This week's lessons: Acts 4:32-35, Psalm 133, 1 John 1:1-2:2, John 20:19-31
This
week's lessons: Acts
4:32-35, Psalm
133, 1
John 1:1-2:2, John
20:19-31
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 use:
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. Lent is the season of preparation for the great feast of Easter. We spend 40 days in self-denial and solemn prayer, readying our hearts and minds to celebrate Christ's great Easter victory over Death and Sin.
Today, the Gospel reviews for us Jeremiah's prophecy of the New Covenant
Review of Last Week
What was the sermon on? -
What was the Gospel lesson? - The women come to the tomb
Did anyone have any insights about...
(From Palm Sunday)
1.In what ways do some modern governments act unjustly and brutally, as Pilate acted in his role as governor?
2.How do you benefit, from the unloving or unjust acts of goverments or corporations that have power in our society?
3.How can the people of Emmanual act out our remorse for our sins, by acting with compassion to victims of unjustly-wielded power?
4.What gift of great cost (actual cost or spiritual and emotional cost to you) can you pour out at the feet of Jesus this Easter?
(From Easter Sunday)
1.Where have you seen life out of death?
2.Have you ever been so focused on your task that you missed a great wonder unfolding before your eyes?
3.Have you ever felt that a day was particularly blessed by God? Why? And how did you respond to the day?
4.How does your life reflect your participation in Christ's death and resurrection?
“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: Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36b-48