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  • 16.19 Real Ministry
    Real Ministry

    For the session to be discussed on May 12, 2024

    Acts 1:15-26

    David Cassady

    Nikki Hardeman
    Crystal Shepherd
    Daniel Glaze

    We discuss what it means to do “ministry.” Whether we are pastors, counselors, homemakers, physicians, bankers, teachers, retirees, financial planners, nurses, librarians, volunteers, administrative assistants, graphic designers, teenagers, or students… we are ministers!

    Daniel Glaze says, “Real ministry happens in the living out of this wild and wonderful life to which we have each been called.”

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    • 21 min
    • 16.18 Come to the Waters

      For the session to be discussed on May 5, 2024

      Acts 10:44-48

      David Cassady

      Nikki Hardeman
      Crystal Shepherd
      Daniel Glaze

      We continue our journey through the book of Acts, this time discussing Acts 10, where Peter orders the baptism of Gentiles, previously excluded from the waters. How does the movement of the Spirit lead us to respond? In what ways do we try to contain the Spirit?

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        26 min
      • 16.17 A Gospel of Grace

        For the session to be discussed on April 28, 2024

        Acts 8:26-40

        David Cassady

        Nikki Hardeman
        Crystal Shepherd
        Daniel Glaze

        In today’s story, Philip is driven by the Spirit of God to go south from Jerusalem to Gaza. Along the path, he comes across, and I’m quoting verse 27, an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians in charge of her entire treasury. This unnamed Ethiopian eunuch, whom many would consider a sexual minority, became the first Christian in Africa. And he is the patron saint of Ethiopia. All because Philip threw caution to the wind and crossed the boundaries others had placed in the way.

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        • 25 min
        • 16.16 Peter’s Powerful Proclamation

          For the session to be discussed on April 21, 2024

          Acts 4:1-12

          David Cassady

          Daniel Glaze
          Nikki Hardeman
          David Adams

          After the healing of a man in desperate need, John and Peter are hauled before the Sanhedrin to defend themselves. Daniel Glaze comments, “So much of the Book of Acts is about the Spirit of God that cannot be contained. An early Christian movement that is so filled by the power of God and unconstrained by human boundaries. A church so full of love, yet tired of rules and regulations about who’s in and who’s out. Peter’s response to his Inquisitors is yet another sermon.”

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          • 23 min
          • 16.15 The Story in Us

            For the session to be discussed on April 14, 2024

            Acts 3:12-19

            David Cassady

            Daniel Glaze
            Nikki Hardeman
            David Adams
            Crystal Shepherd

            In the opening of Acts 3, we find Peter and John heading to afternoon prayer. Fresh off of Pentecost and the influx of the Holy Spirit, Peter encounters a lame man begging for alms – who is healed. The healing was proof that Jesus was still a living presence in his followers and could transform the world. We discuss what it means to encounter miracle in our lives.

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            • 25 min
            • 16.14 Sharing the Hope
              For the session to be discussed on April 7, 2024
              Acts 4:32-35
              David Cassady
              Daniel Glaze
              Nikki Hardeman
              Crystal Shepherd
              In the light of Jesus death and resurrection, with the hope we now have, how shall we now live? With the hope of resurrection, should we live a different life? What does it look like to live as a people of hope? Does the world need a church today that looks more like the Christian fellowship that is described in Acts?
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              31 min
            • 16.13 Resounding Hallelujah
              For the session to be discussed on March 31, 2024
              Acts 10:34-43
              David Cassady
              Daniel Glaze
              Nikki Hardeman
              Crystal Shepherd
              What does resurrection mean to you? Where do you see resurrection in your everyday life? Where does God’s salvation extend into our world even today? And what does that look like? For this Easter session, we take a look at a passage featuring Peter and Cornelius.
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              30 min
            • 16.12 Failing Strength
              For the session to be discussed on March 24, 2024
              Psalm 31:9-16
              Daniel Glaze
              Nikki Hardeman
              David Adams
              Crystal Shepherd
              This psalm encourages us to understand how we too have felt weak at times and to recall how we found strength in God. With so much going on in the world, we can easily run out of energy. Yet, Psalm 32 reminds us that God is with us, sustains us, and is for us.
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              22 min
            • 16.11 Whole Heart
              For the session to be discussed on March 17, 2024
              Psalm 119:9-16
              Daniel Glaze
              Nikki Hardeman
              David Adams
              Crystal Shepherd
              Today’s psalm reminds us that we are to seek God with our whole heart. By treasuring God’s word in our hearts, we are better able to avoid the traps of sin, which can be understood as things that are less than ideal for us to live whole lives and as our most authentic selves.
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              26 min
            • 16.10 Communal Healing
              For the session to be discussed on March 10, 2024
              Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
              David Cassady
              Nikki Hardeman
              Crystal Shepherd
              Daniel Glaze
              The call to community seems both simple and valuable, as this psalm recognizes. But what does it mean to be in community? How can community be healthy or abusive? For Christian community, what centers us and calls us together?
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              32 min

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