The Classroom
Part 2
By Ed Young
December 14, 2014
Education is all about opportunity. When we take advantage of the opportunities in our lives, we experience growth and learning on new levels for our lives.
In the second message of this foundational series, Pastor Ed Young continues to unpack ten powerful lessons that differentiate Fellowship Church and help us discover the greatest lessons we could ever learn.
Transcript
I thought I’d carry out my specially designed No. 2 pencil. We gave everyone a No. 2 pencil who entered Fellowship today at one of our 10 campuses. Do you have those? Let me see the pencils. Yeah! Even in Miami and London, that’s right. They’re No. 2 pencils. Even in East Texas, Downtown Fort Worth, Dallas, Park Cities. Yeah, one church, 10 locations.
ILLUS: The No. 2 pencil. You know the No. 2 pencil is still the best-selling pencil in the world? I looked it up. I was shocked. And I’m thinking to myself, why don’t they call the No. 2 pencil the No. 1 pencil, because it’s #1? Why do they call it No. 2? Because the lead in it is a specific sort of lead. It’s not too soft, you don't have to sharpen the pencil too much. It’s just right for those Scantrons, it’s just right to take notes, it’s just right to write with. I love the No. 2 pencil, I really do.
Kids, behind me you’ll see something behind me that some of you probably don't recognize, a chalkboard. We’re going to the classroom today. I’m in a series, sort of an unusual series, about the church. So I decided to give everyone No. 2 pencils and outlines. Do you have your outlines? We’re going to take some notes.
And here’s the great thing about this classroom. Everyone here will make an A+. Isn’t that great? I think fill-in-the-blank tests are from the devil but we’ve made it easier for you. So I’m going to give you the answers. Thoughts disentangle themselves when they pass through someone’s lips to your fingertips. We remember 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, like 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what we write! So that’s why we’ve got the No. 2 pencil and that’s why we’ve got the outlines. Are you ready?
We’re talking about our church and the name of our church is what? Fellowship Church. That’s right. You can’t miss it. Fellowship. Fellowship. Well, it didn’t work. Fellowship. Fellowship is not just something that we are, it’s something that we do. Fellowship.
Here’s the church, there’s the steeple, open the doors, and see all of the fellowship, all of the people. Ten fingers make this thing happen and I’ve been talking about the 10 things that make the Fellowship difference. I’m biased. I think Fellowship Church is the greatest church in the western hemisphere. I think everyone should join Fellowship but there are other great churches around. If you are a member of another Bible-teaching church make sure you stay there. But if you’re not a member of Fellowship you need to join Fellowship Church and you can do that today.
F-E-L-L-O-W-S-H-I-P, the Fellowship Difference. And last time we talked about it. Let me put them up on the side screen. F stands for we’re focused missionally. You can go to Fellowship online and I’ll unpack all of this. E, we’re engaged creatively. We’re made in the image of our creative Creator, thus we should create. L, we love radically. We’ve never locked eyes with someone who does not matter to God. Also, L, we learn enthusiastically. I love that word enthusiasm. En theos, it means in God. O, we’re organized simply. We’re organized simply. Well, today we’re going to finish up the letters of Fellowship. We’re talking about the W-ship!