Mars Hill

Mobilization is the active work of following Jesus after receiving the benediction. The text proved tangible steps to move from Sunday morning to live out of vision outside of the Gathering with intension.

Acts 8:26-31

Questions to consider—

Backward [Roots]: What personal stories, Biblical narratives, or church traditions are being drawn to my mind in this Gathering?

Forward [Journey]: What is a practical next step I can take in my journey of following the way of Jesus?

Outward [Service]: Who or where might God be calling me to care about more deeply and tangibly?

Acts 8:26-31

What does it look like to pursue not just change - but transformation into Christ's likeness as a Mars Hill Bible Church Community? We'll explore one of the apostle Paul's letters to the church at Corinth to see how we might be led toward that individual and collective pursuit today.

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Questions to consider—

Withward [Community]: How is my understanding of and engagement with the church being formed during this Gathering?

Backward [Roots]: What personal stories, Biblical narratives, or church traditions are being drawn to my mind in this Gathering?

Forward [Journey]: What is a practical next step I can take in my journey of following the way of Jesus?

Inward: [Wholeness]: How might the Holy Spirit be encouraging transformation in me?

This covenant makes it possible for us to be family and it calls us to live as family.

Mathew 12:46-50

Withward [Community]: How is my understanding of and engagement with the church being formed during this Gathering?

Backward [Roots]: What personal stories, Biblical narratives, or church traditions are being drawn to my mind in this Gathering?

Upward [Celebration]: Which attributes of God am I noticing and delighting in throughout the Gathering?

Forward [Journey]: What is a practical next step I can take in my journey of following the way of Jesus?

Outward [Service]: Who or where might God be calling me to care about more deeply and tangibly?

Should we still be gathering in person for worship? Why? This week we'll look at Hebrews 10 and explore both the mystery of and the miracle in our gathering as the body of Christ.

Hebrews 10:19-25

Questions to consider—

Withward [Community]: How is my understanding of and engagement with the church being formed during this Gathering?

Upward [Celebration]: Which attributes of God am I noticing and delighting in throughout the Gathering?

Forward [Journey]: What is a practical next step I can take in my journey of following the way of Jesus?

How do we think about Scripture? This profound, mysterious, inspired collection of books is such a gift. Explore how the Spirit can use it to shape our imagination and increase our Kingdom mission in the world. 

Psalm 1:1-3

Questions to consider—

Backward [Roots]: What personal stories, Biblical narratives, or church traditions are being drawn to my mind in this Gathering?

Forward [Journey]: What is a practical next step I can take in my journey of following the way of Jesus?

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity is a profound mystery. Rather than strive to solve this mystery, what if we decided to embrace it, and seek to live out of this perfect relationship imitating it for the life of the world?

John 14:23-27

Questions to consider—

Withward [Community]: How is my understanding of and engagement with the church being formed during this Gathering?
Backward [Roots]: What personal stories, Biblical narratives, or church traditions are being drawn to my mind in this Gathering?
Outward [Service]: Who or where might God be calling me to care about more deeply and tangibly?

This bizarre and troubling episode is more than simply an account of disrespectful teenagers and a sensitive, quick-to-curse man. This scene reveals two themes that help to summarize our summer's Teaching series. 

2 Kings 2:23-25

The story of Jonah is one of big things because it tries to capture what it looks like for God's love in action. This love is so big that it both comforts and welcomes the lost home, and it also challenges and convicts the proud. 

Jonah 3:1-4:3

Questions to consider—

Backward [Roots]: What personal stories, Biblical narratives, or church traditions are being drawn to my mind in this Gathering?

Upward [Celebration]: Which attributes of God am I noticing and delighting in throughout the Gathering?

Forward [Journey]: What is a practical next step I can take in my journey of following the way of Jesus?

Inward: [Wholeness]: How might the Holy Spirit be encouraging transformation in me?

We, like Israel, are called to freedom and deeper union with God. What stands in our way of this and how can the 10 plagues of the Exodus be good news?

Exodus 8:10b

Questions to consider...

Forward [Journey]: What is a practical next step I can take in my journey of following the way of Jesus?

Inward: [Wholeness]: How might the Holy Spirit be encouraging transformation in me?