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5.3 Mission, Vision, and Values of ACOP
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This has been something that God has been working in me for many years. Loving people exactly where they are at for exactly who they are. This is challenging when people come into your life who are difficult to love. It takes me thinking about what God must love in them for me to shift my perspective and begin to let them in. It is then that I have the opportunity to share my story and allow the truth of God's incredible love and grace ignite hope within their hearts. I am not always successful with the shift and other times it may take longer, but it is always worth it. I only need to be obedient the results are up to God.
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By trying not to be judgmental of people that I may disagree with, while at the same time, standing for truth. By being empathetic to where people are at or what they are going through, but also gently pointing them in the right direction – sometimes more by actions than words.
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Well everything that God has put on my heart to do for “ministry” is about creating hope. Its creating the need to have hope and to ability to look at our situation and see that God loves and has purpose so I can embody hope and live it out everyday
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I can see myself extending grace and igniting hope when I’m at youth group in Eston. Its a place where they can be themselves, and experience Jesus. I love having the opportunity to meet them where they are at. Most of them are not saved, and so the opportunity to show grace when they feel like they’ve slipped up or failed is always there. I want them to know that Eston is not the beginning and end. I want them to know they are loved and can be free from all the burdens they are carrying.
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