Sermon Outline

January 22, 2012 4^th Sunday of the Year

“The Church’s One Foundation”

“God alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold so that I shall never be shaken.” Psalm 62:6

X Introduction: A “country-bumpkin” in a Chicago big city hotel seeing his first elevator…

X “I believe in the holy Christian (catholic) Church…”

Christians are all over the world; that is why we are catholic- not Roman Catholic. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. Many members- one body. Unity with diversity; God’s way not “my/our way.”

[Eph.2:19f; Rom.12:4f; 2Tim.2:19; Mt.16:18; Eph.4:3-6; 1Pt. 2:5]

X This Church needs our Prayers

We need to pray for the Church Council… The organist…The Sunday School staff… The members who sit around you on Sunday…The children & teens…Those absent who don’t care…The pastor who does! [1Tim.2:1; Mt.5:44; 1Thess.5:18; Jn.14:14]

X This Church needs our Presence

We come to church regularly…gone we are missed! Perhaps you can’t preach; can’t sing a solo; can’t read a lesson; BUT we can all be present and God will do the rest!

[Mt.18:20; Acts 2:42; 1Pt.2:9; Rom.10:17; Heb.10:25]

X This Church needs our Finances

Your annual giving record for 2011 shows the part you play in keep our Church open for the Lord’s business!? God loves the cheerful steward and God rewards them with more generosity than they show The Church needs faithful time, talent, toil and treasure stewards! [Lk.6:38; 16:13; 1Pt.4:10; 2Cor.9:7]

X This Church needs our Service

Some of the same members serve over and again! What a witness to their faithfulness. Let’s all show how much we love our Lord by how we serve and support His church. [Eph.4:11-16; Gal.6:10; Ja.2:18; Mt.20:26f]

X Conclusion: A Belize eye clinic and a Cameroon AIDS clinic…