Theme - The Rock: Christian Life in the Here and Now 
Visual and Audio Ideas - Build a Cairn in the front of the sanctuary during the singing of "The Church’s One Foundation" just before the sermon. Use other "rock" or "stone" hymns . . . Rock of Ages, A Mighty Fortress, etc . . . during the service as well
Sermon Idea - Three Major Points (Gee, A Three Point Sermon . . . I never preach those : )
First - Our lives together in community are built upon Christ - Matthew Passage – "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it."
Second - built upon the foundation of the past - Isaiah 51:1-6 (the alternate Old Testament passage) — "
Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug." Jesus didn’t come out of nowhere . . . he came from the foundation of the prophets and others in days of old that served God.
Third - the cairn, the rock, this foundation becomes an altar upon which we build our lives. - Romans 12:1-8 — I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God– what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Unpack how this will look in our lives individually and as a Community of Faith . . . humility, unity and gifts of the spirit.
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