ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html lang="en"> <head> <!--Serif PagePlus 9 HTML Export--> <!--Supports HTML 4.0--> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>Outreach House Witherslack - The body of Christ</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body,td,th { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size : 10px; color : #000000; } --> </style> <script language='javascript'> function goSetCommunityHeight() { if (parent == window) return; else parent.setCommunityIframeHeight('communityframe'); } </script> </head> <body onload="goSetCommunityHeight()" style="height:100%" bgcolor="#d1d7cd" link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080" text="#000000"> <div style="height:870px;"> <table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#d1d7cd" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" cols="2" style="font-size:14pt;"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100%" colspan="2" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;"> <p style="font-weight:bold; font-family: Felix Titling; font-size: 9pt;" align="center">The body of Christ</p> <img class="community-2" title="alter" src="community-2.jpg" width="135px" height="131px" alt="community-2.jpg" align="left" style="border-bottom: solid 2px #d1d7cd; border-right: solid 4px #d1d7cd; border-top: solid 0px #d1d7cd"> <p>As followers of Jesus we are His Body. This means we belong together, we need each other, we re not whole without one-another. As a team and as a church at Outreach House we re interdependent together. </p> <p>Jesus taught  upside down values which can seem strange at first but which actually bring true freedom. We want to live this way. </p> <p> You re blessed when you re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.<br /><br /> You re blessed when you feel you ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.<br /><br /> You re blessed when you re content with just who you are  no more, no less. That s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can t be bought.<br /><br /> You re blessed when you ve worked up a good appetite for God. He s food and drink in the best meal you ll ever eat.<br /><br /> You re blessed when you care. At the moment of being  care-full you find yourselves cared for.<br /><br /> You re blessed when you get your inside world  your mind and heart  put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.<br /><br /> You re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God s family.<br /><br /> You re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God s kingdom. <br /><br /> ( The Beatitudes , Matthew 5, <i>The Message</i>) </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>