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Building Upon the PILLARS Learning the Essentials of What It Means to Be a Member of the Church Building upon the PILLARS Learning the Essentials of What it Means to be a Member of the Church By Patrick H. Wrisley, D. Min. Senior Pastor and Teaching Elder First Presbyterian Church 724 North Woodland Boulevard DeLand, FL 32720 Contents Introduction – Called to be a Christ-Follower 2 Pillar One: Worship 4 Pillar Two: Spiritual Formation and Nurture 21 Pillar Three: Care 33 Pillar Four: Mission and Service 43 Pillar Five: Invitation and Evangelism 53 Pillar Six: Trusteeship 63 Don’t Know Much ‘Bout Theology 73 © Copyright 2012 by Patrick H. Wrisley. All rights reserved. You Are Called to be a Christ-Follower First Presbyterian Church is a congregation that commits itself to be a gathering of Christ-Followers who learn, live and share the Story of Jesus Christ. This is our vision and sole purpose. We invite you to be a part of this vision - to come and journey with sisters and brothers who seek to listen and share what Jesus Christ has done in their lives. We believe we can best live out our vision by embracing and living-out what we call the Six Pillars of Christ-Followership. With Jesus as the cornerstone and foundation, these six pillars support ministry for, to, and with the world. There are many values we could focus upon but we have chosen these pillars as they are the foundational values of the Presbyterian Reformed Church called the Great Ends of the Church. The Great Ends of the Church are: The proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of humankind; The shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God; The maintenance of divine worship; The preservation of the truth; The promotion of social righteousness; and The exhibition of the Kingdom of God to the World (nFOG F.1.0304). Using the Great End of the Church as our guide, we desire our members to build their spiritual life on theses pillars: Worship – both personal and corporate Spiritual Formation through small groups, studies, and classes. Care for the needs of others. Service and Mission locally and around the world. Invitation and Evangelism. Trusteeship of our time, talent, and finances. How do we fulfill our vision to live, learn and share the Story of Jesus? We build upon our core, strategic values that guide and steer how we live, what we learn, and how we share the wonderful salvation Story of Jesus. If a Christ-Follower is living out these six pillars in his or her life, he or she will be living the Story, learning the Story, and sharing the Story of our Lord. This manual is a tool designed to help you learn and engage your faith in God. It does not contain all the answers to all your questions. Hopefully, it will generate more questions than it asks thereby pushing you to explore your faith journey. In the chapters that follow, you will learn how you can participate in growing and strengthening your Christ-Followership. You will learn about the traditions and history of First Presbyterian Church as well as some history of the Presbyterian faith. You will also learn about what your church is doing in each of the “pillar areas.” If you should feel called to become a member of FPC upon completion of Essentials, there are vows that you will take publicly before the congregation. Again, it is our hope that this Essentials process will give you the answers to these questions as they prepare you for what lies beyond. There are four basic questions for membership in the Church. The first two relate to our VERTICAL dimension of faith with God and the second two relate to the HORIZONTAL dimension of our Christian relationship with the Church today. The questions are: 2 1. Do you acknowledge yourself to be a sinner and have a broken relationship with God? 2. Do you acknowledge that Jesus Christ is both your Lord and your Savior? 3. Will you, to the best of your ability, seek to live a life that reflects the tone, tenor and type of discipleship we are called to live as Christ-followers? 4. Will you seek to serve the Church of Jesus Christ with your time, energy, imagination, and purity in love? The Pastor will ask the congregation: Will you promise to accept these members in love into our church and to come alongside them to encourage them and to integrate them into our fellowship? Being a part of the Church is a big responsibility and a serious commitment to make between God and the Body – his Church. You come with your own hopes, dreams and expectations for membership here. As you grow in faith at FPC, we also have hopes and dreams and yes, even expectations for you as a new member of the family. We want you to be (w)holy DISsatisfied with your faith. We want you to grow your understanding of our Lord through the study of Scriptures and by focusing on the 30 Core Competencies. These 30 CC’s outline ten things you should know, then Christian practices we are encouraged to follow to grow our faith deep, and as a result of what we know and practice, we develop and begin demonstrating ten basic Christ-Following Virtues. Collectively, we call these 30 CC’s, Ad Fontem, Latin for “returning to the Source, the fountain, the spring.” FPC is a church committed to returning to the Source of our Faith, the wonderful Triune God! We want you to be fully engaged in the life of your church family. We are only as strong as your involvement and investment. We want you to give of your time, talents, and finances to the work of God’s Kingdom so that we can be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in a broken and hurting world. As Senior Pastor and Teaching Elder of this church, I invite you to join in the journey. I am… Teaching the Story, Patrick H. Wrisley Pastor 3 Pillar One: Worship Worship. Someone once said the best way to remember what worship is about is to call it by its synonym, worth-ship. Worship is worth-ship. It means giving to God our undivided attention in an attitude of adoration, confession, celebration and praise. The Psalmist describes worship this way: Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O My Soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long. (Psalm 146.1-2) The Presbyterian Constitution Part II, defines worship as… Christian worship joyfully ascribes all praise and honor, glory and power to the triune God. In worship the people of God acknowledge God present in the world and in their lives. As they respond to God’s claim and redemptive action in Jesus Christ, believers are transformed and renewed. In worship, the faithful offer themselves to God and are equipped for God’s service in the world.1 The task of worship stands in contrast to our Western worldview that tends to focus upon our individuality and our rugged utilitarian individualism. We get lulled into thinking that our life is all about ‘me’ and that in this world, “I am quite prepared to pioneer alone into the wilderness of a cultural mosh pit that will carry me to who knows where.” Worship is our reality check that we are not the centers of all that is or will be; it’s a reminder that we are not God. It points to the reassuring fact that life and its consequences are bigger than what we human beings can understand and control and that there is indeed a God who holds our world in the palm of his hand. So, let’s get to some specifics. “WHAT ARE OUR WORSHIP SERVICES?” We worship weekly at 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Our early service is an intimate classical service that meets in the chapel. Our 9:00 a.m., what we call Daybreak, is a more casual and contemporary worship setting in the Fellowship Hall. Our 11:00 a.m. service is our Classical service with choirs and special music offerings. We also have several special worship services depending on the time of the year. 1 Book of Order, W-1.1001 4 In a word, our primary duty in life is first and foremost to worship God. One of the church’s confessions, The Shorter Catechism, asks an inquiring Christian this first question: Question 1: What is the chief end of man/woman? Answer: A person’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.2 Seasons of the Church year. Our cultural calendar begins on January first. The church calendar begins on a different date; Christians understand that the church calendar begins on or near December 1, the first Sunday of the Season of Advent. Advent is the beginning of the four-week preparation for Christmas. Whereas Lent is a preparation for Easter, Advent is preparation for the Lord’s birth. Typically, each of the four Sundays focuses on a different attribute Christ- Followers are to live out. These attributes are represented by the four candles on the Advent wreath: love; joy; peace; and hope. We believe that it is only after we thoughtfully prepare and meditate upon the Baby Jesus’ birth that we are able to fully appreciate Christmas Day and what it means for all creation. As New Year’s approaches, the church moves into the Season of Epiphany. Epiphany is the time when Jesus comes into his own and begins his ministry.
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