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TakinhtheiOutofHospitality



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What first comes to mind when you see the word on the

following slide?



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hospitality



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Hospitality Concepts



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Entertaining vs Hospitality



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"When you entertain, you bring honor and glory to yourself.

Showing hospitality brings honor and glory to God."

Think about it. Pride can easily sneak in when you entertain. The

dinner you serve shows off *your* cooking abilities. Everything is

clean and neat so guests are impressed with *your* home and

homemaking skills. And, if the evening is enjoyable, everyone

assumes it's because of *your* talents as a host or hostess. Why,all this focus on yourself can lead to an inflated ego if you're not

careful!

cont.



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Hospitality, on the other hand, is not about impressing anyone. It's

about being yourself and making your guests feel comfortable to

be themselves. It doesn't matter if you serve frozen pizza or if dust

bunnies are scurrying across your floors. Through your warmthand humility, guests feel better about themselves and closer to

God for having been there.

Nancy Twigg



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The hospitality we offer to friends is not about making an

impression, but about making them feel loved. So often when I

prepare for people to be in my home, I spend all of my time

cleaning the house, preparing a perfect meal and makingeverything and everyone appear just right. But do I take a moment

to pray for our guests? Do I ask God to reveal to me any needs

they might have so that our family might have the opportunity to

minister to them? Not usually.

Jerod Clark



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Entertaining says, I want to impress you with my home, my clever

decorating, my cooking." Hospitality, seeking to minister, says,"This home is a gift from my Master. I use it as he desires."

Hospitality aims to serve.Entertaining puts things before people. "As soon as I get the house

finished, the living room decorated, my house cleaning done--then

I will start inviting people." Hospitality puts people first. "Nofurniture--we'll eat on the floor! The decorating may never get

done--you come anyway. The house is a mess--but you are

friends--come home with us.

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Entertaining subtly declares, "This home is mine, an expression of

my personality. Look, please, and admire." Hospitality whispers,

"What is mine is yours."Nick Campbell



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philoxenos

5384 [philos /feelos/] adj. A primitive word; 29occurrences; AV translates as friend 29 times.

1 friend, to be friendly to one, wish him well.

3581 [xenos /xenos/] adj. Apparently a primary word; 14occurrences; AV translates as stranger 10 times, strange three

times, and host once.

1 a foreigner, a stranger. 1a alien (from a person or a thing). 1bwithout the knowledge of, without a share in. 1c new, unheard of.

2 one who receives and entertains another hospitably. 2a with

whom he stays or lodges, a host.



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Stranger Citizen



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Stranger Citizen

Sojourner Member



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The Character of God

Leviticus 19:33, 34

When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him

wrong. The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the

native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you werealiens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.



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The Work of Christ

Ephesians 2:19

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow

citizens with the saints, and are of Gods household,



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The Way of a Disciple

Hebrews 13:1

Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show

hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels

without knowing it.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love

covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another withoutcomplaint.



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The Way of a Disciple

Romans 12:10-13

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one

another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit,

serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation,devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints,

practicing hospitality.

Practicing A. To pursue.

B. To seek after eagerly, earnestly endeavor to acquire.



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The physical force of gravity pulls everything to the center of the earth.

In order to break free from earth-centered life, thousands and

thousands of pounds of energy have to push the space shuttle away

from the center. There is also a psychological force of gravity that

constantly pulls our thoughts and affections and physical actions

inward toward the center of our own selves and our own homes.

Therefore the most natural thing in the world is to neglect hospitality. It

is the path of least resistance. All we have to do is yield to the natural

gravity of our self-centered life, and the result will be a life so full of selfthat there is no room for hospitality. We will forget about it. And we will

neglect it. So the Bible bluntly says, "Stop that!" Build a launching pad.

Fill up your boosters. And blast out of your self-oriented routine.

John Piper



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Try to figure out what you are seeing in the pictures on the next

slide. What do each of these things say about availability to

others?



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This intermediary social nature of the porch is its strongest asset. The

porch is a physical space that is both personal to its owner and

hospitable to guests and strangers. It is a threshold of community:

neither a place of anonymity, nor of complete intimacy. It is a place

where new connections are wrought and old connections are

strengthened. One can be invited onto a front porch even as a

passerby; it provides opportunities for welcoming the stranger.

Contrast the front porch with the back deck, an architectural feature

that arose in American neighborhoods in the 1970s. The back deck ispurely private, a sanctuary into which only the friends and relatives of

the deck owner are admitted.

Kendra Langdon Juskus



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A Prerequisite for Leadership

1 Timothy 3:1-2

Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an

overseer, he desires a noble task. Now the overseer must be

above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,



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A Prerequisite for Assistance

1 Timothy 5:9-10

No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty,

has been faithful to her husband, and is well known for her good

deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washingthe feet of the saints, helping those in trouble and devoting herself

to all kinds of good deeds.



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Setting the Table

In October 1985, at age twenty-

seven, Danny Meyer, with a good

idea and scant experience, opened

what would become one of NewYork City's most revered

restaurants--Union Square Cafe.

Little more than twenty years later,

Danny is the CEO of one of the

world's most dynamic restaurantorganizations, which includes eleven

unique dining establishments, each

at the top of its game.



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The thing that makes his places peoples favorites is . . . .

hospitality



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Sow What?

Sitting down to a meal together draws a line around us. It

encloses us and, for a brief time, strengthens the bonds that

connect us with other members of our self-defined clan, shutting

out the rest of the world.

Miriam Weinstein



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Hospitality Hinderances

Ownership verses stewardship.

1. Have I yielded all of my possession over to God and consecrated

them for His use?

2. Do I manage His recourses in such a way that He can use them

at any time?

Confusing hospitality with entertaining.

1. Do I focus too much on the way things look and the way things

taste?

2. Am I trying to impress the guest or help them find a place of

belonging?



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Hospitality Hinderances

The fortress mentality

1. Do I keep others out because I am preoccupied with my current

social connections?

2. Do I think of my home only as a personal refuge?

Mistaking a command for a gift.

1. Have I justified not opening my home by thinking hospitality is a

spiritual gift that I dont have?



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The EAT Challenge

Engage Around Tables

We need to EAT with people!

Our challenge is for everyone at ANG

to share some type of food around a

table (your own our at a public space)with an unchurched friend by the end

of the month.

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