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    Loving and Serving Others: The Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service
    Loving and Serving Others: The Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service
    Loving and Serving Others: The Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service
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    Loving and Serving Others: The Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service

    By Robert Schnase

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    Since the publication of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, these five practices have helped hundreds of congregations understand their mission, renew ministries, and stretch toward fruitfulness and excellence for the purpose of Christ. Now, each of the five practices has been broken out into 4-week small group studies that provide an honest, practical, and winsome guide to the spiritual journey.

    Loving and Serving Others: The Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service involves offering ourselves in purposeful service to others in need, making a positive difference even at significant personal cost and inconvenience to our own lives. We serve.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateJul 15, 2014
    ISBN9781630883058
    Loving and Serving Others: The Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service

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      Loving and Serving Others - Robert Schnase

      Loving and Serving Others

      The Practice of Risk-Taking

      Mission and Service

      Robert Schnase

      ABINGDON PRESS

      Nashville

      Loving and Serving Others:

      The Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form

      or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and

      recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may

      be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the

      publisher. Requests for permission can be addressed to Permissions,

      The United Methodist Publishing House, P.O. Box 801,

      201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37202-0801,

      or e-mailed to permissions@umpublishing.org.

      Originally appeared in Five Practices of Fruitful Living by Robert Schnase,

      which was published by Abingdon Press in 2010.

      ISBN 978-1-6308-8304-1

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the

      New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, Division of

      Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the

      United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations noted (The Message) are from THE MESSAGE.

      Copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002.

      Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

      14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23--10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      Contents

      The Fruitful Living Series

      Why Serve Others?

      An Essential Truth

      Training the Heart

      Social Witness

      Leader Helps

      Notes

      Loving and Serving Others

      The Practice of Risk-Taking

      Mission and Service

      Then Jesus went to work on his disciples. . . . Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self.

      —Matthew 16:24-25, The Message

      The Fruitful Living Series

      Jesus taught a way of life and invited people into a relationship with God that was vibrant, dynamic, and fruitful. He said, I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit. . . . My father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples, (John 15: 5, 8). Jesus wanted people to flourish.

      Scripture is sprinkled with phrases that point to fruitful living—the kingdom of God, eternal life, immeasurable riches, a peace that passes all understanding, abundant life.

      How do I cultivate a life that is abundant, fruitful, purposeful, and deep? What are the commitments, critical risks, and practices that open me to God’s transforming grace and that help me discover the difference God intends for me to make in the world?

      How do I live the fruitful, flourishing life of a follower of Christ?

      Radical Hospitality. Passionate Worship. Intentional Faith Development. Risk-Taking Mission and Service. Extravagant Generosity.

      Since the publication of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, these edgy, provocative, dangerous words have helped hundreds of congregations understand their mission, renew ministries, and stretch toward fruitfulness and excellence for the purposes of Christ.

      The Fruitful Living Series moves the discussion of Christian practice from the congregational level to the personal practices of discipleship. The fruitful God-related life develops with intentional and repeated attention to five essential practices that are critical for our growth in Christ.

      Radical Hospitality in our personal walk with Christ begins with an extraordinary receptivity to the grace of God. In distinctive and personal ways, we invite God into our hearts and make space for God in our lives. We receive God’s love and offer it to others.

      Through the practice of Passionate Worship, we learn to love God in return. We practice listening to God, allowing God to shape our hearts and minds through prayer, personal devotion, and community worship. We love God.

      Through the practice of Intentional Faith Development, we do the soul work that connects us to others, immerses us in God’s word, and positions us to grow in grace and mature in Christ. We learn in community.

      The practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service involves offering ourselves in purposeful service to others in need, making a positive difference even at significant personal

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