1. // the vine & the branches :: part 2 //

4. // the vine & the branches :: part 2 //

5. Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them…. // Genesis 1:26-28, 1: 31-2:2, 2:15 NIV //

6. God blessed them and said to them, “ Be fruitful and increase in number ; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground….” God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. // Genesis 1:26-28, 1: 31-2:2, 2:15 NIV //

7. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done…. // Genesis 1:26-28, 1: 31-2:2, 2:15 NIV //

8. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done…. The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it . // Genesis 1:26-28, 1: 31-2:2, 2:15 NIV //

10. // the vine & the branches :: part 2 //

11. “ Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. // THE 5 TH COMMANDMENT: Exodus 20:8-11 //

12. // the vine & the branches :: part 2 //

13. “ Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life…? // Matthew 6: 25-27, 31-33 NIV //

14. “ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well .” // Matthew 6: 25-27, 31-33 NIV //

16. // the vine & the branches :: part 2 //

17. “ I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches….” // John 15:1-8, NRSV //

18. “ Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.” // John 15:1-8, NRSV //

21. // the vine & the branches :: part 2 //

22. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. ” // Philippians 4:12-13, NIV //

23. // the vine & the branches :: part 2 //

24. “ As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete….” // John 15: 9-16, NRSV //

25. “ This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father….” // John 15: 9-16, NRSV //

26. “ You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.” // John 15: 9-16, NRSV //

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28. Vintage Church exists to: GROW Disciples of Jesus In AUTHENTIC Community For KINGDOM Mission // vintage church :: newly adopted vision/mission //

29. INSPIRATION - We value the authority of scripture in all matters of faith & practice - We value abiding in Christ through consistent prayer, reading of the word & engaging in spiritual disciplines - We value communicating the unchanging truths of the gospel in ways that are meaningful for today // vintage church :: core values//

30. IDENTITY - We value being & becoming who God has uniquely called us to be as a Community of faith - We value people finding & creatively expressing the truest version of themselves in Christ - We value doing life in relationship with the Lord & with one another // vintage church :: core values//

31. INCARNATION - We value sharing the life & love of Jesus with the spiritually disconnected in our lives - We value being the hands & feet Jesus to those in Lawrence & the world - We value equipping & sending out leaders for Kingdom impact, wherever God calls them // vintage church :: core values//

32. // the vine & the branches :: part 1 //