Alive Teaching Series: Ecclesia – Reclaiming the Church
Sermon recap – Invitation from Jesus that leads to Salvation always includes compassion, generosity and humility. Used Luke 19:1-10 as reference.
Sermon length – 30 min
Worship Set list – We will worship you, Reign in us, Glorious One
The jist – Through this series I want to reclaim what the church was supposed to be and debunk what it has become for many of us. Last week we concentrated on the need to tell the story of Jesus and this week was about denying our selfishness to allow the invitation of Jesus to soak into our hearts. Then and only then will true life change take place. Zacchaeus climbed the tree = Jesus is impressed with desperation. There is no such thing as a selfish Christian. I then challenged the students to become the church by being selfless with their time, money, talents and heart.
Creative Element – My wife found a video put together to the song “Solution” by Hillsong United. It is powerful. We opened the service with it.
Overall – A good night. Numbers were down, school open houses and Hootie was in town so we were back below 250 but the word was well received and I believe the challenge resonated.
To God be the Glory!
Here is the video we showed…enjoy.
Sean Rheaume 