A model church

 God-willing I am helping out at a PCC Vision Day today. Here's my handout for the opening session:

Acts 2:42-end

A MODEL CHURCH:

“They devoted themselves to…”

 

Devoted to…

 

Evidence? E.g. diary, bank account

 

 

A model church (though not a perfect church)

 

 

KJV / AV: “continued steadfastly in”

 

 

(1) The Apostles’ teaching

 

 

(2) The fellowship

 

 

(3) The breaking of the bread

 

 

(4) The prayers

 

 

 

And the consequence was…

 

 

 

Some questions for prayer, thought and discussion:

 

Does anything from this passage particularly strike you as relevant for your day?

 

How are we doing on each of the above? Do we need to work on any in particular?

 

How could we devote ourselves to these things more thoroughly and effectively?

 

Are there other things we particularly want to devote ourselves to? Any ideas as to how?

 

(Do you agree it would be better to do a few things well than many in an average or poor way? Are there things we should stop or neglect a bit?)