MAN DAY Saturday Oct 17th

Guys, the Gospel, & Guns!
Men of Mystery Dude Day Saturday October 17, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Cost: $25 for food, travel and fun.
All men are invited to this Men of Mystery all-day event. We'll meet at and leave from the Mystery building at 9:00 sharp!
We'll be heading to Claythorne Lodge (www.claythorne.com) for some Gospel training, Guns, and Good times! Lane Harrison from Lifepoint Church in Ozark, MO will be sharing with us at two sessions. He will be talking about what is required of the men of God and then how we can best structure our lives to accomplish all God's called us to as men. Oh and we'll be shooting some guns at Claythorne's Sporting Clays course!!

Every guy should attend. Cost is $25 for all day and covers lunch, and a round of sporting clays. See Pastor Nate for more details!

Great Day of Service

Sunday Sept 27th Joplin is having their annual Great Day of Service and this year Mystery is has gotten involved. We have adopted the 500 block of downtown. This includes the east and west side of main st. along with the block behind us (bar row) as well. We are going to be serving our city and loving our neighbors at the same time. Its an incredible opportunity!!

Here is how it will work. Sunday morning we will gather as usual at 10am to worship and love Jesus together and immediately after the service we will hit the streets to clean up and make our neighborhood beautiful, then we will regroup at our building at 2pm for a late lunch together.

What you can do. PLEASE get involved we need 30-50 people to pull this off well. Dress causal. Bring gloves, big black trash bags and lawn equipment (weed-eaters, rakes, etc.) Invite a friend. This is a great opportunity to connect people from all walks with your church family and live out the gospel alongside people.

Seriously mark your calendars and do all you can to make it. its only 3 hours of your afternoon and it could have an enormous impact on our city. Come help make Joplin a better place.

Men of Mystery Monday Night Sept 21st

Men of Mystery will be meeting this monday night 6:30pm at the Mystery building. We will be eating food and talking about what it means for men to fight for the gospel. This is open to all men (ladies encourage your guys to come).

The gospel is a fight - are you in?

Pass it on....

Sermon Up - Temptation

Sermon audio from this week is available for download here. Pastor Nate Karnes spoke from James 1 regarding Temptation. How are we to over come sin? Does God temp us? What does it our sin require of God? Listen in for some great teaching from God's word.

Fall Ownership Classes

Want to know more about Mystery? Curious about Christianity? Looking for a church home? Interested in making Mystery your church? Maybe you just have some questions? The Fall session of our Ownership Seminar Begins Sunday Evening Oct 4th. This class is aimed at answering your questions about Christianty and our church. It consists of 8 sessions over a four week period. Classes begin at 5:30pm and go till 8 with a break for dinner. Childcare is available if you sign up in advance.
This class is a prerequisite for membership at Mystery and is a great time to make new friends and find the answers you are looking for. Its fun, informal and informative. Sign up Sunday mornings at our worship gathering.

Mystery's Gospel Identity - Worshipper

We are Worshippers

Everyone was made to worship. To worship is to revere and adore. When we worship we attribute glory and honor to someone or something. We all give ourselves and affections to something or someone. We’re hard wired to worship. Ever seen people at a concert or sporting event? Ever stood in awe of the mountains or the ocean? It’s in us and it longs to come out. We’re a church that worships Jesus.

The Westminster Shorter Catechism explains, “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him for ever.” Jesus glorified the Father. (John 17:1,4) To follow Jesus is to bring glory to God- to worship him. We want to grow as worshippers. There are many idols and false gods in our city and in our lives. We want to replace them with the God of the bible, his truth and grace. As Followers we live to enjoy him everywhere, please him in everything and love him completely.

At Mystery this means we:
Live Holy Lives- Respecting God’s holiness - Keeping ourselves from sin
Live Humbly- Thankful for God’s Grace - Considering others above ourselves
Live Responsibly- Stewarding and managing God’s resources, accountable action
Live Obediently- Keeping all God’s commands- Doers of the Word not just hears

Saturday Work Day September 12th

Join your church family and help ready the building for fall all church work day Sept 12th 10am-2pm. Lots to do and many hands would definitely help. we will be fixing a few things, cleaning and painting the front of the building. come join us. bring a friend and introduce them to your church family. Mark your calendars and make plans to be here Sat. Sept 12th. If you have questions or need specifics contact Vance Eden or talk to him at our Sunday gathering.