Text: Acts 16:11–15, 40Topic(s): Mission, Evangelism, Missionaries, Great CommissionBig Idea of the Message: As the people of God, the church, it is our duty to pray, support, and encourage the work of ministry both in our own sphere and in the wider world.Application Point: Consider how you can commit to receiving regular information about the missionaries your church supports, pray for them, and sacrificially give.

Week 2Text: Acts 2:14–41Big Idea of the Message: God works through his Word and Spirit to bring people to himself, and we are invited to be kingdom ambassadors through the power of the Holy Spirit.Application Point: As you participate in evangelism, mission, and hospitality, and as you partner with others to spread the gospel beyond your neighborhood, pray for the power of the Holy Spirit to move and awaken people to repentance.

Father’s DayText: Psalm 119:89–96; Ephesians 6:4Topics: Parenting, Trust, FatherhoodBig Idea of the Message: Fathers have a responsibility to teach their children the faith. Application Point: As a father, are you being obedient to the Lord?

Big Idea of the Series: This three-week series helps adults engage in a missional focus at home, in their neighborhoods, in a larger region, and around the world. It will help congregation members practice seeing missions as part of their everyday calling as Christians and provide some practical starting places to do so.Week 1Text: Matthew 28:16–20Topic(s): Great Commission, Evangelism, Missions, New Year, NeighborsBig Idea of the Message: Our call from Jesus is to go into all the world and share the good news of the gospel, even next door, in our cul-de-sacs, and on our city streets. Application Point: We follow the Great Commission by loving Jesus and loving our actual neighbors right where we are, through walking, eating and praying.

We all desire to have a purpose in life and Jesus gives us the greatest one ever! What does it mean to be on mission?Why should it be intentional?Why do we struggle so much with reaching our neighbors?

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:1-6

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[c] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[d] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:34-40

Text: Matthew 9:35­–38Topic(s): Commission, Evangelism, CompassionBig Idea of the Message: Jesus stirs in his followers a compassionate love for others and calls them to share his truth with the world.Application Point: Evangelism is important. All of our work toward bettering the here and now needs to also include the hope of Jesus for a forever gospel of life eternal. That is the great commission.

This two-week sermon set consists of one message for Mother’s Day and one for Father’s Day. Both messages are built around the promise of God in Psalm 119:90, that his faithfulness will endure from generation to generation.