The Harvest is Plentiful: Gather As God’s Family
These questions are written to be used during our house church meeting in Katy on Tuesday nights and in Sugar Land on Wednesday nights. If you find yourself unable or attend a gathering this week we encourage you to use these questions at home to sink more deeply into this vision series.
Icebreaker
Icebreaker
What did family mean to you growing up? Has that definition changed over the years?
Background
The vision of The Gathering Church has been the same since our first meetings in January 2020. These next four weeks will focus on this vision statement as it is something truly important to our culture as a church. This annual series reminds us of who we are and what we are called to do.
We are a church family
sharing the transforming love of God
with our families, friends, and neighbors.
sharing the transforming love of God
with our families, friends, and neighbors.
Read and Reflect
Read Mark 3:31-35 (click here for a Bible app link)
Take a moment to get your bearings; look at the surrounding stories by reading the subtitles around this week’s passage. Don’t be afraid to ask for clarification or definitions for new words and ideas. Listening to other translations of the Bible can both clarify and enrich the meanings of these readings.
Take a moment to get your bearings; look at the surrounding stories by reading the subtitles around this week’s passage. Don’t be afraid to ask for clarification or definitions for new words and ideas. Listening to other translations of the Bible can both clarify and enrich the meanings of these readings.
Discussion
1. What is your initial reaction to what is happening in this passage? What questions do you have?
2. What do you learn about Jesus? What do you learn about his relationship with humankind?
3. How does one become a brother or sister of Jesus? What does it mean?
2. What do you learn about Jesus? What do you learn about his relationship with humankind?
3. How does one become a brother or sister of Jesus? What does it mean?
Go Deeper
4. Jesus’ redefinition of family is as radical now as it was when he spoke it. How could Jesus’ definition of family change you? Does it bring hope, confusion, joy, anxiety…? Why?
Prayer
Remember to pray for the families in your house church and the people on your Top Five cards.
Announcements
- Explore the new app! It has great features! Just look up The Gathering Church wherever you get your apps and log in using the side menu so that we have your most current information!
- On September 18th we are welcoming the Meeks family with a Waffle Bar! Come celebrate the addition of a new family and our worship leader with us. Sign up to bring toppings by clicking here.
- On September 18th we are welcoming the Meeks family with a Waffle Bar! Come celebrate the addition of a new family and our worship leader with us. Sign up to bring toppings by clicking here.
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