Holy No’s: Rightly Focused Protest…Invites Begin with a word of prayer asking God to show you how your life needs to be more inviting – even to those you disagree with. What are some things that we get invitations to? What is the unique nature of an invitation? (That is – what makes it an [...]
Holy No’s: Rightly Focused Protest…deepens our understanding of process Open with a time of prayer asking God to show you the areas of your life and our lives together that need the correction of God’s Word. Before we begin to discuss any more about social justice, let’s understand and agree that ultimately God is the [...]
Holy No’s: Rightly Focused Protest…Reminds Open your time together in prayer asking God to speak to your hearts about what it means to say a holy "No" – and a holy "Yes" in PROtest. Let’s face it – we need reminding. And the more time passes, the more reminding we need. Anniversaries (men!!) Father’s Day [...]
Social Justice: Get Involved, Find out More… Last week we shed some light on "Human Trafficking." If you want to get involved or learn more. Please check out these websites or resources: Good Read: "Disposable People" by Kevin Bales Worthwhile Websites: www.humantrafficking.org www.notforsalecampaign.org Agency With a Worthy Cause: ECPAT International at http://www.ecpat.net/EI/index.asp Powered by Qumana
Holy No’s: Rightly Focussed Protest…Reframes Open with a time of prayer and a willingness to be humble and open to how God wants to reshape us and "re-frame" our lives. Read the following and discuss: "Language is a tool, just like any of the tools human beings have invented. Like any tool–a knife, a screwdriver, [...]
We have just concluded "They Like Jesus, But not the Church." So where to from here? The challenge of that series was to look for ways to move outside the "bubble" of the church and befriend some unchurched people. Then let God love them through you in such a way that we as the Church [...]