Overview – THEE (we worship). WE (are family) .BE (the change) – This is the heart of the Gospel. And

what we are going to focus on this month. Worship God – Connect w/ Others – Live out your purpose.

Recap of last week – What does it mean to be a Christian? Represent for Jesus. Love him and live like

him. We are not doing that – some of us are being mean and others are being silent. Time to step up.

Two reasons why folks are not following Jesus right now - They don’t know what Jesus said and what

he did and they don’t believe it is possible to live it like he told us to

1. We need to know what Jesus said and did.

2. We need become the body of Christ so that people can see what Jesus was talking about.

3. We need to welcome people in and go to where people are

The Sermon on the Mount is the closest thing we have a to manifesto from Jesus. He says all of the

pieces of what how he wants people to live.

At New Roots EVERY time we gather we need to do these three things!!!!!

Worship God

Connect with each other

Be God’s representatives in the World

Thee We Be is also a reminder that for most people, the way they will see Jesus is through the people

who claim to be his people. If we are raggedy they will think that Jesus is raggedy. If we are mean they

will think that God is mean. If we are fearful and frozen they will think that God has no power. We are

Jesus’ representatives and we need to act like it.

Most of this will be lived in our small groups where we actually have the time and intimacy to make

this real!!

When people come to service they should connect with God, connect with us and discern how they are

called to respond to God. When they walk in they should say wow – I have never seen people of so

many different races, and ages, and gender expression, and languages, and sexual orientations and

economic classes being together. Seems like they really love each other and they are working together

to do amazing things in their community. This is what Jesus was talking about. I see it here.

Reflections Questions

1. How do you feel about being Jesus’ representative in the world? Does it feel like an honor? Too

much responsibility? What excites you? What concerns you?

2. What makes you excited about building family with other people in this community? What do

you need to pay attention to so that you are a good family member? What do you need from

others?

3. In what ways do you think we are doing a good job of being a vision of God’s kin(g)dom? How

do we need to grow in this season?