Come andSee Global Impact Celebration 2022 - JANUARY 23-30 - St. Michaels Church
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Come andSee
How the Gospel Changes our Story
Global Impact Celebration 2022
ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH
MISSION TASK FORCE
JANUARY 23-30
2022 VISION
GLOBAL IMPACT CELEBRATION
COME AND SEE
How the Gospel Changes Our Story
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THE NEED FOR CHANGE
Everyone has a story. Everyone’s story is part of a
larger, dominant narrative being told through the
cultures in which we live.
In this newsletter: Every story—small or large, individual or societal,
national or global—expresses a longing for change in
the midst of suffering. The longing for real change,
The Need For Change reflected throughout human history and confirmed in
Page 01 the present, serves as our sought-after hope for the
future.
The Source of Change God’s story, the Bible, teaches that the only way to true,
Page 01 lasting change is through the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ. When the gospel becomes the overarching
The Means of Change narrative of our stories, it releases the power of
Page 02 transformation in and through our hearts and lives to
make a difference in our families, communities, nations,
GIC Teams & Resources and world.
Page 02 The gospel is good news of change for everyone.
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THE SOURCE OF CHANGE
Throughout the Bible, God invites people to come and see so that the world may
know Him by entering His story. With song, the psalmist calls worshippers to come
and see what God has done and then speak of his awesome deeds (66:5). Through
Jesus, the Word made flesh dwelling among His people, God beckons humanity to
come and see who He is and what He is doing to redeem our story (John 1:39, 46).
Even, through the unlikeliest of people—an unloved, unaccepted, and unsuccessful
Samaritan woman—God invites us to come and see how an encounter with Jesus
changes one person’s story to change many others (John 4).
Exploring the way Jesus draws out the story of the woman at the well through gospel
conversation that leads to her transformation will equip us to engage others through
our own stories of gospel change. Wherever God calls us to join him in His mission—
at home, in the holy city, hurting coast, or hungering world—we will invite others to
come and see how the gospel changes our story.
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THE MEANS OF CHANGE
Engage with the Story
Our community of St Michael's Church and our mission partners will experience the gospel
afresh as we come and see the way Jesus crosses every cultural barrier—racial, religious,
gender, and moral—to engage the Samaritan woman in a life-changing conversation.
Going deep into the teaching of Jesus in John 4, we will encounter with the woman, the
disciples, and those who come and see, the only One who can truly satisfy our longing for
fulfillment. Through stories, music, and visual art, our own hearts will be transformed to
worship God in Spirit and in truth.
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that
is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and
he would have given you living water (10).
Equip with the Story
When we are equipped by exploring how the truths of the gospel have changed
and continue to change our stories, we may engage others with increased
sensitivity and effectiveness:
(1) by listening for and identifying with their places of longing through everyday
conversations at home, work, or school and
(2) by sharing how God through his gospel has met us in a similar place of need.
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In the story of the Samaritan woman’s transformation, we witness how both her
subjective experience of the gospel and the objective truths of the gospel lead to the
transformation of many in her city.
After the woman receives salvation through Jesus the source of the living
water (objective truth), an eternal spring wells up within to overflowing as she invites
the city: "Come, see a man who told me ever all I ever did, could this be the Christ?"
(John 4:29).
They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said
that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that
this is indeed the Savior of the world” (42)
Then “many Samaritans from that town believed in [Jesus] because of the woman's
testimony" (subjective experience)... (39). "And when the Samaritans came to
[Jesus], they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. And many
more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, It is no longer because
of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that
this is indeed the Savior of the world” (objective reality) (39-42).
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MEANS OF CHANGE THROUGH GIC 2022
God’s mission engages people where they are, transforms them, and equips them for
wherever and to whomever, He sends them. Then and now, God invites people into His story
and invites others through ours!
"...Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see
that the fields are white for harvest" (35)
One of the greatest blessings of the GIC is that we get to hear how God is rewriting our mission
partners’ personal and communal stories with His. Nothing can provide more encouragement
than hearing about (or better yet, participating in) triumphant stories that begin in poverty,
exploitation and suffering then transform into epic victory as the author Himself enters into the
narrative.
Through Come and See: How the Gospel Changes Our Story , we aim to inspire our community
through artistic storytelling, effective teaching, and compelling preaching to give toward God’s
kingdom work. Motivated by the way God meets us personally in our brokenness to bring about
progressive and lasting change through His gospel, we will be mobilized to live, serve, and
work in ways that draw the culture around us into His story.
2022 Vision Global Impact Celebration| page 06WHAT WE NEED TO TELL OUR STORY
PHASE 1: Preparation and Planning
Prayer Team
Coordinate with Chairs to Pray for Preparation, Planning, and Execution of GIC
Plan and an Intercessory Prayer Launch Service for Mission with Worship Team Leaders
Communications Team
Communications Director
StoryBoard Timeline for Creative Media Rollout
Videographer, Producer, Editor
Writers to collect, transcribe, edit stories
Graphic Designer for theme branding for publications
Engagement Team
Musicians and Song Writers to compose an original theme song
Visual Artists
Storytellers/Teachers/Actors
Equipping Team
Teachers to develop GIC 2022 curriculum for children, adults for equipping events and
publications
Teacher/Trainers to lead, facilitate, and host equipping events (in-person and virtual
Connect Parishioners to Resources for Mission
Connect Parishioners to Mission Opportunities with Mission Task Force Committee Chairs
Hospitality Team
Create an inviting space to welcome and connect people for all events
Find Hosts for Visiting Missionaries and Speakers
Organize 2 Luncheons featuring Keynote Speakers (Sunday after church)
Worship Team
Organize GIC Team Dinner and Vision Cast Launch (Early September)
Plan a GIC Prayer Launch Service with the Prayer and Engagement Team
Oversee and Facilitate 2 GIC Sunday Services
2022 Vision Global Impact Celebration| page 07RESOURCES
Broken Signposts: How Christians Make Sense of the World by NT Wright
The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama by Michael Goheen
Your Story...God’s Story by Caesar Kalinowski
How to Share Your Story: Connecting with the Story by Jeff Vanderstadt
Top Five Commentaries on the Gospel of John by Keith Matthison
The Missional Church by Tim Keller
Changed Lives Sermon by Tim Keller
Is He Worthy and Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson
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