Friday, October 25, 2019

"Every Place Where You Set Your Foot" Sermon



Every Place Where You Set Your Foot
Patuxent Presbyterian Church, California, Maryland
Sunday 13 October 2019
Robert Bayley, Interim Pastor
Old Testament Lesson: Joshua 1:1-9
New Testament Lesson: Philippians 1:9-11

THE FIVE DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS 
OF INTENTIONAL INTERIM MINISTRY

COMING TO TERMS WITH HISTORY - HERITAGE
“’What do these stones mean?’” Joshua 4:21

DISCOVERING A NEW IDENTITY - MISSION
“’Come over to Macedonia and help us.’” Acts 16:9

STRENGTHENING PATTERNS OF LAY LEADERSHIP - LEADERSHIP
“…appoint elders in every town,…” Titus 1:5

STRENGTHENING DENOMINATIONAL TIES - CONNECTIONS
“Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” 
1 Corinthians 12:27

PREPARING FOR NEW LEADERSHIP – FUTURE
“It was he who gave some to be…pastors and teachers,….” Ephesians 5:11

A blending of two sources - Temporary Shepherds: A Congregational Handbook for Interim Ministry, and the website of National Capital Presbytery

During the interim journey, as the congregation and its intentional interim pastor work together with integrity, the ultimate goal is to bring a congregation to a point of knowing and accepting where it has been, of being able to define where it is and where it wants to go, and of having the ability to commit itself to a new vision and new leadership as it moves not the future. Temporary Shepherds: A Congregational Handbook for Interim Ministry. Roger S. Nicholson, editor, © 1998 The Alban Institute 

A PASTORAL PRAYER FOR THE INTERIM JOURNEY
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God.”  Philippians 1:9-11

MONDAY MORNING
Which of these five areas stimulates faith in you?
Why do you think this is so?
Which of these five areas stimulates fear in you?
Why do you think this is so?
Suggestion: incorporate what you have written above into your prayer time.

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