A New Definition of Church

Following Christ
focused only on Him
joining our brother
in worship
in walking, in ministry
doing God’s work
in the world, alive
going out, outside the walls
church a verb, not a building

A new definition of church
outside the walls
rethinking formality, structure
the rigidity of form
over its function,
its purpose as the body
the living body of Christ

A verb, an action,
what we were to do,
from the very beginning
going, to the nations
not bound by the walls
going to the people
by action, being his light
out into the world



July 11, 2010
Isaiah 43:18-21
Genesis 1:1-2:4
(read responsively by the congregation,
speaking the words of God)
John 13:34-35 (Call to Worship)
Worship Theme: “Church is a verb, not a noun.”
and sermon, “Changing the Dictionary, Changing Lives”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 11, 2010
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost



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