Stop Going to Church: Part 6 - Workers
MICRO CHURCH GUIDE
July 13, 2025
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Gen Sunday, August 3
Don’t miss this awesome day where we feature our next generation of disciples and leaders, hear stories from our family ministry, experience an awesome time of worship featuring our preschoolers and elementary students leading us in one of their worship songs, and much more!
Bring School Supplies To Your Campus
We’re collecting school supplies to support local students and teachers as they get ready for the new school year! This is a great opportunity for us to come alongside our community in a practical way. The deadline to donate at the North Campus is July 13, and at the East Campus is July 27. A list of needed supplies is available at onelifeknox.com/schoolsupplies, and donations can be dropped off in the lobby of your campus. Let’s rally together to make a lasting impact in the lives of students and teachers right here in our city!
RightNow Media
If you have ever wanted to grow in your walk with Jesus but weren’t sure where to start then we have a great resource for you. RightNow Media has over 25,000 biblically-based videos for small groups, families, students, leadership development, and much more. Our subscription allows us to share this resource with you free of charge. You can download the app on Roku and Apple TV as well as access their website at rightnowmedia.com. To sign up simply write “RightNow Media'' as well as your email address on your connection card and we will send you a link.
Baptism
If you’ve given your life to Jesus but haven’t gone public with your story through baptism then it’s time to take that step! Mark the baptism box on your Connection Card and we’ll help you get started.
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GIVE BACK
Give Jesus your best! Make a one-time tithe or offering or to set up a recurring tithe or offering: Click Here To Give Online.
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START TALKING:
How did your parents raise you to know how to do the work of an adult versus doing all of the work for you?
When do you find that you do the same for your kids (if you have kids) or someone new that you work with? When does it seem easier in the short-term to do the work instead of raising them up to know how to do it themselves? What is lost if you do that?
START THINKING:
Read Matthew 9:35-38. What was the main theme of Jesus' teaching? Why did he perform healings and miracles?
What did Jesus see that broke his heart and moved him with compassion? What was his solution to the need that he saw?
There is a promise in Matthew 9:38. What is it? If we aren't seeing a great harvest, why is that the case according to this verse?
START SHARING:
Matthew 9:35-38 says that there is no shortage of opportunity for every church and every Christ follower to see a great harvest. The problem is there is a shortage of workers. What does verse 38 say to pray for? How is this different than what you normally pray for and what churches seem to normally pray for? How have you seen most churches and Christians prioritize things differently from what Jesus teaches us in this passage?
Read Ephesians 4:11-12. This passage gives the job description for all church leaders and Christians. How were you or have you been raised up to do the work of the ministry? Have you ever considered that you are gifted in this way? Why or why not? What keeps you from stepping into your giftedness?
Take the APEST survey below. Share your results with the microchurch. What does this help you consider may be the best way for you to be a worker for the Kingdom?
APEST Survey
Take this quick online assessment to help you discover which of the five-fold ministry gifts is most like you!
https://fivefoldministry.com/survey-answer-set/142724/
START DOING:
What can you do to help raise up others to do the work of the ministry?
What can you do to be raised up to be part of the army of workers that will reap the harvest?
The greatest work of the ministry is sharing your story with others who are far from God and helping them discover Jesus. What can you do this week to further build a relationship or to look for more opportunities to do that?
START PRAYING:
Pray that God will lead each of us to be raised up to do the work of the ministry and to raise up others to do the work of the ministry. Pray that God raises up an army of workers to do the work rather than waiting on the sidelines for the "professionals" to do it. Pray that we will see a great harvest among us as the workers are raised up!
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CONNECTION CARDS
Be sure to fill out the online Connection Card to let us know next steps, prayer requests, or other information you'd like to share, click here.
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MULTIPLICATION
Share spiritual/missional conversations you've had where you live, work, and play:
- Who did you have a conversation with that took a spiritual/missional turn this week?
- What questions did you ask to discover where God is at work in their life, even if they are not aware?
- How were you able to share your story of life change or how you have experienced Jesus?
- How can you be intentional this week with people where you live, work, and play to have spiritual/missional conversations if the opportunity arises?
- Who in your life do you think could be disciple-able or open to spiritual/missional conversations?
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WHAT'S NEXT?
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?/giveback/giveback
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?
July 13, 2025
Sermon Page
YouVersion
Podcast Audio
_____________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Gen Sunday, August 3
Don’t miss this awesome day where we feature our next generation of disciples and leaders, hear stories from our family ministry, experience an awesome time of worship featuring our preschoolers and elementary students leading us in one of their worship songs, and much more!
Bring School Supplies To Your Campus
We’re collecting school supplies to support local students and teachers as they get ready for the new school year! This is a great opportunity for us to come alongside our community in a practical way. The deadline to donate at the North Campus is July 13, and at the East Campus is July 27. A list of needed supplies is available at onelifeknox.com/schoolsupplies, and donations can be dropped off in the lobby of your campus. Let’s rally together to make a lasting impact in the lives of students and teachers right here in our city!
RightNow Media
If you have ever wanted to grow in your walk with Jesus but weren’t sure where to start then we have a great resource for you. RightNow Media has over 25,000 biblically-based videos for small groups, families, students, leadership development, and much more. Our subscription allows us to share this resource with you free of charge. You can download the app on Roku and Apple TV as well as access their website at rightnowmedia.com. To sign up simply write “RightNow Media'' as well as your email address on your connection card and we will send you a link.
Baptism
If you’ve given your life to Jesus but haven’t gone public with your story through baptism then it’s time to take that step! Mark the baptism box on your Connection Card and we’ll help you get started.
_____________________
GIVE BACK
Give Jesus your best! Make a one-time tithe or offering or to set up a recurring tithe or offering: Click Here To Give Online.
_____________________
Bottom Line: The church is an army of workers raising up more to do the work.
Matthew 9:35-38 NLT
Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”
There is a shortage of workers not a shortage of opportunity.
Ephesians 4:11-12 NLT
Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.
The church's job is not to do the work but to raise up workers to do the work.
Ephesians 4:13 NLT
This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.
Maturity comes from doing the work, not the work being done for me.
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START TALKING:
How did your parents raise you to know how to do the work of an adult versus doing all of the work for you?
When do you find that you do the same for your kids (if you have kids) or someone new that you work with? When does it seem easier in the short-term to do the work instead of raising them up to know how to do it themselves? What is lost if you do that?
START THINKING:
Read Matthew 9:35-38. What was the main theme of Jesus' teaching? Why did he perform healings and miracles?
What did Jesus see that broke his heart and moved him with compassion? What was his solution to the need that he saw?
There is a promise in Matthew 9:38. What is it? If we aren't seeing a great harvest, why is that the case according to this verse?
START SHARING:
Matthew 9:35-38 says that there is no shortage of opportunity for every church and every Christ follower to see a great harvest. The problem is there is a shortage of workers. What does verse 38 say to pray for? How is this different than what you normally pray for and what churches seem to normally pray for? How have you seen most churches and Christians prioritize things differently from what Jesus teaches us in this passage?
Read Ephesians 4:11-12. This passage gives the job description for all church leaders and Christians. How were you or have you been raised up to do the work of the ministry? Have you ever considered that you are gifted in this way? Why or why not? What keeps you from stepping into your giftedness?
Take the APEST survey below. Share your results with the microchurch. What does this help you consider may be the best way for you to be a worker for the Kingdom?
APEST Survey
Take this quick online assessment to help you discover which of the five-fold ministry gifts is most like you!
https://fivefoldministry.com/survey-answer-set/142724/
START DOING:
What can you do to help raise up others to do the work of the ministry?
What can you do to be raised up to be part of the army of workers that will reap the harvest?
The greatest work of the ministry is sharing your story with others who are far from God and helping them discover Jesus. What can you do this week to further build a relationship or to look for more opportunities to do that?
START PRAYING:
Pray that God will lead each of us to be raised up to do the work of the ministry and to raise up others to do the work of the ministry. Pray that God raises up an army of workers to do the work rather than waiting on the sidelines for the "professionals" to do it. Pray that we will see a great harvest among us as the workers are raised up!
_______________________________
CONNECTION CARDS
Be sure to fill out the online Connection Card to let us know next steps, prayer requests, or other information you'd like to share, click here.
_____________________
MULTIPLICATION
Share spiritual/missional conversations you've had where you live, work, and play:
- Who did you have a conversation with that took a spiritual/missional turn this week?
- What questions did you ask to discover where God is at work in their life, even if they are not aware?
- How were you able to share your story of life change or how you have experienced Jesus?
- How can you be intentional this week with people where you live, work, and play to have spiritual/missional conversations if the opportunity arises?
- Who in your life do you think could be disciple-able or open to spiritual/missional conversations?
_____________________
WHAT'S NEXT?
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?/giveback/giveback
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?
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