Ryan MacDonald // 1 Kings 18

Sermon questions:

1. How has God been with you in your uncertainty?

2. How did Jesus experience uncertainty? 

3. What uncertainty are you currently facing?

4. How can you support someone in your life experiencing uncertainty?

Joel Baker, 10:30 AM Service on Dec 1, 2024

Sermon Questions

1. How are you going to prepare your heart to receive Jesus this advent? 

2. Share of a time when God provided for you in a season of scarcity? 

3. What type of scarcity are you currently experiencing? 

4. What resources (your time, prayers, money, etc.) can you share with those in your life experiencing scarcity? 

Rynelle Frow, 8:30 AM Service on Dec 1, 2024

Sermon Questions

1. How are you going to prepare your heart to receive Jesus this advent? 

2. Share of a time when God provided for you in a season of scarcity? 

3. What type of scarcity are you currently experiencing? 

4. What resources (your time, prayers, money, etc.) can you share with those in your life experiencing scarcity? 

Ryan MacDonald // John 20

1. In John 20, who do you most relate with in the story? John who sees’ and believes? Mary who weeps then rejoices? The disciples who fear then have peace?

2. How have you experienced life in His name? 

3. Who is God sending you to tell about life in his name? 

4. Spend sometime praying for the Spirit to empower you to share the good news of Christ’s resurrection.  

Alan Frow // John 19: 16-37 ESV

Sermon Questions:

1. Four times in the text we are told that the events of Jesus' crucifixion "were to fulfill the Scripture." What confidence does this give us in the plans and purposes of God? 

2. How has Jesus satisfied the deep desires of your heart?

3. What does Jesus' willingness to pay the price of his very life communicate about your value to God?  

4. How have you benefited from Jesus setting you in the family of God? And what is your responsibility to care for those in your community?

Ryan MacDonald // John 18:27-19:16

1. How have you been shaped by important leaders (positively or negatively) in your life?

2. Do you experience Jesus as trustworthy? Explain. 

3. How can we grow in learning to submit our will to the will to God? 

4. What is one area of freedom you are trusting God brings to your life this community group term? 

Alan Frow // John 18:1-28 ESV

Sermon Questions //

1. The betrayal and arrest of Jesus is a tragic scene, but we should not see a Jesus helpless victim here. He is a sovereign savior. In what ways can we see Jesus divinity shining through in this dark moment? 

2. Three times Jesus claims “I Am He.” What is the Biblical significance of this claim - especially in the gospel of John, and what is an appropriate response from us? 

3. When Peter denied Jesus three times John says he was ‘warming himself.” This speaks to a motive of self protection, which is ironic because Jesus shows himself to be such a faithful protector of his disciples here. In what ways have you been unfaithful to Jesus out of self protection? 

4. Peter is also guilty of misguided loyalty when he tries to send Jesus by cutting off Malchus’s ear. Are there any ways in which you have been misguided in trying to represent Jesus in ways that leave a mess, and how can we avoid that, especially in this election season? 

5. If we see a Jesus only as a model of faithfulness here it will crush us. But if we see Jesus ultimately as a scapegoat, (Deuteronomy 16) absorbing our punishment and giving us his life, it will bring great joy. He was bound for our freedom, drank the cup of judgement so that we could drink the cup of mercy and was stricken for our healing. Thank him for that and respond in celebration for his profound gift. 

Joel Baker // John 17 ESV

Sermon Questions :

1. What does it mean to glorify the Lord? 

2. What does it mean to be in the world but not of the world? 

3. How is God calling you to preserve unity within the church?

4. What mission is God currently sanctifying you for? 

Kevin Meisch // John 16: 16-33 CSB

Sermon Questions:

1. Have you ever been through a season when God turned your sorrow into joy? 

2. Share about a time when God answered your prayer. 

3. How has God sustained you through times of unanswered prayer? 

4. What current prayer are you hoping Jesus answers?