This week's lessons: Acts 2:14a, 36-41 , Psalm 116: 1-4, 12-19, 1 Peter 1:17-23, Luke 24:13-35

Emmanuel Community Church

Inter-generational Lectionary Study;

Sundays from 10:0 to 10:45 in the Board Room

Opening

Opening prayer by leader, or invite another participant to pray, or us:

Almighty God, who has caused all Holy Scripture to be written for our learning, open our ears and hearts today to learn from your word and from one another, we ask in Jesus' Name. Amen

Set the calendar-clock to the right date. Easter is a seven-week long celebration of Christ's resurrection: the Great Week of Weeks.

  1. Who has the power to forgive sins: you (and other Christians), or the Pastor, or God? How does the forgiveness offered or proclaimed by each of these, differ?
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  2. When Jesus said “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”, what was he sending the disciples to do?
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  3. What are you sent to do?
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  4. Have you felt Jesus breathe on you? If so, when; and how were you empowered?
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  5. What can be said today to those who have doubts about Jesus?
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Bible Passage

Acts 2:14a, 36-41



Psalm 116: 1-4, 12-19,



1 Peter 1:17-23,



Luke 24:13-35



Pew-work Hand-outs

“Pew-work” is like Home-work, except that it is done in the pews, instead of being done at home. Because it is focussed on the readings (as the sermon, presumably, also is) it can be done during the sermon to help the listener concentrate. Or, it can be done while waiting for everyone else to finish their communion. It isn't done during prayers, or hymns, or the readings, because

During the Readings, we listen

Adult Student's Pew-work

Middle-school Students' Pew-work

Elementary-School Students' Pew-work

Pre-Schooler's Pew-work

Next week's lessons: Acts 2:42-47, Psalm 23, 1 Peter 2:19-25, John 10:1-10