![]() ![]() The Apostle Paul had an interesting relationship with the church in Corinth, which is in modern-day Greece. I want to show you how the Bible calls us to be the body of Christ through the use of many gifts. With this level of focus, I thought it would be a good time to not only say, “Thank you,” but also to remind us about the theological and spiritual vision for how we use our gifts. And we just want to tell you how thankful we are for you because you make Sundays happen. We have a special gift for each of you who have served in these areas in the last year. Therefore, while weekday ministry leaders at College Park will find a way to express their gratitude, we wanted to be sure that today we say a hearty “Thank You” to those who serve in Children and Student Ministries, Worship Arts and Production Ministries, Hospitality and Guest Services, Safety and Facilities, Adult Big Groups, Special Needs Ministry, Prayer Ministry, Finance and Counting Team, and our Compassion Team. Every person involved in his life and every person with whom he had come in contact shared in the fruit of his decision to trust in Christ as his Savior and Lord. But there were a host of people who ministered to him, including members of his own family. And he was responding to what he had heard in the sermon that day. I was able to see the clear fruit of the work of the Spirit in his life. ![]() He had repented of his sins and put his trust in Jesus for the first time. He was clearly emotionally moved and shared with me that today was the day that he had become a Christian. Over the last year, we’ve witnessed lives being changed, people coming to faith in Christ, believers taking steps in discipleship, and a week-by-week spiritual growth that is directly connected to our Sunday Ministries.Ī few weeks ago, following one of the messages on John 3, a young man approached me after the service. Let me state it another way for you: While there are many thriving ministries connected to our church that happen throughout the week, our Sunday Ministries serve more people than anything else that we do. Without their generosity of time and talent, the kind of ministry that happens week after week at our church would simply not happen. 12:12–27).Īs you’ve heard throughout the worship service today, we are taking the first Sunday in June to express our gratitude to the 1,000+ people who serve and use their God-given gifts every Sunday morning. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it” (1 Cor. If one member suffers, all suffer together if one member is honored, all rejoice together. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. ![]() If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. For the body does not consist of one member but of many. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-and all were made to drink of one Spirit. “ For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. ![]()
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