In this message, Mark talks about unsubscribing from noise and discovering the gift of silence.

1 Kings 19:1-13

For VineGroups and Discussion:

• What was a take-away or a question from the sermon?

• Good or bad, what is your relationship wish silence?

• What thoughts do you have of Gordon Hempton’s

definition of silence: “Silence is not an absence of sound.

Silence is a particular presence to life.”

• Read 1 Kings 19:1-10. What thoughts/questions do you

have from this story? Why is Elijah so distraught?

• Read verses 11-13. What might it mean that God was in

“the gentle whisper” or “the sound of sheer silence”?

• How has your practice of silence been this week? Share

your experience. What has been helpful?