This week's lessons: Isaiah 40:1-11, Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13, 2 Peter 3:8-15a, Mark 1:1-8

Adult Student Pew-work

Focus Statement: “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem”

  1. In what ways is your church ?an odd community??

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To what oppressors are the people in your church captive?

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  1. Do you and the people of your church feel far from home, exiled?

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  1. How is this Advent season different from ?the Christmas shopping season? that surrounds us?

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  1. What is the good news this very year that the people of your church need to hear?

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Next week's lessons: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11, Psalm 126 or Luke 1:47-55, I Thessalonians 5:16-24, John 1:6-8, 19-28