Saturday, May 2, 2015
Keynote Sessions for the 2015 ARC Gatherings: Living God’s Love Out Loud
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Thursday night – Established in God’s Love, Brendon Fairley
At last year’s Gatherings we centered our attention the scandalous nature and power of God’s love. In our opening session Brendon Fairley will connect that theme with the biblical call to evangelism, exhorting us to be established in God’s love as the foundation of everything we do to help people come into a life-changing experience with God’s love. Living God’s love out loud only happens when His love is alive in us, and Pastor Brendan will help us to go deeper in experiencing the Father’s love so that our witness to the world is built on the greatest reality of all: God’s unfailing love.
Friday morning – Receiving God’s Love, Mark Spencer
Every follower of Jesus has tasted the love of God. But tasting it once is not enough, as Paul makes clear in a letter to some friends: “May you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” In this session Mark Spencer will address the importance of continually receiving God’s love and help us identify some of the things that hinder us from receiving it. Pastor Mark will also lead us in prayer to receive a fresh encounter with God’s love.
Friday evening – Giving God’s Love Away, Dave Housholder
Jesus sent his twelve closest friends out with this charge: “Don’t begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. …Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood! Tell them that the kingdom is here. You have been treated generously, so live generously.” As followers of Jesus we, too, are called to give away what we’ve received. In this session Dave Housholder will share insights that will better equip us to give away, naturally and generously, the love of the Lord in a culture that is increasingly postmodern and post-Christian.
Saturday morning – Experiential Learning, Various Presenters
After a time of worship and prayer we will choose from a variety of experiential learning opportunities to go into the community to live God’s love out loud. These opportunities will stretch us and help us think of ways we can live God's love out loud where we live.
Saturday evening - The Question Still Needs to be Asked, TW Norman
While sharing life with Jesus, the disciples are asked by Him, “Who do you say that I am?” As we share life with others and live God’s love out loud there will come moments when the question still needs to be asked: “Who is Jesus Christ to you?” TW Norman is an ARC pastor and evangelist who will exhort, encourage, and equip us so we will be ready to ask the question when the Holy Spirit prompts us. And TW will ask the question on this night of every person in attendance. Come witness the response to the Lord’s presence and power in our midst.
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