The Harvest is Plentiful: Living 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: What are some things that families do together? What things does you family do together.
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.
Read and Reflect: Read Acts 2:40-47
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.
Discussion1. What is your initial reaction to what is happening in this passage? What questions do you have?
2. What picture does this paint about what it was life is like as a follower of Jesus? How does this resemble a family?
3. How does this description of living a devoted life in God's family impact what it means to live as a Christian today? What makes this difficult?
Go Deeper:
4. Jesus’ redefinition of family is as radical now as it was when he spoke it. Life a follower of Jesus is both personal and shared with this new family in Jesus. What is 1 step you can take over the coming weeks to live more as a member of God's family?
Prayer:
Prayerfully support one another in their answers to questions 3 and 4.
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!
Icebreaker: What are some things that families do together? What things does you family do together.
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.
Read and Reflect: Read Acts 2:40-47
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.
Discussion1. What is your initial reaction to what is happening in this passage? What questions do you have?
2. What picture does this paint about what it was life is like as a follower of Jesus? How does this resemble a family?
3. How does this description of living a devoted life in God's family impact what it means to live as a Christian today? What makes this difficult?
Go Deeper:
4. Jesus’ redefinition of family is as radical now as it was when he spoke it. Life a follower of Jesus is both personal and shared with this new family in Jesus. What is 1 step you can take over the coming weeks to live more as a member of God's family?
Prayer:
Prayerfully support one another in their answers to questions 3 and 4.
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!
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