1. Move in the Holy Spirit’s power.
Luke 24:49, “I am going to send you what my Father has promised;
but stay in the city until you have been clothed
with power from on high."
2. Worship with various styles and art forms.
Psalm 150:
1 Praise the LORD. Praise God in his
sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him
for his surpassing greatness.
3 Praise him with the sounding of the
trumpet; praise him with the harp and lyre,
4 praise him with tambourine and dancing;
praise him with the strings and flute,
5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise
him with resounding cymbals.
6 Let everything that has breath praise the
LORD. Praise the LORD.
3. Focus on prayer.
Acts 2:42-23, “They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching
and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
43Everyone was filled with awe, and
many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.
4. Growth.
Growing Deep—spiritually and small groups,
Growing Wide in evangelism and ministry,
Growing in Christ-likeness,
Acts 2:42-47, “They devoted themselves to the apostles'
teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread
and to prayer.
43Everyone was filled with awe, and many
wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.
44All the believers were together and had
everything in common. 45Selling their
possessions and goods, they gave
to anyone as he had need.
46Every day they continued to meet together in
the temple courts. They broke bread in
their homes and ate together with
glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and
enjoying the favor of all the people.
And the Lord added to their number daily
those who were being saved.”
We believe the greatest growth for Oakland is still ahead.
5. Outreach locally and globally.
Acts 1:8, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit
comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
6. Need Oriented Ministry to all ages.
James 1:27, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and
faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress
and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”
James 2:15-16, “Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes
and daily food. 16If one of you says
to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing
about his physical needs, what good is it?
7. Practice good stewardship of our church.
To whom much is given, much is required.
Matt 25:14-15, “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey,
who called his servants and entrusted his property to them.
15To one he gave five talents of
money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according
to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16The
man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to
work and gained five more.
