Read the lessons at the Vanderbilt Library website: http://divinity.lib.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/BPentecost/bAllSaints.htm

Sermon Summary

Is today's Sermon based on one of the Lessons?	Yes / No
Circle the Lesson that the Sermon is based on.	[Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 or Isaiah 25:6-9] and Psalm 24 Revelation 21:1-6a John 11:32-44 None of the Above
What is the main point of the Sermon?	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
Note any Scripture references the preacher makes	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
What powerful figures of speech did the preacher use? (Metaphors, Similes, hyperbole)	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
Now that you have thought about this Lesson, what might you do differently next week?	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________

(Adult Student Pew-work ... page 2)

[Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9 or Isaiah 25:6-9] and Psalm 24
Revelation 21:1-6a
John 11:32-44

What comes to mind when you hear the word “saint”? Who are the saints that you think of? Who have been saints for you? Who are the people who might look to you as a saint, mentor, example, or role model in their lives?	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
What does it mean for you to live out your baptismal identity and calling as a saint? How does that shape the way that you live and serve in the context of your daily life? What does that mean for you in terms of your witness to the gospel and intercessory prayer on behalf of others?	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
What words of hope and promise do you hear in the gospel passage? Imagine that you are Lazarus. What do you do with your newly restored life? What would you spend more time doing? What would you spend less time doing? What things would you stop taking for granted? In what ways would you look at your life and the world around you differently?	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
What are the griefs and sorrows that have touched your life? Where do you look for comfort and hope? How do you hear Isaiah’s and Revelation’s promise that God will wipe every tear from your eyes? What does it mean for you to think of God being present with you?	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________

Read the lessons at the Vanderbilt Library website: http://divinity.lib.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/BPentecost/bProper27.htm

Sermon Summary

Is today's Sermon based on one of the Lessons?	Yes / No
Circle the Lesson that the Sermon is based on.	Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 and Psalm 127 or 1 Kings 17:8-16 and Psalm 146 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44 None of the Above
What is the main point of the Sermon?	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
Note any Scripture references the preacher makes	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
What powerful figures of speech did the preacher use? (Metaphors, Similes, hyperbole)	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________
Now that you have thought about this Lesson, what might you do differently next week?	_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________

What emotions do you observe in verses 32 – 37?

What significance do you see in Lazarus' being laid to rest in a tomb covered with a stone?

What conflict would Martha have felt, knowing that Lazarus has been in the tomb 4 days yet Jesus is saying to take away the stone.

What do we think Jesus was gently trying to convey as he stood in front of the tomb?

What do we think Jesus was gently trying to convey as he stood in front of the tomb?Lazarus will eventually die - probably of old age. What do you suppose was his reaction upon finding himself "alive" again?

As Lazarus was 'unbound" how might others in the group have also become "unbound?" In what ways does this passage "unbind" us?