“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes”

Mission & PurposeTo lead and enable those committed to the Church to achieve its Holy Spirit inspired vision and objectives• Vision and Direction • Developing Teamwork• Build Faith & Maturity• Numerical Growth• Represent the church

We see things differentlyDuck or a Rabbit?• Backgrounds &

Experiences• Personalities• Motivations &

Desires• Ambitions

Technical stuffExegesis• critical explanation or

interpretation of a text • what it meant thenHermeneutics • interpretation of what a text

means to the reader• what it means nowTheology• “reasoning or discussion

concerning the Deity” – St. Augustine of Hippo

• we begin to understand God through His word and through other people

2 Timothy 3:16-17 (TNIV)

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that all God’s people may be thoroughly equipped for every good work”• Teaching – learning and impartation of

understanding• Rebuking – discipline and censure when error

occurs • Correcting – remedies and improvement • Training – on-going development and application• Leads to action – equipped for every good work

Small Beginnings“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand” Zechariah 4:10 (NLT)“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life”Proverbs 13:12 (NIVUK)

ApplicationSeek confirmation “The man who tries to walk two roads, splits

his pants” No-one is an overnight success but you have

to start! “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask

God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you”James 1:5 (NIVUK)

Develop a support network Encouragers and Accountability “Two people are better off than one, for they

can help each other succeed” Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NLT)

ApplicationStand in faith and believe God’s word Hebrews 1:6 “without faith it’s impossible to

please God” “because anyone who comes to him must

believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him”

“the Lord rejoices to see the work begin” Zechariah 4:10

Trust in God’s strength “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel:

‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty”

Zechariah 4:6 (NIVUK)