This week's lessons: Acts 2:42-47, Psalm 23, 1 Peter 2:19-25, John 10:1-10
This
week's lessons: Acts
2:42-47, Psalm
23, 1
Peter 2:19-25, John
10:1-10
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. Epiphany is our time of showing Christ forth into the world. Christ was “shown forth” in the miraculous signs that surrounded his birth, not only to his own people, but to the entire world, as evidenced by the visit of the Magi. The other great signs of Christ's life were also signs to the whole world. Over the weeks of Epiphany, the Gospel readings will review for us many of those signs that reveal who Christ is.
Today, the Gospel reviews for us Christ's baptism.
Review of Last Week
What was the sermon on? - the road to Emmaus
What was the Gospel lesson? - the road to Emmaus
Did anyone have any insights about...
1.When has the news, or events in
your life shaken the foundations of what you
believe?
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2.What did you do to find peace
and balance, and to build new foundations?
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3.When at Emmanuel have you felt
that “your eyes were opened? What opened
them?
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4.What does this story tell us
about
hospitality?
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4.What ministries are people at
Emmanuel called to that use bread or food to open people's
eyes?
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“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 Prayers, we pray
During Hymns, we sing
During the Readings, we listen
Middle-school Students' Pew-work
Elementary-School Students' Pew-work
Next week's lessons: Acts 7:55-60, Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16, 1 Peter 2:2-10, John 14:1-14