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Crew Leader

Introduction (2 minutes)

Use the Zoom chat feature to keep everyone connected. As people join in, ask for their first and last name, email address, and where they are tuning in from. Save the chat as an attendance record.

Reflect

Ask Crew members to share their favorite points from the talk. What phrase or moment did they relate to the most?

Icebreaker: Reflection or Conversation Starter or Virtual Icebreaker (5 minutes)

For your icebreaker, choose from the options below. Have Crew members unmute themselves to share.

Conversation Starters (Choose One)
  • What's something you did this week that you feel proud of?
  • What did you eat for breakfast?
  • Name the best book you’ve ever read.
  • What’s your morning routine?
  • What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
  • If your life was a story, what would the title be?
Virtual Icebreakers (5 minutes)

Preaching Game - Choose random items and allow individuals to find ways to encourage others using that item. (Pick 2-3 volunteers)

Show-and-Tell - Pick an object in your home that has significance for you, something with a funny story behind it, anything unique, or something you've used to simply pass the time.

Crew Discussion

Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr., Pastor DawnCheré Wilkerson, Pastor Manouchka Charles

Sabbath Sunday: Rest and Reflect

Continuing the Conversation
‍Last Crew's Call to Action

God calls for us to forgive while maintaining boundaries necessary to steward and nurture our souls. This week, lean in to the wisdom of Solomon and study the book of Proverbs to help you develop tools for cultivating Godly relationships while asking God for the courage to forgive. Don’t forget to check out additional resources at https://www.vouschurch.com/care.

Scripture

Main Idea

Throughout scripture we see men and women of God leaving landmarks for their faith, Ebenezer stones to remember God’s goodness at work. As we reflect on 2022 we lay a stone of gratitude. We’ve seen God’s faithfulness at work in our community and beyond. Day by day, moment by moment, he’s guided and provided. We can’t let this moment pass without pausing to reflect. Our reflection leads us to eager expectation for what’s to come. God’s consistent character is a faithful reminder that the best is truly yet to come!

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Emotionally healthy individuals have gratitude for the past and excitement for the future

1. Reflect (gratitude)

Reflection is key to remembrance. Pausing to reflect brings gratitude to our lives and fuel for our future. Reflection can bring up emotions of sadness and joy. For some, 2022 was a difficult year. Thank you Jesus, for seeing us through. We can rejoice in the mountaintops, and thank God for his continued provision in the valleys.

Take a break before you break.
Great leaders are grateful leaders.
Generosity + gratitude = abundance.

We have a walking definition of love

What has God taught you about love during this year?

2. Reset (excitement)

How you start something is just as important as how you finish. As we kick off a new year it’s a great time to pause and plan. We’re entering 2023 with purpose and vision. A new year brings a new opportunity to reset.

Direction is more important than speed.
You can be struggling and becoming at the same time.
The only thing more important than who you are today is who you’re becoming tomorrow.

If you want to see something new, you have to do something new

What are you believing God for in 2023?

Summary

God’s presence and provision continue to mark this miracle in motion. While we have a lot to celebrate, we can’t help but think we’re just getting started. Our best days are ahead of us, as we stay faithful, fix our eyes on Jesus, and continue to trust him along the way.

Call To Action

Take time this week to rest and reset. Write down goals you have for the new year. Share these goals with a trusted friend to keep you accountable.

Work it out in community as we kick off our new collection Happy, Healthy, and Holy, this Sunday! For more resources visit vouschurch.com/happy.

Announcements

Prayer Room

Need a midweek reset? Join us every Wednesday at VOUS Miami Gardens and VOUS Design District in the Prayer Room for an incredible hour of prayer starting at 12PM. Make it part of your weekly rhythm!

Where: VOUS Miami Gardens and VOUS Design District

When: Every Wednesday

Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM

Preview Day at VOUS College

Step into the VOUS College experience for a day designed just for you. This is a moment for you to get a firsthand look at what it’s like to be a VOUS College student. Meet our staff, connect with current students, explore ministry tracks, and discover how VOUS College can be the place where you grow in your calling and step into your future.

‍To register for Preview Day,  click here

Where: VOUS Miami Gardens

When: Thursday, October 9th

Time: 12:00PM-3:00PM

Address: 17801 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33169

October ILMC

ILMC will be taking place across all of our VOUS locations on Saturday, October 18th at 10AM. This is an opportunity for us to gather together, serve our city, and be the hands and feet of Jesus in the community!

To get more information about serving opportunities, click here

VOUS Man Alive

VOUS Man Alive is a meeting place. A home for you to strengthen identity, find community, and reinforce calling.

Gather with the brotherhood on Wednesday, October 22nd at the VOUS City location for an evening of worship and the word. We know you'll leave strengthened to continue being MAN ALIVE — meek, accountable, needed.

Where: VOUS City
When: Wednesday, October 22nd
Time: 7:00PM
Address: 6101 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33127

To register for VOUS Man Alive, click here

If you interested in serving at VOUS Man Alive, please click here for more information.

Sundays at VOUS

VOUS SoMi

10:00AM / 12:00PM / 6PM

VOUS City

10:00AM / 12:00PM / 6PM

VOUS Miami Gardens

8:30AM / 10:00AM / 12:00PM

VOUS Design District

8:30AM / 10:00AM / 12:00PM

Church Online

10:30AM / 12:30PM / 5PM Español

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Growth Track

After every service or join online at vouschurch.com/growthtrack

Crew Leader

Introduction (2 minutes)

Use the Zoom chat feature to keep everyone connected. As people join in, ask for their first and last name, email address, and where they are tuning in from. Save the chat as an attendance record.

Reflect

Ask Crew members to share their favorite points from the talk. What phrase or moment did they relate to the most?

Icebreaker: Reflection or Conversation Starter or Virtual Icebreaker (5 minutes)

For your icebreaker, choose from the options below. Have Crew members unmute themselves to share.

Conversation Starters (Choose One)
  • What's something you did this week that you feel proud of?
  • What did you eat for breakfast?
  • Name the best book you’ve ever read.
  • What’s your morning routine?
  • What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
  • If your life was a story, what would the title be?
Virtual Icebreakers (5 minutes)

Preaching Game - Choose random items and allow individuals to find ways to encourage others using that item. (Pick 2-3 volunteers)

Show-and-Tell - Pick an object in your home that has significance for you, something with a funny story behind it, anything unique, or something you've used to simply pass the time.

Crew Discussion

What Did You Expect?

Pastor Luke Barry

Continuing the Conversation
VOUSCon 2023: Reflect

VOUSCon was nothing short of a miracle! We're still praising God for all He did. Reflection builds gratitude. Spend the first few minutes of Crew sharing a testimony or reflection from VOUSCon 2023.

Continuing the Conversation
‍Last Crew's Call to Action

God calls for us to forgive while maintaining boundaries necessary to steward and nurture our souls. This week, lean in to the wisdom of Solomon and study the book of Proverbs to help you develop tools for cultivating Godly relationships while asking God for the courage to forgive. Don’t forget to check out additional resources at https://www.vouschurch.com/care.

Scripture

Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Additional Scripture References: John 11:32; Job 13:15; John 11:5; Matthew 14:31

Main Idea

Life often doesn't meet our expectations, leading to frustration and disappointment. We may hope for one outcome, only to be met with something entirely different, creating a gap between what we expected and what we experienced. This gap can lead us to question God, our faith, and our hope. But through stories like that of Lazarus and Job, we learn that God isn’t in the business of just meeting expectations, He’s in the business of exceeding them.

God’s power to perform exceeds our ability to ask

1. Hope and Expectation

Faith grows through hope and trusting God’s timing. Positive expectations can fuel faith, while unmet expectations can lead to disappointment. Often, we expect something specific from God but find ourselves limiting Him to only a particular outcome. When we don’t see Him come through just as we expected, we can find ourselves frustrated and disappointed — where was God? The truth is, God is always at work. We may not always see Him moving, or understand His plan, but He has something greater in mind.

Disappointment can tempt us to give up on expectations, but it’s an opportunity to strengthen our faith
God’s plans always exceed our expectations
Don't allow your expectations of what God was “supposed” to do get in the way of what He wants to do

If God always met your expectations, how could He ever exceed them?

What areas of your life are you waiting for God to show up? How can you operate from faith in the present as you hope for the future?

2. Endurance and Enjoyment

Job’s story is a powerful example of enduring pain and disappointment without losing faith. Even in his suffering, Job declared, “Though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him.” Despite the immense loss, he continued to trust God, showing us that our hope can remain, even in the midst of struggle. Endurance is the ability to trust that God is working, even when we can’t see it.

Endurance strengthens our faith through trials
God hasn’t called us to merely endure life, He’s called us to enjoy it
Enjoying life is appreciating the little, it’s not a pain-free life, but a grateful one

We can say: “God, I don’t understand everything but I trust you in everything”

How has a difficult season strengthened your appreciation for God’s blessings?

Summary

Possibly the greatest source of frustration in life is unmet expectations. The difference between what we expected versus what we experienced often leads us to stop expecting. But there’s an invitation of faith amidst the frustration. Don’t lower your expectations; lift your faith. Give God something to exceed. God can do it, the question is: can you believe it?

Call To Action

Identify areas where you may be limiting God by expecting a specific outcome. Practice finding gratitude by celebrating the little things.

Announcements

Prayer Room

Need a midweek reset? Join us every Wednesday at VOUS Miami Gardens and VOUS Design District in the Prayer Room for an incredible hour of prayer starting at 12PM. Make it part of your weekly rhythm!

Where: VOUS Miami Gardens and VOUS Design District

When: Every Wednesday

Time: 12:00PM - 1:00PM

Preview Day at VOUS College

Step into the VOUS College experience for a day designed just for you. This is a moment for you to get a firsthand look at what it’s like to be a VOUS College student. Meet our staff, connect with current students, explore ministry tracks, and discover how VOUS College can be the place where you grow in your calling and step into your future.

‍To register for Preview Day,  click here

Where: VOUS Miami Gardens

When: Thursday, October 9th

Time: 12:00PM-3:00PM

Address: 17801 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33169

October ILMC

ILMC will be taking place across all of our VOUS locations on Saturday, October 18th at 10AM. This is an opportunity for us to gather together, serve our city, and be the hands and feet of Jesus in the community!

To get more information about serving opportunities, click here

VOUS Man Alive

VOUS Man Alive is a meeting place. A home for you to strengthen identity, find community, and reinforce calling.

Gather with the brotherhood on Wednesday, October 22nd at the VOUS City location for an evening of worship and the word. We know you'll leave strengthened to continue being MAN ALIVE — meek, accountable, needed.

Where: VOUS City
When: Wednesday, October 22nd
Time: 7:00PM
Address: 6101 NW 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33127

To register for VOUS Man Alive, click here

If you interested in serving at VOUS Man Alive, please click here for more information.

Sundays at VOUS

VOUS SoMi

10:00AM / 12:00PM / 6PM

VOUS City

10:00AM / 12:00PM / 6PM

VOUS Miami Gardens

8:30AM / 10:00AM / 12:00PM

VOUS Design District

8:30AM / 10:00AM / 12:00PM

Church Online

10:30AM / 12:30PM / 5PM Español

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Growth Track

After every service or join online at vouschurch.com/growthtrack

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