This week's lessons: Acts 1:6-14, Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35, 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11, John 17:1-11
Emmanuel Community Church
This
week's lessons: Acts
1:6-14, Psalm
68:1-10, 32-35, 1
Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11, John
17:1-11
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? -
What was the Gospel lesson? -
Did anyone have any insights about...
1.What are the hopes that fill you and our Church during this easter season?
2.What are the stories, the memories, and the present dreams that account for our hope?
3.What are the challenges of addressing those who do not share our stories, memories, and dreams; who do not look to the same ancestors in faith?
4.What are the main philosophies of our time that swirl around us and distract us and entice us -- on talk shows, in self-help books, in discussion groups?
5.In the midst of materialism and nationalism and militarism, what "other gods" become the focus of our lives?
6.How do we hear the words "In him we live and move and have our being" differently when we realize Paul is quoting a pagan philosopher?
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 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 2:1-21 or Numbers 11:24-30, Psalm 104:24-34, 35b, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 or Acts 2:1-21, John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39