9. 1.Do you keep the service positive? Is the Sabbath
school director happy about the ones that are there,
or is complaining about the ones that aren’t?
2.Are you prone to speaking adventese or can guests
clearly discern and understand?
10. 3. When offering time comes, does it paint a picture
of vision and progress or is it a list of complaints
about bills, past dues and lack of commitment from
members? People give, are attracted to, and
inspired by a positive vision, not a litany of
complaints..
15. Luke 4:16
He went to Nazareth,
where he had been
brought up, and on the
Sabbath day he went
into the synagogue, as
was his custom. He
stood up to read
16. Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me to proclaim
good news to the poor. He has sent me
to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and
recovery of sight for the blind, to set the
oppressed free, 19
to proclaim the year
of the Lord’s favor.” 20
Then he rolled
up the scroll, gave it back to the
attendant and sat down.
17. Isaiah 61 The Spirit of the Sovereign
LORD is on me,because the LORD
has anointed me to proclaim good
news to the poor. He has sent me to
bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the
prisoners, 2
to proclaim the year of
the LORD’s favor and the day of
vengeance of our God,
18. "Of all professed Christians,
Seventh-day Adventists
should be foremost in
uplifting CHRIST before the
world.“
Ellen G. White, Gospel
Workers, p.156
20. 1. No clear signage. You know where bathrooms,
children’s classrooms, the sanctuary and the
fellowship hall are. Do they? No!
2. Clutter. The longer you are in a church the less
you see it.
21. 3. The message that sends is this: We
don’t care about our church. Neither
should you. Please don’t come here.
Were good.
24. 9.99 out of 10 bathrooms I use in churches smell
bad, look bad, and would never be acceptable in
any of the members’ homes. Churches with
musty smells, that reek of unattractive odors,
send the message: today’s service is to be
endured, not enjoyed.
25. Andy Stanley in his book Deep & Wide, says it best: “the
physical environment does more than leave an
impression; it sends a message.” In many churches
the message is: “We aren’t expecting guests. What we
are doing here is not all that important. We expect
somebody to clean up after us. We don’t take pride in
our church.”
36. If we would humble ourselves before
God, and be kind and courteous and
tenderhearted and pitiful, there would
be one hundred conversions to the
truth where now there is only one.
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