Clubs
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Card Playing
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Bowling Leagues
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People who are not in a group are twice as likely
to die in the next year as those who are in a
group.
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People who have strong social connections, but
poor health habits (eating, exercise, smoking,
etc.) are just as healthy as those with good
health habits but weak social connections.
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Better to eat Twinkies with friends than to eat
broccoli alone.-John Ortberg
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One study injected 270 people with a virus that
causes the common cold. Those with strong
social connections did not get as sick, did not
stay sick as long, and produced less mucus than
the less connected group.
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The epidemic of loneliness creates an opportunity
for us.
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If you want to double your class every two years
or less, dont invite people to class.
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Instead, invite them to the party.
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• How were you treated when you first visited this
  church (or some church)?
• What are 20 things you could do?
• Have you ever seen anything like this work
  before?
• What would you like to do about what you heard
  today?