Andy concludes the three week ‘This Is Us’ series with a look into our multi-talented church. Drawing particularly on the book of Joshua and the Israelites journey into the promised land, Andy shares how gifts are simply a way for us to communicate with God and to communicate God to others. 

We are all gifted, so we need to understand how to grow and guard these gifts. Some of our most intimate moments with Christ - where we really see our gifts emerge - come when we are living outside of our comfort zone. Our Shepherd is preparing us to handle the gifts he gives as we learn to truly and fully depend on the Father.

As a church we possess the full range of spiritual gifts that are found in Jesus, but it is in growing together and celebrating each others’ gifts that we will see the fullness of this emerge - including the hugely important gift of administration. When God entrusts us with His gifts, we have a responsibility to use them well, as a witness that points back to him and that draws us closer to one other, and others to Him - even if those gifts are sometimes out of the ordinary!

As a community that is both intimate and innovate, it is time for Family Church Southsea to go on a character building journey together, ready to mature right in front of our very eyes, and seeing the salvation of Christ in ourselves and the lives of others who will come to call the church home.