City Sanctum Up & RunningThank you for your prayers for the relaunch of City Sanctum. We were able to relaunch in September and had subsequent meetings in October & November.Our theme for our first three months was "God's plan for work," using Tim Keller's book Every Good Endeavor. I spoke on the first and third parts of the book, while Harbour City Church pastor and MTW Sydney team leader Jim Jung spoke on the second part.- Part 1: God's plan for work -- designed good, with dignity in all work, for our good and the betterment of society.
- Part 2: Our problems with work -- our sin brought a curse upon our work, and we use our work for selfish goals.
- Part 3: The gospel and work -- how God can redeem our work, and we as Christians can impact God's world through the work he gives us. (See audio links below if you'd like to listen to any of these.)
Our attendance has been steady at 11-12 per meeting so far, largely from Harbour City Church. And we are quite happy with our restaurant venue, which allows us to grill our own steaks for $10 off the menu cost, and just has a pleasant vibe for our purposes.
The theme for the first quarter of 2024 City Sanctum meetings will focus on work habits, discussing procrastination in our January meeting. Please pray that the talks will be beneficial to attendees, and that they will invite their not yet saved workmates who can encounter this "back door" entry to the Christian faith.We also implemented our first quarterly evangelism training event, calling it "Equip 315," using 1 Peter 3:15 for our theme:  "...always [be] prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect."
In our Equip 315 events, I will be sharing various methods of sharing the gospel. In November, I focused on how to discern whether our prospect is likely already a Christian or is in need of hearing the gospel, and how to "earn the right" to share the gospel, using the Evangelism Explosion model (video link below).
 14 people attended the November Equip 315, including one young man who has been attending our church for a couple of years but is not yet a Christian. We have had a number of conversations in recent months about the gospel and his resistance to embracing the promises of God.
 End of Year GivingThank you so much to all those who have been partnering with me in the gospel by way of financial contributions. Missionaries do not go out without such partnering.
I also am so thankful for those who regularly lift me up in prayer. Missionaries cannot be effective without their prayer warriors.
If you would like to make an end of year contribution, I do appreciate your consideration. You can make an online contribution by clicking on the photo below.
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