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Relevant's Sweet 16th Birthday
“Grateful for the past. All in for the future.”
Pastor Carl Nichols

Philippians 1:3-6
I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

THE FIRST 16 YEARS...

1. WE HAVE BEEN WILLING TO SAY YES TO GOD.

I’m proud that every person who has walked through these doors has benefited from somebody else’s obedience.

2. WE HAVE MADE ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO COME HOME.

I’m proud that people who thought they were done with church found a church family here.

3. WE HAVE HELPED PEOPLE FIND FREEDOM AND PURPOSE IN JESUS.

I’m proud that we have been able to walk with you as God has done that work.

4. WE HAVE BECOME A PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP AND SERVE.

I’m proud of the people who keep showing up because they believe someone else’s life is worth their time.

5. WE HAVE INVESTED IN THE NEXT GENERATION.

I’m proud that this church has been willing to create a space where children can never know a day without knowing Jesus..

6. WE HAVE TURNED GENEROSITY INTO PRACTICAL LOVE

I’m proud that you have been willing to become a blessing for somebody else.

7. WE HAVE BROUGHT GOD’S WORD INTO REAL LIFE.

I’m proud that this church has been willing to listen when God’s Word calls us to change.

8. WE HAVE HELPED PEOPLE DISCOVER THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE.

Some people came to Relevant needing someone to walk beside them. Today, they are walking beside somebody else.

Some arrived uncertain about their gifts. Today, they are serving, leading, mentoring, and helping others.

That is our mission taking shape in people’s lives:

People helping people live out their purpose in Jesus Christ.

I’m proud that people have discovered God has a purpose for their lives and a part for them to play in his mission.

Philippians 1:9-11
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 for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

16 YEARS FROM NOW I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO SAY…

1. WE HAVE MADE ROOM FOR MORE PEOPLE.

There are people we haven’t met yet, families we haven’t reached yet, and communities where God is calling us to go.

Every new opportunity for ministry means someone else can hear the gospel, find a church family, and take a step toward Jesus.

2. WE HAVE MULTIPLIED WHAT GOD ENTRUSTED TO US.

I want us to raise up disciples who make disciples, leaders who develop leaders, and churches that help start other churches.

3. WE HAVE GROWN DEEPER IN GOD’S WORD.

Sixteen years from now, I want us to know God’s Word more deeply, trust him more fully, and obey him more faithfully.

4. WE HAVE HELPED MORE PEOPLE FIND LIFE IN JESUS.

I want us to be a church whose people carry the gospel into their everyday lives.

I want there to be people at our thirty-second birthday who say, “I’m here because someone in this church loved me enough to tell me about Jesus.”

That future begins with the steps we take now.

I’m all in for the One who went all in for me.

“All In” isn’t about equal gifts. It’s about equal surrender.

Today, we give to make room. This week, we invite someone to take a step into that room.