Vision Church NYC

Devotion summary for 01.24.21 Pointing to the Life Beyond 2021: Discipleship in Technicolor 1 John 2:12-17, 1:5-10 A)God is calling our church to love the city in 2021... B)We are not called just to do something but to ask God: out of all the good things we could do, what would you have us do? Unless God gives us vision(the verb), we will labor in vain. C)God calls believers to be servants and not lords; Jesus did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many 1)No one person can show God to us. No one person can disciple us. It takes the whole church to disciple and show God to us. 2)Discipleship is teaching others how to grow in their relationship with God and to follow Jesus. It is not just the uber christians who teach us how but the whole community 3)Each person has something to teach/disciple us about God. Each person is discipling whether we aware of it or not; accidental or intentional; passively or actively. The call to discipleship is also a call to be humble and seek to learn, grow 4)The starting point of discipleship is studying, learning, reading about how to be a Christian which provides the structure/skeleton of how to walk with God. 5)It is the spirit and life of the community that shapes the culture and completes the discipleship; Values are caught and not taught 6)A healthy church culture disciples its members to know that they have been forgiven; to be in intimate relationship with God; to overcome evil; to have the word of God connecting us to God; and to be transparent/confessional.

Vision Service (Jan 24, 2021) Meeting at 4:30 pm We will be using Zoom again this week. Please look over general guidelines below for the best experience. Please be prepared for worship: ... Please finish drinks and snacks before and save other activities for after. Please be comfortable but not so comfortable that its distracting to others. Approach this time as you would meeting with Jesus...because you are! If you have the Zoom app installed: https://zoom.us/j/342536233 If you don’t want to install the Zoom app: https://zoom.us/wc/join/342536233 (best on Google Chrome) Devotion: Joseph Pointing to the Life Beyond 2021: Discipleship in Technicolor 1 John 2:12-17, 1:5-10 Optional Breakout Sessions: Hang out or share a meal together in a breakout group randomly assigned by Zoom. Please prep food beforehand! Guidelines A few things to keep in mind as we meet to enhance our sense of community and honor the time together. Please log in at 4:25 pm so that we can start on time. Please log in as a household when possible. Please set your Zoom name to your family’s surname or something that’s identifiable as we are sharing the Zoom link over public channels like Facebook and will be moderating access. We will be recording the worship and devotion portions of the meeting for those who could not attend on platforms like Facebook, Slack and Youtube. If you do not want to be included in the recording, please disable your video during these times as Zoom records meetings in gallery view. We will not record the community prayer portion Mute your microphone when you are not speaking. Prayer team will be available to pray for you after the service.

Praying for our families and friends: * Pray for a safe inauguration of President Biden and healing, justice and accountability in our country. * Pray God will heal our family, friends, children, parents who are sick from cancer, chronic illness, and unknown diseases. Pray for God bring his supernatural healing and trust in His will. * Pray for protection over family members, especially the vulnerable, from covid-19. * Pray for God's provision and wisdom for loved ones who h...ave lost their jobs. Continue to pray for people who are working on the front lines, pray for their protection and healing from covid and trauma. Pray that will trust God has already made a way for them. * Pray for family and friends who are burdened or bound by anxieties, mental illness and trauma. Pray their hearts find freedom, forgiveness and compassion from Jesus Christ. * Pray to see God’s desire for a world and a church that is marked by grace, justice and reconciliation that moves us to: -- listen and learn about what it means to be Black in America historically, socially, emotionally, and politically -- remember, reflect, and lament the injustice of racism through prayer and self examination -- engage with seeking mercy and justice by sharing our time and resources to serve others See more

If you missed our service on 01.17.21:

Devotion summary for 01.17.21 Pointing to the Life Beyond 2021:Serving the City 2021 Mark 10:35-45 1)God is calling our church to love the city in 2021... 2)We are not called just to do something but to ask God: out of all the good things we could do, what would you have us do? Unless God gives us vision(the verb), we will labor in vain. 3)God calls believers to be servants and not lords; Jesus did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many 4)Jesus uses his privilege to become a servant; he does not clutch at his privilege and serve when it’s convenient for him but faithfully endures difficulty and even death to give life 5)When we serve like Jesus, we learn obedience and love not just intellectually but through experience. When we experience the depth of Jesus’s love it powers us to love others more 6)It is impossible to mature and become like Jesus without responding to his call to deny self, take up the cross and do the challenging and difficult things he gives 7)Our service is always a reflection of what we understand and experience about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus See more