This Week: Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122, Romans 13:11-14, Matthew 24:36-44

Adult Student Pew-work

Focus Statement: “Neither shall they learn war any more.”

  1. What is your role in bringing in the great day described by the prophet Isaiah?

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  1. Advent implies “waiting”: what fulfillment are you truly waiting and longing for in your own life?

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  1. What do you enjoy in your life now, that you would like to preserve?

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  1. What strategy will best preserve the things you enjoy: Strength and power (“the sword”) or peacemaking and justice (“plowshares”) -- and why?

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  1. How can we make a difference: as individual people of faith, as a community of faith, and as a denomination?

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Next Week: Isaiah 11:1-10, Psalm 72:1-7,18-19, Romans 15:4-13, Matthew 3:1-12