“Come Follow Me”

Matthew 4:18-22 NIV
V.18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20 At once they left their nets and followed him. 21 Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

John 3:5 – 5 NRSV - “…Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.”

• Through the

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, we are initiated into Christ’s holy church. We are incorporated into God’s mighty acts of salvation and given new birth through water and the Spirit. All this is God’s gift, offered to us without price. UMH

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is a person who believes that the

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is revealed in and through Jesus Christ, who accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who lives in

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with God through the power of the Holy Spirit, and who takes his or her place in the community of Christ’s church. FSNT

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refers to the investing of individuals with ministerial or other ecclesiastical authority.

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is a public act of the Church which indicates acceptance by an individual of God’s call to the upbuilding of the Church through the ministry of Word, Sacrament, and order and acknowledgement and authentication of this call by the Christian community through prayers and the laying on of hands. UMBOW

• In our Northside church bylaws, we state that:

is a gift from God given to the church, as the body of Jesus Christ, which affirms those called and set apart for ministry in Northside Church.

One question to ponder:
As a baptized Christian, how do you take your place, participate and share in the community of Christ’s church?