This Week: Exodus 24:12-18, Psalm 2 or Psalm 99, 2 Peter 1:16-21, Matthew 17:1-9

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Family Lectionary Study;

Sundays from 9:15 to 10:15 in the Prayer Room

Set the Church-year Calendar. This is the first Sunday of Christmas

Review responses to last week's homework:

  1. What are the mountaintop experiences in Emmanuel Community Church's story?
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  2. How was God speaking to you in those moments, and how does God still speak to you in the daily, even mundane, activities of church life?
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  3. What things might distract us from hearing God speaking to us?
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  4. How have you witnessed the glory of God, or experienced it quietly, deep in your hearts, or, perhaps just as importantly, how have you missed that glory, as it quietly slipped by?
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  5. “Never discuss religion or politics?” -- is this good advice, or bad advice?
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  6. What brings people together each Sunday?
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  7. What keeps other people, who might come together on Sunday, away?
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  8. How should each of us treat people who disagree with us on important matters?
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Memory Scripture:

18   Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
19   Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
20   But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
21   And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
22   Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23   Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Exodus 24:12-18


Psalm 2 or Psalm 99


2 Peter 1:16-21


Matthew 17:1-9


Next week: Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 , Psalm 32 , Romans 5:12-19 , Matthew 4:1-11