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

Negative perceptions• Rules | Regulations• Do’s but mainly don’ts• Requirements |

Commandments• It’s a place you go to

“Church is what people did before

we invented garden centres” – Victoria Wood

Labels• What do we stand for?• How would we describe what

we believe in?• Brand identityBelonging | Belief | BehaviourReal | Relevant | Relational

Acts 2 Baptismal Service3,000 @ 3 minutes each= 9,000 minutes= 150 hours= 12½ days

Acts 2:42-47 (TNIV)They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

• Devoted• Disciplined • Disciples• Committed to one another• Remember what Jesus has

done• Prayerful• Open to the Holy Spirit• Sacrificial• Live out their faith every

day• Appreciative and

authentic• Worshippers• Respected in the

community• Attractive to others

Ephesians 2:19-22 (NIVUK)Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow-citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.We are church