God@work. What does the Bible say about the meaning of work? How can churches equip people for their marketplace roles? What does it mean to love God and neighbour – heart, soul and mind – in our daily life? These are questions key to Opawa Baptist’s vision: enabling people to walk and grow with Jesus and reflecting his love in our communities and beyond.
To help us focus on this, over the next months I am offering the following resources
God@work sermon 1: June 25
God@work sermon 2: July 31
God@work study group: 3 weeks of discussion and interaction in August (either Monday evenings or Saturday mornings).
My first hope is that two sermons will cause 30 of us at Opawa to be part of a God@work study group – 3 weeks of talking, learning, applying, praying more together.
My second hope is that 15 of those 30 people will realise that this issue is essential to their mission as part of Opawa and is bigger than a 3 week study group. These 15 people will decide a way to meet regularly to pray and resource each other.
My third hope is that 2 or 3 people from Opawa will emerge to provide ongoing facilitation of this regular God@work resourcing. (2 people have expressed interest and I think we need one more male leader).
Today we start this God@work process. Welcome to Wayne Kirkland, married to Jill, with 3 daughters. Wayne is a Wellington car dealer and works for Signposts Communication. He is co-author of “Where’s God on Monday?” and “SoulPurpose – making a difference in life and work.” He’s got a lot to offer us as we think about God@work.