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Ryan MacDonald // Luke 17:11-19 ESV

Alan Frow // John 4:46-5:19 ESV

Kevin Meisch // Matt 20: 17-28

Ryan MacDonald // Mark 4:35-41 (CSB) Sermon Questions: 1. How has fear played a role in your life?  2. Ryan said fear is an invitation to seek wisdom or ask for help. Have you found that to be true in your own life?  3. In times of fear, how do you personally access the peace Christ offers through prayer? What has this looked like for you?  4. How has fear kept you from pursuing the things of the...

Alan Frow // Mark 2: 1-17 ESV 1. What has Jesus healed you from in the past?  2. What freedom have you found in being forgiven of sin?  3. What form of healing are you in need of today? 4. Who is God calling you to carry to the feet of Jesus that they may be healed?

Alan Frow // 2 Thess 3:6-18 CSB

Ryan MacDonald // 1 Thess 3: 1-5 ESV Sermon Questions: 1. If you took time to examine your prayer life, what are the top three things you most often pray for or ask other people to pray for?  2. Ryan invited everyone to make a prayer list of "kingdom prayers" to better align our hearts with the Lord's. What are some kingdom prayers that are currently on your heart?  3. Do you find it easy or diffi...

Joel Baker // 2 Thess 2 ESV

Alan Frow // 2 Thessalonians 1: 4-10 ESV 1. What comes to mind for you when you think about the judgement of God?  2. What comfort can we take knowing that God is the perfect judge who rules with righteous judgement?  3. How should we respond to Jesus, the only righteous one who received the full judgement of God so we can receive his mercy?  4. Spend some time praying for boldness to plead with o...

1. In our culture what do people most often boast about?  2. What does it look like to boast in the Lord? 3. Whose faith, love, and steadfastness in trial do you admire?  4. What would it look like for you to boast in others and in the Lord? 5. At the end of your life, what do you want people to say about your faith and how you followed Jesus?  

Matt Henderson // 1 Thessalonians 5: 12-28 1. What most robs you of peace?  2. How have you found wholeness in Christ? 3. How has community helped you heal? 4. How does spirit filled worship and prophecy at church make you feel? 

Ryan MacDonald // 1 Thessalonians 5: 12-24 1. What most robs you of peace?  2. How have you found wholeness in Christ? 3. How has community helped you heal? 4. How does spirit filled worship and prophecy at church make you feel? 

Sermon Questions: 1. What end times culture and theology did you grow up with and how did that impact you? 2. How are you preparing yourself to meet and be with Jesus?  3. How does the certainty of Christ’s coming judgment and salvation give you courage to live for God? 

Sermon Questions: 1. How has your faith in Christ helped you grieve the loss of loved ones?  2. How has your faith in Christ helped you overcome a fear of death?  3. How can the way we face death be a witness to the world?  4. How does reflecting on the end times motivate you to share the gospel? 

Ryan MacDonald // 1 Thessalonians 4: 1-12

Alan Frow // 1 Thess 2:17 - 3:13 Sermon Questions:  1. What are some godly qualities of good Christian leaders?  2. How well do you receive Christian leaders in your life?  3. How have negative experiences impacted how you relate to Christian leaders?  4. Share about a Christian leader who has shaped your life.  5. How are you developing people to love and serve others in Jesus' name? 

Kevin Meisch // 1 Thessalonians 2: 1-12 1. Do you find yourself to be more bold or shy?  2. Can you think of a time recently that God has given you the boldness to speak the gospel? 3. What is something you have done in your life that God has asked you to do that made an impact on the people around you? 4. How can you grow in being like a mother and a father in the community? For example, in gentl...

Alan Frow // 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Alan Frow // Acts 16: 6-34 1. How did you receive the gospel? Though proclamation, demonstration or acts of service?  2. Which of the above three categories do you feel most and least equipped in to share the gospel? 3. How is God calling you to create a culture of hospitality and sharing the gospel?  4. Who is God calling you to pray for their salvation? 

Growing in Christ Ryan MacDonald // Acts 2: 42-47 What do you spend most of your time thinking about? What was your experience of starting to read the church-wide Bible reading plan this week? What growth factor: Bible, church community or prayer do you feel God is calling you to give greater attention to this year and why? What daily habits is God inviting you to prioritize this year?

Alan Frow // Acts 9:1-18

Alan Frow // Acts 9:1-31 ESV

Alan Frow // Hebrews 4:15-5:2, 1 Kings 19: 1-18

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?