{"id":12294,"date":"2022-06-19T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=12294"},"modified":"2022-06-21T09:28:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T13:28:21","slug":"partnering-to-serve-the-local-communities","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/sermons\/partnering-to-serve-the-local-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnering to Serve the Local Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-gdm-google-drive-embedder-viewer\"><iframe width='100%' height='100' frameborder='0' scrolling='yes' src='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_ydhnopgeSm2Y7kjxEObY1IlkL46WGnC\/preview?usp=drivesdk' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h4><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Read<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Philippians 1:3-8<\/p>\n<h4><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Consider<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cAlone we can do so little; together we can do so much.\u201d\u00a0 I love Helen Keller\u2019s quote because it fits so well with what Paul is teaching in Philippians 1:5. He thanks the church for their \u201cpartnership in the gospel\u201d because together they are furthering the cause of Christ.\u00a0 The Philippian church shares in Paul\u2019s joy by sending people, aid and resources to encourage and equip him for gospel service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It is not a one-way relationship where Paul is their father figure.\u00a0 They support each other in the work of Christ throughout the world.\u00a0 At SCBC, we want to be an intergenerational, disciple-making community that partners together as a tri-lingual church with other gospel partners to proclaim the Kingdom of God near and far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Come join us Sunday during our mission month as we explore our call to form gospel partnerships that will transform us and the world for His glory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Pastor Tim Sreedharan<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Pray<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Father, help us to see that our call to fulfill the Great Commission happens when we are empowered by your Spirit and when we partner with others.\u00a0 We cannot do it alone but you have given us the gift of Christian fellowship for the task of the Great Commission.\u00a0 Let us be a people who are shaped by the gospel and seek ways to partner with others who are passionate about Christ so that your Good News may transform our community, city, nation and world for the glory of God.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n<h4><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Diving<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Deeper<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A gospel partnership is to enter \u201cinto this relationship that puts the gospel as the shared goal that shapes everything in both parties \u2013 DA Carson<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">After reading the above quote, how much are your Christian relationships shaped by the shared hope of the gospel? (i.e. friendships, community group, your fellowship)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Is the Spirit of God calling you to partner more deeply with a gospel partner (community organization, parachurch, local missionary)?\u00a0 What is your next step?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Have you experienced joy when you form gospel partnerships with others?\u00a0 What does that look like?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How can we live closer <strong>WITH<\/strong> GOD in our lives?<br \/>How are we being <strong>TRANSFORMED<\/strong> to be more like Christ?<br \/>How is the Holy Spirit empowering us to imitate Christ in what we <strong>DO<\/strong> this week?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philippians 1:3-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":12245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[156],"ctc_sermon_series":[526],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[525],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12345,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12294\/revisions\/12345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=12294"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=12294"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=12294"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=12294"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=12294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}