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TIME TO UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION IN OUR BRIDGE COMMUNITY
Now through January 31st
Every year, we ask members to update the information through our church database, The Bridge Community. Please follow this link: https://thebridgereno.com/community. This is where you will access your giving records for 2021. If you need any help logging in, we have a tutorial prepared for you at https://thebridgereno.com/help.

2022 BUDGET Q & A
Wednesday, January 26th @ 6:00p
This is your opportunity to have your questions about the 2022 Budget answered. We'll meet in the Conference Room, and this meeting will not be online due to a low expected turnout.

ANNUAL CELEBRATION
Sunday, January 30th @ 11:45a
Our Annual Celebration will be Sunday, January 30th at 11:45 am in the Worship Center after the second service. We will review what God did through The Bridge in 2021, we'll reflect on our Mission & Vision, and vote on the 2022 Budget and Board of Trustees. This meeting will be in-person, so the Face Mask Mandate will apply. This meeting will also be live through The Bridge App and our website, https://thebridgereno.com. The Bridge App can be downloaded at https://thebridgereno.com/app.

WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES
Saturday, February 19 from 9:00-11:00a.
Join us on Saturday, February 19th, as more than 600 people from our community gather early in the morning to make the one-mile walk to our homeless campus on Record Street. We do this to experience the same walk our homeless brothers and sisters make many times a day to receive services at the Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission and the organizations dedicated to serving the homeless and those in need. Get more information here.

SUPPORT OUR MISSION
You can support our mission using the Give Button in our App or online at https://thebridgereno.com/giving.

Message Notes

This Is Us: 
Useful Service

Pastor Phil Burdoin
January 23, 2022

How would you rate yourself when it comes to serving others these days?
How would others rate you when it comes to serving them?

Useful service is in line with God’s design. 
We were created for it.  We were created to love AND serve one another.  Just like a key was designed to open a lock, just like a wrench was designed to turn a bolt.  You were designed by God with a purpose in mind and serving others with useful service is one of those purposes.  There are things that you were never designed for and when we practice those things our relationship with God suffers.

Jesus sets the example.
so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
John 13:4-5

Jesus doesn’t say anything, he just does it.

I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
John 13:15

Jesus knew his place.  He was aware of his position.  But he chose to set the example of service.

Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God.  
John 13:3

Jesus loved people, so he served people.
John writes “he loved his own who were in the world.”  Jesus loved his followers, so he did something about it.  Jesus connected those two things.  Jesus loved people, so he served people. For Jesus, these two things we connected.  Serving people was a natural reaction to loving them. And it made no difference to him what position he had.

The creator of the universe. The one that knows all the stars in space by name, the one who breathed life into Adam’s lungs. The one that holds all things together by the power of his word and knows how many hairs are on each person’s head.  Puts on an apron and kneels down to wash people’s dirty feet. Jesus loved people, so he served them.

When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 
John 13:12-14

If Jesus is your teacher, then you do what he teaches you.  If Jesus is your Lord, then you give up your life for him. There’s a difference isn’t there? When you give up your life for him, you value what he values. Putting on an apron and taking the role of a servant.

Useful service is in line with God’s design.
When you serve you grow.  
When you serve others grow.
Serving is a great way to share Jesus.

Useful service is inline with God’s design.
Previous Messages Can Be Found Here

Small Groups Talk About It

Watch the latest Message Summary:

1. On a scale of 1-10 how would people rate you on your customer service skills lately?

2. Share a story of a time that you had a good (or bad) customer service experience?  

3. Read John 13:1-5: Why is it significant that John mentions “Jesus knew the hour had come?”

4. Even though Jesus knows he is about to face death what is on his mind? What action did he take to show that?

5. Read John 13: 12-17: Why is it important to God that we have a servant’s heart?

6. Who in your group set the example of being a servant? Why?

7. Why do you think Jesus might have reversed the words “Teacher & Lord”  “Lord & Teacher?”

8. What did Jesus mean by saying “no servant is greater than his master and how is that displayed in your life?

9. Give some examples of how you grow when you are serving people.

10. How is/can your small group serve the community?
Previous Messages Can Be Found Here