Life February 2020

In 100 years, those who live and work
around us will be in eternity. Enjoying life
with us around the Throne, or suffering the
eternal death we all deserve. You and I have
been entrusted with the power to make the
difference!
For I am not ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power of God that
brings salvation to everyone who
believes: first to the Jew, then to the
Gentile.
Romans 1:16
We want to make the most of 2020 to spur
each other on to live ‘Unashamed!’
This won’t be a year of events, but a year
to change our culture. To orient our life
together more fully towards making
disciples by sharing our lives and this
powerful gospel word.
Everyone can be involved. Four simple steps
for each of us will mean one giant leap for
the kingdom. The maths is simple 1+1=1000.
With around 500 followers of Jesus in the
Lansdowne family, then him using each of
us to lead someone to follow him will mean
1000 in his kingdom. Just think!
4 small steps, one giant leap - Look,
Engage, Add, Pray – LEAP!
Look
– see what God’s doing and build on it
Let’s share stories of all that God is doing
through our relationships and in our groups
as we encourage everyone to build on this
foundation. We will establish a natural
rhythm that builds through each term. At
the start we’ll encourage everyone to build
our relationships for Christ. Every group will
then endeavour to reach out together in the
middle. Then there will be a small number
of key central events to invite people to.
Starting with the Holiday Club in February
and the Mark Drama at Easter, we’ll then
make most of the summer including a beach
baptism, before hosting Ravi Zacharias
(a well known Christian apologist) in
November.
Engage
- all who are seeking with our lives and the
gospel
There’ll be many opportunities to do this
starting with Engage courses like CE and
Alpha at the start of each term. Who might
you engage this year?
Add
- something we’ve not yet done
Is there something new you could try? Our
‘Go Tell Team’ will be investigating ways
to share Christ on the streets. Perhaps
you could join them? Do you have a skill
that might draw people together? Come
and discuss how this might be used to
introduce people to the gospel. ‘Come See
Courses’ like these could be run anywhere,
at anytime and may see many hearing the
gospel among us.
Pray
- asking God to open doors and make
disciples
In addition to our prayer emphasis weeks
we aim to provide as many opportunities
as possible to get everyone praying. So if
you’re already reaching out, tell us, and
we’ll share it for prayer.
We all feel timid and inadequate. But
encouraging each other to take four small
steps will open the door for God to take us
on one great leap!
Mike Smailes | Associate Minister
Mission
2020