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Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Scripture:1 Kings 5:1-6, 13-14;John 2:13-22Sermon: The world takes up power to protect, but Jesus lays down his life to saveQuestions:1) When have you experienced physical protection absent of spiritual love?2) When has someone's self sacrifice on your behalf shown you Christ's love?3) How might you live more sacrificially this week so that your local community might experience God's saving love?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Kings 2; Luke 22:24-30Sermon: We honor our ancestors not by re-enacting a past that died, but by acting on the promise of Christ that lives forever.Questions:1) What is something that you have inherited?2) What problems have come with what you inherited? What promises have come with it?3) When have you tried to re-enact the past?4) This week, how can you act on the promise of Christ that your spiritual ancestors have passed down to you?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:1 Kings 1; John 7:37-44Sermon: The world demands we obey and become its victim; the Word invites us to believe and become its vessel.Questions:1) When have you felt like you were just an object in someone else's story?2) Where do you think power comes from?3) When has believing that Christ is in your life given you strength to do something you once thought impossible?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 2 Samuel 21:1-14; Luke 6:43-45Sermon: We hang others from trees and receive only strange fruit. Jesus hangs himself on a tree to give us good fruit.Questions:1) When has ignoring a wrong in yourlife led to problems down the line?2) When have you, or someone you know, sought to "get even" with someone? What was the outcome of getting even?3) When has an act of mercy made things better in your life?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Mark 6:1-16Sermon:Faith is not something to hold while we wait, but a reality in which to participate.Questions:1) Who are you waiting for to fix what you see wrong in our world?2) When was the last time you experienced the world that you hoped for? Who and what made it possible?3) How can you invite others to participate in that kind of world this week?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 2 Samuel 13; Mark 10:13-16Sermon: Christ uses the very children who distract us from our kingdoms to show us God's.Questions:1) When did a child distract or interrupt something that you thought was veryimportant? What was the consequence of that distraction or interruption?2) When has an interruption or distraction proven more important than what you originally were focused on?3) What have you been ignoring recently in order to focus on what you think matters more?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 2 Samuel 11:2-15 and Matthew 5:21-26Sermon: When we try to cover up our mistakes we make matters worse, but Christ promises that we can come clean and be better for it.Questions:1) When have you made matters worse by trying to cover up a mistake?2) What makes you hesitate to fess up to mistakes that you have made?3) When have you fessed up to making a mistake? What were the consequences?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 2 Samuel 1:17-27, John 16:16-22Sermon: In this life, our relationships often hold pain, but in the life to come in Christ, our pain will turn to joy.Questions:1) Who is someone you've avoided seeing because of the pain in the relationship?2) When has avoiding someone you don't want to see preventedyou from seeing someone you care about or doing something you care about?3) What positive thing can you say about the person you've avoided seeing?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Samuel 30; Mark 6:9-13Sermon: Even when it feels like our prayers don't change the Lord, the Lord's prayer changes us.Questions:1) Who taught you the Lord's Prayer? How do you use it in your life?2) When have you seen prayer change the world?3) How has prayer changed you?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Samuel 27:1-3, 8-12; Mark 7:14-23Sermon: In Christ, the garbage of the world can be fuel for the goodness of God.Questions:1) What food makes you feel worse after you eat it? Do you continue to eat it? If so, why?2) What is something that you read/watch/listen to that strengthensyou spiritually?3) When have you seen some transform their (work/family/national) culture instead of being transformed by their culture?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Samuel 25; Luke 19:1-10Sermon: The world tries to make itself seem big by making us feel small; but Jesus lowers himself to the grave that we might know, in God's eyes, we are great enough to reach heaven.Questions:1) What makes you feel small?2) What makes you feel big?3) To what extent do you think people start to act the way they are treated? Can you give examples?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Samuel 18:17-29; Matthew 12:28-34.Sermon: When our ego is king, it turns blessings into burdens; when Christ is our king he turns burdens into blessings.Questions:1) When has something good felt like a burden simply because it injured your ego?2) When have you found a blessing in something you thought to be a burden?3) What burden are you struggling with this week that you can ask Jesus to become king of and show you a blessing?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Samuel 17: 1-7, 12-16, 24-27; John 10: 11-16Sermon: We are hindered by fears and doubts, but God leads us to defining moments to discover we are deeply loved.Questions:1) When have your doubts or fears isolated you from Gods love?2) What keeps hope alive in your heart?3) How has God shown His deep love for you?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Samuel 9:1-3, 15-18, 10:1; Luke 19:11-27Sermon: Great or small, we all have gifts. Turning to God and trusting in what hes given us opens us up to the opportunity to receive so much more.Questions:1) When have you been afraid to do something, but trusted God and did it anyway? What happened?2) When has putting your gifts to work for God led to new and greater opportunities?3) How can you use your gifts to deepen your relationship with God?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:1 Samuel 8:1,4-18, John 6:14-20Sermon: In the midst of storms, may we look not to kings, but to Christ.Questions:1) Think of a time you were in a very difficult situation but received key help from someone. What impact did that have on your life?2) Have you, a Christ-follower, ever voted for a candidate not because of how good they might be for you, but because of how good they might be for the poor?3) How do you understand the connection between faith in God and gratitude?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Samuel 4:2, 5-11,19-22, John 14:25-31
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:1 Samuel 1:19-28, Matthew 15:29-39Sermon: Jesus says, No slave can serve two mastersYou cannot serve God and wealth.Questions:1) How is it complicated or difficult for you to serve God/others and not wealth?2) Hannah was childless for a long time, and prayed fervently for a child. What do you think might motivate a woman to pray and work (IVF, etc.) to carry and birth a child? 3) If you told a friend that Faith Lutheran Church is singleminded, what evidence would you offer?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Samuel 1:19-28, Matthew 15:29-39Sermon:When, in your life, have you hungered for God?Questions:1)When in your life have you hungered for God? 2)When have you experienced or seen Jesus's healing?3)Where have you felt God's presence in your life this week?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Samuel 1:1-6, 9-18, Matthew 15:21-28Sermon: God responds to our faithful persistence with surprising answers.Questions:1) How does it feel when youre waiting for something to happen?2) When has God surprised you with a response to prayer?3) What did you learn in the process?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Ruth 4:9-17, Luke 18:1-8Sermon: The people we trust to take care of us can't always. But the Lord takes care of us - - through usQuestions:1) Haveyou counted on someone and they failed you?2) Has the Lord spoke to you?3) What has your faith and prayer accomplished when someone else couldn't?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Luke 8:1-3; Ruth 2:1-16, 3:1-18Sermon:Giving everything won't work. God works through what we give.Questions:1) Who is a faithful friend or relative? What does their faithfulness look like?2) When has God been faithful to you? In what ways?3) Where in your life are you looking for Gods faithfulness?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Ruth 1: 1-22; Mark 12: 41-44Sermon: Giving everything won't work. God works through what we give.Questions:1) Can you think of a situation or experience that left you disappointed, hurt, or lost?2) How did God use that experience to give you new hope and deepen your faith?3) How can you use what you learned to help someone else in a similar situation?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Hosea 11:1-4;Matthew 28:16-20Sermon: Everything seems impossible alone, but in Christ it is impossible to be alone.Questions:1) When is a moment in life when you have felt all alone? Were you truly alone?2) What is something that you have accomplished with others that would have been impossible alone?3) Who has taught you to be a disciple of Jesus?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: ACTS 2:1-17; JOHN 14:8-17Sermon: When we can't see the Father and we can't see the Son, we can see the Holy Spirit, the Advocate who works in everyone.Questions:1) Who has been an advocate for you in your life?2) What languages do you speak?3) Where have you seen God this past week?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: John 11:28-44Sermon: We bind people in death, but Jesus sets them free for life.Questions:1) When have you wanted to dig up a topic about the past that others wanted to keep buried?2) When has someone managed to surpriseyou even after their death?3) What is one surprisingthing you wish people knew about a mother in your life?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: ROMANS 6:5-11; JOHN 11:1-27Sermon: Death causes us to doubt God, but Jesus uses even death to praise God.Questions:1) How have you responded to the death of someone you love?2) When have you been mad at someone but still trusted them?3) When have you experienced a resurrection, or new life, after a loss?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:13-15; JOHN 5:25-29Sermon: We doubt we have what it takes to enter the light; but Jesus gives all that is required to step into the fullness of life.Questions:1)When have separatedyourself from a group or activity because you didn't think you had what it took to be part of it?2) When did you think you didn't have what it takes to be part of something, only to discover that you did?3) When has someone else paid for something that you needed or wanted but that you could never have afforded on your own?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12; Luke 7:18-23Sermon: When our strength breaks, Christ's grace breaks through.Questions:1) When have you been inspired by the way someone behaved in the midst of their suffering?2) When has a failure turned out to be a blessing?3) What cracks in your life right now might be an opportunity to show Christ's grace toothers?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 22:23-33Sermon: In this life, we need rules to love; in the life to come, love will ruleQuestions:1) Who are loved ones that you feel you have to divide your time and energy between?2) When have you caredfor someone beyond what the rules or laws would expect of you?3) Who is someone with whom you are currently divided that you look forward to being reconciled and united with in the resurrection?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Romans 7:1-12; John 20:19-31Sermon: If we require proof for life, we will never live; but if we live as Jesus calls us to, we become living proof of his truth.Questions:1) When have you insisted on needing proof for something?2) What is something that would make your life worse if you demanded proof for it?3) What is something that you have done without having proof that it will work or be best for you?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Isaiah 49:1-13, John 20:1-18Sermon: We see only what is missing in our past, but Christ shows us what is present now and in our future.Questions:1) When have you been so focused on what is missing, that you've missed what is present?2) What parts of your past feel like they control your future?3) What is something good from your past that has taken on a new form in the present?
NOTE: As you listen you will notice that there is an issue with the sound. We are working hard to locate the cause of the issue and get it fixed so that future sermons will be recorded more clearly, and less spicy, in the future. Thanks for your patience!Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:Mark 14Sermon:We want God to save us from others; God wants to save us from ourselves.Questions:1) When have you been your own worstenemy?2) When have you changed what you wanted to match what someone else wanted? What made you change?3) This week, who is someone whose wants you could work to fulfillrather than your own?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Romans 11:13-24, Luke 13:18-21Sermon: Our efforts always come to an end, but God's love lastsforever.Questions:1) What is something that you have to do over and overagain? What benefit is there to doing it, if you just have to do it again?2) Who, or what, that is no longer with us helped you feel God's love?3) When have you tried to do something in Christ's love that appeared to fail? In what ways might your attempt have planted seeds of God's Kingdom that are growing in unexpected ways today?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Song of Songs 4:7-16; John 3:11-17Sermon: We are ashamed of ourselves, but to God, even our body odor is altogether beautiful.Questions:1) When have you been embarrassedby how you smell?2) When has someone taken away your embarrassment? How did they do it?3) Who is someone with whom you can be completely honest? What about that person allows you to be so honest with them?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Genesis 3:14-24, Mark 13:14-22Sermon: We can't go back, but Jesus leads us forward.Questions:1) Have you ever tried to "go home again" after spending a long time away? What was that experience like?2) When has a negative consequence for your actions contained the opportunity for new life?3) Have you known someone for whom death was a mercy?
SCRIPTURE:GENESIS 3:1-13, Matthew 7:15-20SERMON(watch here): We judge each other to be good or evil, but everything God made, God has seen is good.QUESTIONS:1) When has something harmed you, but you could still see it as good?2) What media do you consume that makes you more fearful, secretive, or divisive? What media do you consume that make you more at peace, open, and forgiving?3) What do you think of yourself when you look in the mirror? How do you think that compares to what God saw when God made you?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Genesis 2:7-25; Mark 16:9-15Sermon: We think we know the end of our story, but the Author of Life is writinga new beginning.Questions:1) When have you thought you knew something, only to discover it was different than you thought? How did learning the truth make you feel?2) What were you taught about the relationship betweenmen and women? To what extent was that understanding based on the story of Adam and Eve?3) How might you get out in nature this week to remember your purpose to till and keep the earth? How might you proclaim the good news to the whole creation this week?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 2 Kings 2:1-12, Mark 9:2-9Sermon: When we deny the reality of death, we deny real relationships. Christ recognizes the reality of death so that we can recognize real relationships.Questions:1) Who has been a mentor to you whom you would consider a spiritualparent?2) When have you avoided saying something that needed to be said? What was the result?3) When have you felt the presence of a loved-one who has died?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Leviticus 12:1-8; Luke 2:22-38Sermon: Our avoidance of death separates us from life, but Jesus embraces death to reintegrate us with life.Questions:1) Do you tend to view scripture through a lens of suspicion or a lens of generosity? Do you view people through the same lens?2) When have you been separated from your community foran extendedperiod? To what extent was the speratation helpful? To what extent was the separationharmful? How did you reintegrate?3) Who is someone who has been separated from your community with whom you could connect with this week?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Timothy 4:1-10, Mark 1:29-31Sermon: What we see as chores, God gives as a chance to share Christ's love.Questions:1) When have you noticed differences in how men are expected to contribute versus how women are expected to contribute?2) When have you tried to do something good for someone, but they didn't receive it with thanksgiving? Would you do it again?3) What is a "chore" that you are grateful someone does for you? What is a "chore" that you are gratefulyou get to do?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 2 Corinthians 6:2-10; Matthew 3:1-17Sermon: God's love doesn't eliminate life's burdens; God's love shows us the blessings to get through those burdens.Questions:1) What was something that repeatedly changed throughout your childhood? What or who was consistentthroughout your childhood? 2) When have you found a blessing in the midst of a burden?3) What are the ways that you show people that you love them?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Luke 2:41-51Sermon: We look so hard for the right answers that we lose sight of Jesus, but Jesus is that answer that God is always with us.Questions:1) If religion is whatever you do religiously, and a god is whatever you fear, trust, and love above all else, what would you say your religion is?2) What have you been so focused on being right that you ended up in the wrong?3) When has God used a child younger than you to teach you wisdom?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:2 Timothy 1:5-10, Matthew 2:1-12Sermon: We look for God in the palace, but Jesus arrives in the manger.Questions:1) In what palaces have you sought to escape the messiness of life? Were you able to escape the mess there?2) In what mangers of messiness has God shown up in your life?3) To what mangersyou could bring your gifts to God this week?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Matthew 1:1-16Sermon: We view people according to their trespasses, but God views us according to our reconciliation in Christ.Questions:1) Who are people in your family tree that, that a human perspective, might have embarrassingtrespasses?2) In what ways did God use those people to help bring forth Christ into the world?3) What New Year's Resolutions are you making? What do you give thanks about the old you that you are seeking to change?
WE EXPERIENCED TECHNICAL ISSUES LAST SUNDAY AND WEREN'T ABLE TO RECORD THE ENTIRE SERMON FOR WHICH WE APOLOGIZE. HERE, YOU CAN LISTEN TO WHAT AUDIO WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER. Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Judges 13:2-7, Luke 1:46-56Sermon: We can't hold on to earthly happiness, but God invites us into eternal joy.Questions:1) What makes you happy? What makes you joyful?2) When have you been happy but not joyful? When have you been joyful but not happy?3) What is something you can do in the next week to experience joy this Christmas?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Genesis 17:15-22, Luke 1:39-45Sermon: While we wait for God's promises to come to pass, we pass the time, but God passes the blessings.Questions:1) When have you ever just "passed the time" while waiting for something in life?2) What has been a temporary detour in your life that has left you with lasting blessings?3) Who is an Elizabeth in your life? Someone to whom you can run to for blessings?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Genesis 16:7-13, Psalm 71:4-11, Luke 1:26-38Sermon: We don't get to choose the life that we are given, but faith lets us choose what that life means.Questions:1) What name do you call God? What does that say about who you think gives you this life?2) What name do you call yourself? In the story of your life, what role do you cast yourself in?3) What name do you call your life? Is it an adventure, a trial, a blessing, or something else?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: EZEKIEL 34:11-16, 20-24; MATTHEW 25:31-46Sermon: In this life, we are both sinner and saint, but in the life to come, Jesus destroys our sin to set free our saint.Questions:1)When have you traded for something instead of buying it? How did the trade turn out?2) How do you navigate helping others while also taking care of yourself?3) How can you prepare yourself to be more ready to help someone in need?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Matthew 25:14-30Sermon: We get so worried that we might lose our life that we don't use our life; but Jesus is willing to lose his life so that we might use ours.Questions:1) When have you traded for something instead of buying it? How did the trade turn out?2) When have you been entrusted with something that was both a treasure and a liability?3) When have you been tempted to bury your talents instead of using them?4)What talent do you feel God calling you to make more use of?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13Sermon: We are anxiously waiting togreet Jesus in the future cloud, but Jesus meets us now on the presentground.Questions:1) When have you focused so much on a big project that you failed to care for thepeople in your life? What did you learn from that experience?2) When have you pretendedto know something that you didn't? Why did you do so? What came of it?3) If we learn to look for Jesus in our lives based on what he looks like on the cross, where have you seen Jesus this week?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: REVELATION 7:9-17, MATTHEW 5:1-12Sermon: We can't escape the mess of life's blood, sweat, and tears, but Christ's blessing turns the mess of our mortal blood into pure eternal love.Questions:1) What is a sad movie that you love? Why do you love it?2) When have you been blessed in the midst of grief?3) Who is someone who is currently mourning who you could visit or call this week?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Levitivus 19:1-2 and 15-18, Matthew 22:34-46Sermon: When, in the name of loving God, we turn our neighbors into enemies, God becomes the one we call enemy to make us back into neighbors.Questions:1. What is something that you have felt was so important that you were willing to consider someone an enemy over it?2. In what ways do you see Christianity today treating people as enemies in the name of loving God?3. How can you advocate for what you believe is right without turning people you disagree with into enemies?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:Isaiah 45:1-7, Matthew 22:15-22Sermon:Life takes from us what we think is ours, but Christ gives to us what belongs to God--and we are richer for it.Questions:1. What riches do you have in your life that cannot be purchased with money?2. How do you decide what to do with the money that you have?3. When has God'scontrol in your life proven better than your control?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:Isaiah 25:1-9, Matthew 22:1-14Sermon: We keep passing up the offer of paradise, but Jesus keeps giving it to us anyway.Questions:1. When have you been to a party and had it feel like the last place you wanted to be?2. What effort do you need to put into a party for it to be enjoyable for you?3. What is an area of your life that you could put more effort into in order to appreciate it more?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7, Matthew 21:33-46Sermon: When we produce fruits for "just us," God reminds us our purpose is to produce fruits for justice.Questions:1. What is the purpose of the institutions of which you are a part (civic, religious, recreational)?2. How well are those institutions carrying out their purpose?3. How can you help the institutions of which you are a part better fulfiltheir purpose?
ANNOUNCEMENT: LAST WEEKEND'S STORM INTERFERED WITH OUR STREAMING SYSTEM, AND SADLY, WE WERE UNABLE TO STREAM SUNDAY'S SERVICE. PASTOR BEN HAS RE-RECORDED THE SERVICE SO THAT YOU MAY LISTEN HERE. WE ARE SORRY THAT YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE IT, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO RECOVER WHAT WE CAN AND POST SOME PICTURES OF THE ANIMALS AT BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS. -FAITH'S STAFFEach week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32, Matthew 21:23-32Sermon: We try to blame people in authority for the problems in our lives, but God gives each of us authority over our own lives.Questions:1. Who has authority for you in your life? Why does that person have authority for you?2. When have you given away your authorityinstead of taking responsibility for what you could do?3. For whom are you an authority? How do you use the authority you have?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Jonah 3:10--4:11, Matthew 20:1-16Sermon: God doesn't treat people according to their worth; God treats people according to God's worth.Questions:1. When have you cut off your nose to spite your face? (when have you been willing to do yourself harm in order to cause someone else harm?) What were the consequences of your actions?2. When have you seen someone else be treated better than they deserved? How did it make youfeel?3. When have you been treated better than you deserved? How did it make you feel?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:Romans 14:1-12, Matthew 18:21-35Sermon:We lose so much when we fail to forgive, but God gives us so much when we do forgive.Questions:1. What have you lost by refusing to forgive?2. What have you gained by being willing to forgive?3. When have you forgive yourself?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 18:15-20. Sermon: We use others in our conflicts to give our power away, but Christ uses others in our conflicts to empower us. Questions: 1. When have you experienced triangulation (asking a 3rd party to talk to someone you're in conflictwith instead of addressing that person directly yourself)? What wasthe result? 2. When have you gone tosomeone directly withwhom you have a conflict andasked to talk it through with them? What was the result? 3. Who have you been avoiding having a direct conversation with?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Roman 12:9-21, Matthew 16:21-28 Sermon:We judge our life to be bad, but God declares our life to be good. Questions: 1. When have you tried to tell God that God was wrong? 2. When has something that you thought was a curse, turned out to be a blessing? 3. When life is hard, what do you hold onto as a reminder that life is still good?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Roman12:1-8, Matthew 16:13-20 Sermon: Too many people live as though dead before we reach the grave, and so the living God makes us the immortal body of Christ to reach through the grave and bring them to life. Questions: 1. In what ways have you seen people live as though trapped in Hades on this side of the grave? 2. What gives your life light, substance, and purpose? 3. What spiritual gifts has God given you to overcome the gates of Hades?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Roman 11:1-2A, 29-32, Matthew 15:10-28 Sermon: We think we have to find our identity to discover wherewe fit in, but we fit into God's family, not because of who weare, but because of who God is. Questions: 1. When have you felt the need to prove your identity in order to fit in? 2. How has someone shown you that you belong, even when you've felt out ofplace? 3. What could you do this week to help someone know that they have a place in God's family?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Roman 10:5-15, Matthew 14:22-33 Sermon: We think we need to walk on water to grab hold of Jesus, but Jesus grabs hold of us even when we're sinking under the waves. Questions: 1. When have you done something foolish, dangerous, and unhelpful simply to prove something to yourself or others? 2. When have you taken a risk in order to help someone? How did that experience differ from the risk simply to prove something? 3. Who do you know who might be taking a foolish risk simply to prove something? How could you let them know that they are already loved?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Romans 9:1-5, Romans 9:2, Matthew 14:13-21 Sermon:We hide our grieving hearts because we think they are empty, but a grieving heart broken in the hands of Christ pours out the power of love's blessings. Questions: 1. Who do you know, from your life or from history, whose broken heart has become a source of blessings for others? 2. What does the grief in your heart tell you about who or what you love? 3. How could your broken heart inspire you to bless others so that your love might be alive in them?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Romans 8:26-39, Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 Sermon: The accuser tries to work everything against us, but God works everything for us. Questions: 1. When might being small like a mustard seed be an advantage? 2. What is something that others have disparaged that has turned out to be a blessing to you? 3. What aspects of yourself do you pray God will separateout? What aspects of yourself do you pray God will preserve eternally?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Romans 8:12-25, 13:24-30, 36-43 Sermon: We try to figure out who is and isn't part of God's family, but through his love, Jesus makes everyone part of God's family. Questions: 1. How do you decide who is a part of your family? 2. How has someonewho didn't start as a part of your family become a part of your family? 3. Who could show love to this week so that they know they are a part of God's family?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Romans 8:1-11, Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Sermon: Piling on to-do lists compacts our hearts to believing we are loved; Jesus breaks us open to provide space and structure in which the seed of God's unconditional love takes root. Questions: 1. In what ways have youtried to prove that you are worthy of being loved? 2. Which of your activities help you produce leaves that make you look big, and which produce seeds that multiply love in the world? 3. Where has God been breaking open your plans and forcing you to make space to love yourself?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Romans 7:15-25, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 Sermon: When we are left out of fun because we can't seem to follow the rules, Jesus invites us to follow him instead and see that God's fun rules! Questions: 1. In what ways do your impulses prevent you from doing what you'd like to do? 2. Who has been someone you respect whose example you've tried to follow? 3. Who could you reach out to as a mentor this week?
SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 6:12-23MATTHEW 10:40-42
SERMON: Do you use your freedom to work for what separatesyou from life, or what connects you to life?
QUESTIONS: 1) How do you spend your free time? Do you do those activities to connect to life, or disconnect from it? 2) If you were free to do anything, what would you chooseto do? 3) How can you use the freedom you have as anAmerican to serve God and our neighbors?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Romans 6:1-11, Matthew 10:24-39 Sermon: Others misconstrue our story, but Jesus tells the whole story about us: that we are God's beloved children. Questions: 1. When has learning more about someone's story changed how you think about them? 2. When have you felt God call you to live in a way that didn't fit into other's expectations of you? 3. Who is someone whose story you could learn more about this week?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Romans 5:1-8, Matthew 9:35-10:8 Sermon:You may only see the problems, but Jesus sees the promise. Questions: 1. When have you seen someoneonly as the problem that they were having? 2. When has enduring a hardship given you more confidence in life? 3. Where can you see the promise of God's love for you in a problem you are facing today?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Romans 4:13-25, Matthew 9:9-13 and 18-26 Sermon: We sacrifice our siblings to maintain our family pride, but Jesus sacrifices his pride to make a family through showing siblings mercy. Questions: 1. When have you been embarrassedby a member of your family? 2. When have you felt left out of your own family? 3. When has someonemade a sacrifice to make you feel like you belong? 4. Is there someone in God's family from whom you've been withholding mercy because of your pride?
Each week, we provide questions based on last Sunday's sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:2 Corinthians 13:11-13, Matthew 28:16-20Sermon: We fear making fools of ourselves if we follow Christ's lead, but the Trinity draws us into a dance of joy, shows us the steps, and supports us when we stumble, so we might share God's loving life with all the world.Questions:1. When have you gone to a party and not danced because you were self-conscious?2. When has someone successfullygotten you out on the dance floor? How did they do it?3. Who can you invite to join you as you do an act of ministry this week?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13, John 20:19-23Sermon: Humans use our differences to tear each other down, but the Holy Spirit uses our differences to build everyone up.Questions:1. In what unique ways do you contribute to your community?2. What talents and perspectives do you lack, but which you are grateful others provide?3. What gifts has God given you that you aren't yet using for the common good? Who might you turn to in order to find encouragement to use them?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11, John 17:1-11Sermon: Christ is no longer in the world in one body; Christ is in the world through many members in one body.Questions:1. When have you experienced conflict in a congregation due to differences of perspective?2. When have you been grateful to have someone in the congregation with a different perspective than yours?3. Whom could you thank this week for sharing a perspective different from your own?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:1 Peter 3:13-22, John 14:15-21Sermon: The world may no longer see the advocates in our life who have died, but in Christ and through the HolySpirit, we see them abide with us and in us.Questions:1. Who has been an advocate for you in your life? How did they advocate you?2. In what ways do you see that person's spirit inyourself and the world aroundyou?3. For whom could you advocate in the same way in which that person advocated for you?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:1 Peter 2:2-10, John 14:1-14Sermon: We try to make Christ a spiritual ladder that we have to climb, but Jesus is a sweet chariot who swings low to pick us up.Questions:1. When you think of Jesus as "the way" to the Father's house, do you think of him as a spiritual ladder we have to climb, or a chariot who swings low to pick us up?2. Who is someone you are glad to have in your life who once you couldn't stand?3. When have you failed to climb the spiritual ladder and had Jesus pick you up anyway?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Peter 2:19-25, John 10:1-10Sermon: The thievesand bandits of this world try to claim us, but only the Good Shepherd has the power to name us.Questions:1. When have you felt someone or something other than Jesus try to take controlof your spiritual identity?2. A sheepfold or baby gate is a safe place in which we learn who we are and the voice of theone who cares for us and calls us by name. What/where has been a "sheepfold" or "baby gate" for you?3. What can you do this week to listen for the voice of your Good Shepherd?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Luke 24:13-35Sermon:Sometimes we wrestle with fears from the past that affect the present.Questions:1. What were the fears that you wrestled with when you were little?2. How do you view those fears now?3. What rules or expectations from your childhood do you still follow?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:1 Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31Sermon: When we doubt death can be defeated, Jesus shows us the scars of survival.Questions:1. What scars do you have? What do your scars say about the challenges you've overcome withGod's help?2. What open wounds do you have? How can your scars give you hope for the healing of your wounds?3. Who would benefit from seeing your scars and hearing how Christ raised you up to new life?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:Matthew 21:1-11, Philippians 2:5-11, Matthew 26:14-27:10Sermon:When we flee life itself, Jesus is faithful and walks forward to meet us in death.Questions:1. When have you run away from a challenge?2. When have you faced a fear?3. Who is struggling this week with whom you could share a word of grace?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 11:1-45Sermon: When we can't see with God's eyes, God sees with ours, so that human eyes might see the glory of God.Questions:1. When was the last time that you, like Jesus, wept?2. Have you ever found yourself talking to a loved one who has died?3. How has your relationship with a loved one who has died changed over the years?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:1 Samuel 16:1-13, John 9:1-41Sermon: Mortals look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.Questions:1. When has someone seen you only for an aspect of your appearance or history?2. When have you been surprised to discover there is more to a person than what you first imagined?3. Who can you talk to this week who perhaps you've been overlooking?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:Exodus 17:1-7, John 4:5-42.Sermon: When we don't know where to find God, Jesus shows us God within and among us.Questions:1. What have you relied on other than God to sustain you?2. Where do you turn when your well runs dry?3. Who can you reach out to this week to share what is happening in your life, so that togetheryou can worship God in spirit and in truth?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings:Genesis 12:1-4, John 3:1-21Sermon: Our fear of rejection keeps us from life, but Jesus gives us his life to banish our fear of rejection.Questions:1. When have you hidden yourself from others out of shame to be seen?2. When has someone held you in love even as you tried to push them away?3. Who do you know who has been hiding in darkness? What might you do this week to help them trust they will be loved in the light?
Readings:Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Matthew 4:1-11Sermon: We want to be like God so that we can save the world, but God saves the world by becoming like us.Questions:1. When have you been tempted to ignore the needs of your body so that you could accomplish more?2. When have you been grateful for what your body tries to tell you?3. When have you tried to control someone else for their own good? What came of that?4. When have you ended up being grateful that someone made a choice with which you initially disagreed?
Readings:2 Peter 1:16-21, Matthew 17:1-9Sermon: We can't stay on life's mountain tops of joy forever, so Jesus brings the light of the mountain to be with us in the valley of the shadow of death.Questions:1. When have you had a "mountain top transfiguration moment" of being surrounded by people and haveknown that you belong, are loved, and cherished?2. How can you remind yourself of those "mountain top transfiguration moments" when times are hard?3. What are some things that other people do for/with you in that moment that you could do for someone else so that they might experience a "mountain top transfiguration moment?"
Readings:1 Corinthians 3:1-9, Matthew 5:21-37Sermon: When our relationship with God is based on objects, we will fight each other to control them. When our relationship with God is rooted in people, we will work with each other to love them.Questions:1. Is there an object or a place through which you feel a connection to God? How do others feel about that place or object?2. When have you found yourself fighting with siblings in Christ overhow to properly worship Christ?3. When have you seen someone love a person that you care about in a way that you could not?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 [13-16], Matthew 5:13-20Sermon: When the world cannot taste the joy of the heavenly banquet and cannot see the hope of heaven, remember that Christ has made you the salt ofthe earth and the light of the world, that through you others might taste and see that the Lord is good.Questions:1) When have you been tempted to isolate or hide yourself from others?2) When has someone helped you taste the joy or see the beauty in life again?3) This week, how can you help someone else taste the joy of life or see the beauty of life around them?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31Sermon: The poor in spirit are honest about who they are, even if it's not who the world tells them to be.Questions:1.Whats the foundation your faith was built on?2.What are the demands in your life?3.How are you being honest in your own life and being open to authentic love?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: Matthew 4:12-23Sermon:Embrace the positive disruptions in your life.Questions:1. When have you left your safety net to embark on something unknown?2. What are you fishing for in your life?3. What or who are the positive disruptions in your life?4. How will you make new connections in your life?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:1-9, JOHN 1:29-42Sermon: Wherever you are, Jesus is staying with you.Questions:1) When has someone stayed beside you in the midst of life's challenges?2) Where have you seen Jesus staying with you this week?3) How can you invite something this week to "come and see" where you have encountered Jesus?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: ISAIAH 42:1-9, MATTHEW 3:13-17Sermon: No one is holy enough to make you right with God, but God is holy enough to use you to let anyone know they are alright.Questions:1) When has one of your role-models turned out notto be who you thought they were?2) What lessons/encouragement that you learned from the role-model are still true, even if therole-model wasn't?3) How can you be a cook in God's kitchen this week and serve someone up a reminder that God delights in them?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: ISAIAH 63:7-9, MATTHEW 2:11-23Sermon: When what's worked in the past no longer works in the present, may we remember it was God alone who carried us all the days of old, and it is God who will carry us down old paths or new ones.Questions:1) When have you made a decision based solely off of what worked in the past?2) When has something you've always relied on stopped working? What carried you through in that moment?3) How can you pay attention this week to where God is guiding you through scripture, conversations, and dreams?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: ISAIAH 9:2-7, LUKE 2:1-14 [15-20]Sermon: Christmas is not a celebration of those for whom everything is perfect; Christmas is the perfect gift to those for whom everything isn't.Questions:1) For whom do you do your Christmas traditions?2) How do you hold onto peace in the midst of your labors?3) What reminders from Christmas that everything we have is a gift from God, can you hold onto and share throughout the rest of the year?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: ISAIAH 7:10-16, MATTHEW 1:18-25Sermon: While we worry about making mistakes, God is busy making miracles.QUESTIONS:1) When have you closed yourself from an opportunity or relationship because you felt you wouldn't be in control of it?2) When have you made a mistake, only to have Christ use it to open your heart to God's presence?3) What have you been trying to manage that you can let go of this week and entrust to God?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: ISAIAH 35:1-10, MATTHEW 11:2-11Sermon:We want our enemies destroyed. Christ destroys our greatest enemy: the sin in our heart, so that we can make friends of our foes.Questions: When all we can see are our obstacles, Christ opens our eyes to God's miracles.1) What obstacles are taking up your vision right now?2) When has Christ opened your eyes to God's presence, power, and possibilities?3) How can you help others this week open their eyes to God's beauty?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together.Readings: ISAIAH 11:1-10, MATTHEW 3:1-12Sermon: We want our enemies destroyed. Christ destroys our greatest enemy: the sin in our heart, so that we can make friends of our foes.Questions:1) If you were to describe yourself as an animal, which would it be? How would it change your self-understanding to describe yourself as two different animals at the same time?2) "Red meat" is a term in politics used to describe inflammatory and divisive rhetoric that rallies a voter base. When have you prefered devouring "red meat" to grazing on nuanced conversations in the civic sphere? When have you hungered for red meat in your personal relationships?3) With whom are you in conflict now? What power, or control, or judgement would that person need to turn over to Christ for you to have peace with them? What power, or control, or judgement would you need to turn over to Christ to make peace with that person?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: ISAIAH 2:1-5, MATTHEW 24:36-44 Sermon: While we await an end of the year fight with family, Christ arrives with an end of the age parade of friends for a potluck. Questions:
1) How does Isaiah 2's description of the Messiah's arrival compare with what you've heard about Jesus' second coming?
2) What did how you awaited Thanksgiving say about what it was you were truly expecting at Thanksgiving?
3) How do you rehearse and prepare to be hurt before family gatherings? How could you prepare and practice for healing?
COLOSSIANS 1:11-2011May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powersall things have been created through him and for him. 17He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. 19For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, 20and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.LUKE 23:33-4333When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 34Then Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. And they cast lots to divide his clothing. 35And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one! 36The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, 37and saying, If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself! 38There was also an inscription over him, This is the King of the Jews.39One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us! 40But the other rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong. 42Then he said, Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. 43He replied, Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.
SERMON: When we are at our lowest, distant from the glory of kings, Jesus shows us on the cross that the glory of the king of the universe is to be with us at our lowest.
QUESTIONS
1) What do you hope from your government? What do you hope from your God? 2) When have you experienced a great pain in your life that you couldn't change? What meaning did you give to that pain? 3) When has another person's loving presence transformed a painful situation into a foretaste of paradise?
ISAIAH 65:17-25 17For I am about to create new heavensand a new earth;the former things shall not be rememberedor come to mind.18But be glad and rejoice foreverin what I am creating;for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy,and its people as a delight.19I will rejoice in Jerusalem,and delight in my people;no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it,or the cry of distress.20No more shall there be in itan infant that lives but a few days,or an old person who does not live out a lifetime;for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth,and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.21They shall build houses and inhabit them;they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.22They shall not build and another inhabit;they shall not plant and another eat;for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.23They shall not labor in vain,or bear children for calamity;for they shall be offspring blessed by theLordand their descendants as well.24Before they call I will answer,while they are yet speaking I will hear.25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,the lion shall eat straw like the ox;but the serpentits food shall be dust!They shall not hurt or destroyon all my holy mountain,says theLord.
LUKE 21:5-19 5When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God,[Jesus]said,6As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.7They asked him, Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign that this is about to take place?8And he said, Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, I am he! and, The time is near! Do not go after them.9When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.10Then he said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;11there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven.12But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.13This will give you an opportunity to testify.14So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance;15for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.16You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, by relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death.17You will be hated by all because of my name.18But not a hair of your head will perish.19By your endurance you will gain your souls.
SERMON: When even paradise seems imperfect, may we remember that the Kingdom of God is not where we are but how we are in Christ.
QUESTIONS: 1) When have you been excited to visit somewhere, only to find yourself disappointed when you arrived? What caused that disappointment?
2) Where are some of the places that you have been happiest? Why were you happy in those places?
3) If you knew everything that you're working on today would be destroyed tomorrow, which things would you continue to do?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: HAGGAI 1:15B--2:9, LUKE 20:27-38 Sermon: When the present feels like it can't live up to the past, Jesus shows us that the treasures of past, present, and future are all alive together in him now. Questions:
1) Who is someone who has died who showed you God's love? How can you see them alive in Christ today?
2) What was one of the worst times in your past? How did God get you through that time? How can you see God working in the same way today?
3) What was one of the best times in your past? How can you see God working in the same way today?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: HABAKKUK 1:1-4; 2:1-4, LUKE 19:1-10 Sermon: When we can't see Jesus because of the pride of institutions, Jesus invites himself into our lives through the faith of individuals. Questions:
1) When have you been a part of an institution or organization that you believed was problematic? Why were you a part of it?
2) When have you seen God work through flawed systems or organizations?
3) How can you use the tools of the institutions of which you are a part to better serve God and neighbor?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Joel 2:23-32, Luke 18:9-14 Sermon: We are tempted to use other people as a barometer of our worthiness to God. But there is good news in the forecast that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Questions:
1) When have you been tempted to determine your own worth by comparing yourself to someone else?
2) When have you felt confident in your own worth? What gave you that confidence?
3) How can you give encouragement to others who may stick out as different to help them know their worth in Christ?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Jeremiah 31:27-34, Luke 18:1-8 Sermon: When we are silent in prayer, we answer "no" for God. But when our whole life becomes a prayer, God answers "yes" through us. Questions:
1) When have you discovered that an experience of God plucking up and tearing down in your life was preparing the ground for God to build up and plant?
2) When have you been afraid to ask someone for something? Why were you afraid to ask? If you eventually asked them, how did they respond?
3) How can your daily activities become a prayer for God's justice?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: JEREMIAH 29:1, 4-7, LUKE 17:11-19 Sermon: We hide ourselves in embarrassmentat the labels the world gives us, but Jesus calls us clean and tells us to show ourselves to the world. Questions:
1) When have you moved somewhere that you didn't want to be? In what ways did you hide yourself in that place? In what ways did you show yourself? What were the consequences of hiding or showing yourself?
2) When have you hidden yourself because of shame or embarrassmentat a label someone gave you?
3) When has someone helped you believe that you are "clean" and encouraged you to show yourself?
4) How can you help others believe that they are "clean" so that they can show themselves?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:LAMENTATIONS 1:1-6, LUKE 17:5-10 Sermon:We don't reach out to people going through hard times when we doubt we have words to bring them comfort, but in dogs' silent love, God shows us the healing power of a faithful presence. Questions:
1) When have you hesitatedto reach out to someone going through a hard time? Why did you hesitate?
2) When has an animal brought you comfort?
3) What might we learn from animals about how to bring comfort to others?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: JEREMIAH 32:1-3A, 6-15, LUKE 16:19-31 Sermon: While we are tempted to use wealth to carve chasms between ourselves and people we don't want to deal with, Jesus uses God's riches to create connections with the lost and forsaken. Questions:
1) When has having access to money allowed you to avoid what would otherwise be a major problem?
2) When has someone's generosity toward you created a unique opportunity for connection?
3) How could you use what wealth you have to create a connection with someone with whom you don't feel you have a connection? How could you use what money you have to invest in a community that is often overlooked?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: LUKE 16:1-15, JEREMIAH 8:18--9:1 Sermon:We drag people through the mud to gain more of what we can't even keep; but Christ gives us all of God's riches so that we can raise each other up and make friends that last for eternity. Questions:
1) When have you demanded "payback" from someone? What did you gain from that payback? What did you lose?
2) When has someone paid off a debt for you? Was it a financial debt or a relational debt? Why did they do it? How did it change your life?
3) Who do you know who is struggling under the weight of shame for a sin already addressed? How can you help that person know that Christ forgives and loves them?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Luke 15:1-10 Sermon: We lose people who are precious because we treat them like trash; God doesn't make trash and so searches for each person who is lost. Questions:
1) What is the most recent object that you lost? How did you lose it? 2) What is the most recent relationship that you lost? How did you lose it? 3) When have you felt like someone found you? 4) How can you reach out to someone with whom you've lost touch?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: LUKE 14:25-33, JEREMIAH 18:1-11 Sermon: We fight to maintain the life weknow, but Jesus invites us to let God reshape our life into something more beautiful than we can imagine. Questions:
1) When have you thought something in your life was wonderful, only to find out it was harmful?
2) What habits help you entrust your life to God rather than to unhelpful coping mechanism?
3) When has God reshaped a collapse in your life into a vessel of blessing?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Jeremiah 2:4-13, Luke 14:1, 7-14 Sermon: Trying to find our worth through fitting in with others is like trying to fill a cracked cistern, but when we find our worth in God, we are filled by the fountain of living water whose love overflows from us into the world. Questions:
1) When have you been tempted to change who you are to fit in with others?
2) How do you decide who you will spend time and associate with?
3) When have you felt most truly yourself?
4) What helps give you the confidence to be the person God has made you to be?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: LUKE 13:10-17, JEREMIAH 1:4-10 Sermon:When it feels like our only choices are to either submit to those who oppose us or destroy them, God provides something better: transformative testimony to Christ's love. Questions:
1) How do you spend your day of rest each week?
2) What prevents you from fully being at peace on that day?
3 When your internal monologue starts speaking words of resignation, criticism, and insecurity on the sabbath, how might you start praising God instead?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: HEBREWS 11:29--12:2, LUKE 12:49-56 Sermon: When it feels like our only choices are to either submit to those who oppose us or destroy them, God provides something better: transformative testimony to Christ's love. Questions:
1) When have you given up on an issue or principle that mattered deeply to you simply because it was easier to give in? When have you destroyed a relationship that mattered deeply to you because of an issue or principle that mattered deeply to you?
2) Who is someone with whom you have a close relationship but with whom you disagree on deeply held beliefs? What holds your relationship together?
3 When has someone changed your perspective about an issue? How did they do it?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: HEBREWS 11:1-3, 8-16, LUKE 12:32-40 Sermon:Through our actions we achieve nothing, but through our actions Christ achieves everything. Questions:
1) When have you acted with conviction towards a future you can't yet see?
2) What is your hope as a follower of Jesus?
3) What gives you assurance of the hope you have in Jesus?
4) What is one object you already own and which you love, that you could give to someone else so that your treasure and heart might be with that person?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: ECCLESIASTES 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23, LUKE 12:13-21 Sermon: Through our actions we achieve nothing, but through our actions Christ achieves everything. Questions:
1) When have you despaired that your daily activity has any meaning?
2) When has someone in customerservice transformedyour day through an act of grace?
3) What is an object you use everyday that improves your life? Say a prayer of thanks that God works through the person who made it.
4) In your activities today, what is one way that you can be the mask through which God cares for others?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: GENESIS 18:16-32, LUKE 11:1-13 Sermon: We pray to try and change God, but Jesus teaches us to pray so that God will change us. Questions:
1) What are your most frequent prayers?
2) When have you seen a prayer answered?
3) What keeps you praying when you don't see your prayers answered?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: GENESIS 18:1-10A, LUKE 10:38-42 Sermon: We put on a show of love instead of showing the basic love of listening to what the other person truly wants, but Jesus shows up in our lives anyway. Questions: 1) What makes you feel heard?
2) When have you worked hard to do something for someone, only to discover it isn't what they wanted. When has someone done that to you?
3) When has Jesus shown up in your life, even when you weren't paying attention?
4) How can you take time this week to let go of some of the things you doforJesus and and take to time to listentoJesus?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: COLOSSIANS 1:1-14, LUKE 10:25-37 Sermon: We rob ourselves of life by asking "what must I do," but Jesus is our Good Samaritan who carries us to abundant life wherewe instead ask, "what am I free to do?" Questions: 1) In what ways does your "must do" list prevent you from connecting with the people around you?
2) When was a time that you were unable to complete your "must do" list? What happened?
3) Pick a challenge in your life or the world that feels important but overwhelming. In what ways are you free, not to solve this challenge, but to respond to it in love?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Galatians 6:[1-6] 7-16, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20. Sermon: What we hope for our nation may feel far off, but the Kingdom of God has come near. Questions: 1) How does being a follower of Jesus shape how you love your country? 2) When has someone helped you realize the gifts/talents you possess to do God's work? How could you help do that for others? 3) How has the Kingdom of God come near to you this past week?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Galatians 5:1, 13-25, Luke 9:51-62. Sermon: We can't control our kids' lives, but Christ can set them free. Questions: 1) What comments from your parents have stuck with you throughout your life? How do you feel about those comments? 2) To what extent do/did you relate to your parents out of joy versus obligation? 3) Is there anything your parents could say or could have said to allow you to relate to them more out of joy instead of obligation? To whom could you say such things that they might relate to you more out of joy?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Galatians 3:23-29, Luke 8:26-39. Sermon: Demons try to make us feel naked, ashamed, and alone, but in the waters of baptism we are clothed with Christ's glory and united with an eternal family as God's beloved child. Questions: 1) What are the demonic voices that try to make you feel naked, ashamed, and alone? 2) What are the ways that you hold onto your demons? Why do you hold on to those demons? 3) What sources of water in your everyday life can you use to remind yourself that in baptism you are clothed with Christ's glory and united with an eternal family as God's beloved child?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31, John 16:12-15. Sermon: God exists as relationships, and so do we. Questions:
1) What relationships most shape who you are? 2) In what ways do those relationships make you vulnerable? In what ways do those relationships give you life? 3) In what ways has your life been enriched by being part of a national and international community of Christians? 4) Pastor Ben distinguishes between harm and pain. Harm is that which destroysus, pain is the warning signal that we are being harmed. When have you ignored pain in a relationship, but let the harm continue? When have you faced pain in a relationship to heal the harm that was being done?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Acts 2:1-21, Psalm 104:24-34, 35b, John 14:8-17 Sermon: We doubt we can do deeds like Jesus did, but the Holy Spirit gives us the power to even greater works.
Questions:
1) Who has shown you God? 2) What "language" did they use to show you God the Father? 3) What "languages" might you speak through which to show someone God? 4) Who might you visit in the next week to speak God's love in their "language?"
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: Acts 16:16-34, Psalm 97, John 17:20-26. Sermon:Personal privilegeimprisons us, but Christ sets us free to serve.
Questions:
1) What freedoms have you taken for granted, only to discover they could be taken away?
2) When is a time that you have experienced freedom in serving others?
3) In the reading from Acts we encounter 5 major characters, a slave girl who is free to proclaim God's salvation, slave owners who've lost their hope when their profit runs dry, magistrates who discover the authority they wield can be wielded against them, Paul and Silas who are jailed but who set their jailer free, and a jailer who realized he was the one on death row. With which of these characters do you most identify and why?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings:Acts 16:9-15, Psalm 67, John 14:23-29 Sermon: Rome gives peace by making the world a desert; Jesus gives peace by making the world a dessert. Questions:
1) What are the places in your life that feel like they've had endless conflict?
2) When have you received an unexpected invitation? If you said yes to the invitation, what happened? If you said no, what happened?
3) Who is someone who seems different from you whom youmight invite over for dinner and dessert?
Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Readings: ACTS 11:1-18, JOHN 13:31-35 Sermon: In order to glorify God we draw lines around who is permitted at our table, but Jesus glorifies God by drawing lines through every-prerequisite to share his meal. Questions: 1) Tell a story of someone you never would have expected to be a follower of Jesus, but turned out to be one. 2) In what ways do we as a congregation insist that people adopt our culture to be part of Faith Lutheran? In what ways do you insist that people adopt your culture to be a part of your life? 3) What excuses do you use to claim you aren't fit to be a disciple? Who in scripture does Jesus use to draw a line through those excuses?
Acts 9:36-43, Psalm 23, John 10:22-30 Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Here are this week's questions: QUESTIONS:
1) Who are the women who have modeled for you what it means to be a disciple of Jesus?
2) This past week, where have you heard the voice of Jesus say to you, "Get up!"
3) What gifts has God given you that you might use for "good works and acts of charity?"
ACTS 9:1-6 [7-20], PSALM 30,JOHN 21:1-19 Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Here are this week's questions:
Where did your ancestors come from? What faith traditions or customs did they practice? Are yours the same or different? What do you think the faith expectations of these ancestors would be for you? What are your hopes for the future generations of Faith Lutheran Church?
ACTS 5:27-32,PSALM 118:14-29,JOHN 20:19-31 Each week, we provide questions based on the sermon. These questions are to encourage you to connect the scriptures to your own life and to invite you to grow deeper in your relationships with others at Faith by discussing the questions together. Here are this week's questions: 1. What did you do on "weird Saturday"? 2. What are things that you have to see to believe? 3. What are your lingering questions after Easter? What are you trying to verify? 4. How do you relate to Thomas?
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Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 5:5-10, John 12:20-33March 28 ~ Palm SundayMark 11:1-11, Isaiah 50:4-9a, Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 14:1-52
Numbers 21:4-9, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21March 21 ~ Fifth Sunday in LentJeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 5:5-10, John 12:20-33March 28 ~ Palm SundayMark 11:1-11, Isaiah 50:4-9a, Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 14:1-52
Exodus 20:1-17, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, John 2:13-22March 14 ~ Fourth Sunday in LentNumbers 21:4-9, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21March 21 ~ Fifth Sunday in LentJeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 5:5-10, John 12:20-33
Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Romans 4:13-25, Mark 8:31-38 March 7 ~ Third Sunday in LentExodus 20:1-17, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, John 2:13-22March 14 ~ Fourth Sunday in LentNumbers 21:4-9, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21
Our tradition of worshipping with our siblings in Christ during Lent will continue this year! We may not be connecting over soup, but we will connect over Zoom! Each week a different congregation will lead us in worship with music, prayers, and preaching on passages of perseverancein scripture. Donations this year will be used for purchasing winter weather gear for God's children living on the streets. Wednesdays at 7pm:Feb. 24th - Holy Trinity March 3rd - Faith Lutheran March 10th - First Baptist March 17th - First Christian March 24th - Bethel AMEJoin Zoom Meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84783027230?pwd=dUs1RmM2cFJld1RaNThjZUEzd1BWdz09Meeting ID: 847 8302 7230Passcode: Lent
Genesis 9:8-17, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1:9-15Feb. 28 ~ Second Sunday of LentGenesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Romans 4:13-25, Mark 8:31-38Mar. 7 ~ Third Sunday of LentExodus 20:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, John 2:13-22
2 Kings 2:1-12, 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, Mark 9:2-9Feb. 21 ~ First Sunday of LentGenesis 9:8-17, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1:9-15Feb. 28 ~ Second Sunday of LentGenesis 17:1-7, 15-16, Romans 4:13-25, Mark 8:31-38