Vision Sunday - Disciples Making Disciples
Our vision is to see lives transformed, every day, across the bay.
Russ kicks off the year with thoughts about the challenging and changing times we find ourselves in as a result of COVID 19, and how the church is the hope to restore all that is broken through the Good News of Jesus.
We look back at 2020 as we were called to be a blessing and also look forward to 2021 as we take another step forward in making disciples that make disciples. We share our theme for the year - Restoring the Broken - and Russ uses the ancient art of Kintsugi to illustrate that it’s through our weakness that God uses us to help restore others. Our new Community Hub will help us to work this out amongst our local community this coming year.
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Talk summary
An introduction to DNA Groups from Tim
Questions for Life Groups
The questions below have been created for our Life Groups to facilitate discussion around this talk.
Watch Russ’ preach summary and use the questions below to aid discussion and growth in your groups. Feel free to shape the conversation according to the needs of your group.
Read together Matthew 28: 16-24
Have you observed an increasing spiritual hunger in others or the world around you during the COVID-19 pandemic? Have you had opportunities to share truth or bless others that have come about because of the current challenges? Discuss your experiences within the group.
In what ways has Father God restored you? What brokenness has Jesus mended? Has this given you a passion to reach others who need similar restoration? Do you need to ask God to give you opportunities where you can use these experiences to reach others in similar situations?
Do you have a posture of obedience to Jesus, or are there areas in your life that you need to give over to him no matter what the cost?
3 Things that Russ encouraged us to choose from as a point of action from his preach:
Restoration – do you need it – how can you seek it – what practical step can you take towards being restored?
Review your time, your treasures and talents – how can you help realise this vision in God with us? (Maybe take time outside of the group meeting to review/write down your treasures, time and talents and offer them back to Jesus. What is he saying to you about these? How does he want you to use them?)
Formed as disciples – think about DNA groups – is this something for you? Watch the video from Tim and discuss this in your group? Leaders feel free to take this at a pace applicable to your group.
How can you be crazy for Jesus this year, where do you need to choose the foolishness of the gospel? Take some time to pray and seek the Holy Spirit for what he is saying to you as individuals or as a group.
