Read the lessons at the Vanderbilt Library website: http://divinity.lib.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/cLent/cLent5.htm

Sermon Summary

Listen to the lessons for the following words, and tick them off when you hear them:

___ "Mount Sinai"
___ "covenant”
___ "Elijah"

Is today's Sermon based on one of the Lessons?

Yes / No

Circle the Lesson that the Sermon is based on.

Isaiah 43:16-21
Psalm 126
Philippians 3:4b-14
John 12:1-8

None of the Above

What is the main point of the Sermon?

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Write down one Scripture reference that the preacher makes

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Write down one figure of speech used by the preacher (Metaphors, Similes, hyperbole)

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Write down five interesting words and discuss them with an adult during coffee hour

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(Isaiah 43:18-21) Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. {19} I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. {20} The wild animals will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, {21} the people whom I formed for myself so that they might declare my praise. (NRSV)

Word List

WILDERNESS OSTRICHES REMEMBER PERCEIVE CONSIDER SPRINGS JACKALS DECLARE ANIMALS THINGS RIVERS PRAISE PEOPLE MYSELF ISAIAH FORMER FORMED DESERT CHOSEN WATER MIGHT HONOR FORTH DRINK ABOUT WILL WHOM THEY THAT NRSV MAKE GIVE YOU WAY OLD NOW NOT NEW AND IT DO

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  1. Have you ever lost anyone you loved suddenly or unexpectedly? Did you have any regrets about your relationship with them? If you had the last six days to do over again, how would you spend them? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

  2. We are so used to thinking of Jesus in the post resurrection that it is hard to fully imagine him before the cross. If you had been present in that time, what would you have done for Jesus in his last days? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

  3. Martha, Lazarus, and Mary all had different approaches and gifts to offer Jesus in his last days. Do you see yourself more as one who seeks service, fellowship, or intimacy? Which of these would you like to do more of that you are not doing now? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

  4. The prophet Isaiah promises us that God is about to do a new thing. What new things do you see God doing in your life? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________