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Summit VisionActs 2:46-47, Connecting House to HouseMarch 3, 2013Please turn in your Bibles to Acts 2:46.Summit\u2019s Vision Statement: App: All Eyes on Jesus! The Command of Christ: App: John 13:34-35\u201cA new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.\u201d John 13:34-35Summit Core Value #5: Care groups- Experience the Christian life in a warm, friendly environment that nurtures believers apart from the larger church.(All 6 Core Values may be viewed at www.estesparkchurch.org)Every 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. Acts 2:46-47It\u2019s through our 5th Core Value that our other values are met.Example: 3rd Core Value- Lay Ministry Mobilization: faithfully serving the Lord with our talents and spiritual gifts. This best happens in Small Groups.11And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ\u2026\u201416from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. Ephesians 4:11-16 NKJVSmall (Care) Group defined: A small group is anytime that two or more believers get together apart from our larger weekend worship times.4 Things Each Small Group Should Consider Implementing:\u2022An element of Worship (Core Value 2)\u2022An element of Care for each member (Core Value 5)\u2022An element of Ministry (Core Value 4)\u2022An element of Spiritual Growth for each member (Core Value 6)And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another\u2014and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25App: Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?