The message this week is from Feb 15th 2026, The first in the series titled Living and Loving Like Jesus.

ATC Discipleship Process – REAL

R = Reach – Intentionally connecting with people in our community and introducing them to Jesus.
E = Establish – Taking next steps through Alpha, Growth Tracks, and joining a Connect Group to build biblical foundations and authentic relationships.
A = Activate – Engaging in Highway to Wholeness and serving on a Dream Team to grow in freedom, purpose, and ministry impact.
L = Launch – Stepping into consistent Dream Team leadership and doing ministry at some level to impact others.

Core Values – RICHES

R – Relational Discipleship: We grow in Christ through intentional relationships.
I – Innovation: We creatively reach people without compromising biblical truth.
C – Christlike Character: We pursue integrity, humility, and honor in every area of life.
H – Holy Spirit Led: We depend on the Spirit’s guidance, power, and presence in
everything we do.
E – Excellence: We give God our best — not perfection, but preparation and stewardship.
S – Servant Leadership: We lead like Jesus — through humility, sacrifice, and service.

Matthew 9:9-12 (NKJV)
9 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” So he arose and followed Him. 10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Matthew 9:13 (NKJV)
13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Hosea 6:4 (NKJV)
4 “O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away.

Hosea 6:6 (NKJV)
6 For I desire mercy[a] and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

James 2:13 (NLT)
13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

James 3:17-18 (NLT)
17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.

Romans 3:10-12 (NKJV)
10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”

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