This is the fourth sermon in our "Gospel Culture: Living Out our Church Values" series.

This is the third sermon in our "Gospel Culture: Living Out our Church Values" series.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• Let your table know a time you learned something from a friend, spouse, or peer that was very helpful to you.  
• What are some ways that we can be others-centered and care for one another well?  What makes this hard in our culture? 
• Pray for each other at your table that you will grow in humility and others-centeredness. 

This is the second sermon in our "Gospel Culture: Living Out our Church Values" series.

SERMON OUTLINE:

1: What is prayer?

2: What does prayer accomplish?

3: How do we pray?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• How often do you pray?
• What prompts or causes you to pray?
• What questions do you have about prayer?
• Are we a praying church?

This is the first sermon in our "Gospel Culture: Living Out our Church Values" series.

SERMON OUTLINE:

1: What characterizes Jesus’ ministry? (Mt. 9:35)

2: What motivates Jesus’ ministry? (Mt. 9:36)

3: Who implements Jesus’ ministry? (Mt. 9:37-38)

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• Which of the aspects of Jesus’ ministry (Head, Heart, Hands) are you most excited about? Which do you most struggle with?
• What does brokenness look like in your neighborhood? How can our church help bring healing?
• Have a volunteer at your table pray for us to have compassionate hearts and for laborers to be sent into the fields.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• What difficulty or loss are you grieving from this last year? How can you see Jesus working in the midst of that?
• What from this last year do you need to leave behind? What needs to die in your life for God to do something new and better?
• Who is God putting on your heart that needs to know the love of Jesus? How will you be intentional to share Good News this upcoming year?
• What does radical obedience to Jesus look like this upcoming year? Where is He calling you to step into more intentional ministry?

Discussion Questions:

• How are you being intentional about focusing on Jesus this Advent season? 
• When do you most feel your desire to be king? When you act upon those desires, what are the consequences for those around you?
• What about the verses discussed today help you remember only Jesus is King? How does that change your relationships with others?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• Share a time when your life suddenly seemed bigger than all of the explainable things we operate in from day to day. How did you see God at work there? 
• Share a time when difficulty and hardship helped you to see God's work in the world.  
• Pray for each other that we would all find joy in God's work this Advent Season.  

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

• How are you being intentional about hearing from Jesus this Advent season? What are the practical rhythms you are engaging?
• Reflecting on Calvin’s quote, where do we see Christ “in name only” in our culture?
• How does Jesus as the true Prophet impact the way you talk about Christmas with your neighbors and friends?

A special morning of prayer, fellowship, and hearing from women in our congregation on the topic of gratitude amidst difficult seasons.