Awe
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Scriptures: Mark 9:2-8
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In his sermon on Awe, Scott explores the profound impact of experiencing awe in our lives, using the story of Jesus' transfiguration as a central example. Scott emphasizes how moments of awe, though fleeting, can transform our perception of the world and deepen our faith. Awe can be found in the ordinary, as long as we remain open to the divine presence in everyday experiences. Ultimately, Scott has invited us to recognize and celebrate the moments that reveal the sacred in both the world around us and within ourselves.
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Community is shaped by the conversations we share. These questions and reflections are a tool to help you meaningfully engage with the themes of this week's teaching.
Summer Discussion Guide 2024
If your group is meeting this summer and wants to talk about the sermons, here are a few questions that you could use to engage with our teaching.
- What specific part of the message resonated with you the most? Why do you think that particular part, or idea, or story caught your attention?
- Did the sermon speak into a particular struggle or question in your life or your faith journey right now?
- What did the message challenge or encourage you personally?
And what do you think the application could be for our church community? Was there anything that could strengthen or stretch us as a church?- How did the exposition of the scriptures used in the sermon provide you with a new perspective of deeper understanding?
It is good to remember that the conversation experience in the group is shaped by the personal stories of those who participate in it and how willing the people are to be open and vulnerable in the group.
So if you’re leading the discussion, feel free to model and encourage person-centred and story-centred sharing by reflecting on how some parts of the sermon resonate with you personally.
Additionally, what contributes to a more authentic group discussion is when people can share not about the abstract and theoretical applications but one or two practical things they are taking away from either the sermon or the discussion.
So, you can end your time together with this question:
- What is one thing you are taking away from either the sermon or the discussion we’ve just had?
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Prayer from the sermon:
Loving God,
To you our hearts are open — we are seen and known.
And we choose to trust that this openness is for our good.
That in this moment we can be as we are — so we let all pretence fade.Where we are distracted and worn down, bring us your peace.
Where we are weighed down and anxious, come to us with gentleness and care.
Even as we take up ancient story and ancient word, trusting that you are God of cosmos…and of the microcosm of our lives.
Of text, and the texture of our hearts.Be light and guide us now, we pray,
In the name of Christ, our hope. Amen. -
CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 133
MUSIC Curated by Nathan Funk
Hillsong Worship - In God We Trust
Brooke Ligertwood - Desert Song
Commons Worship - Nothing But The Blood
Maverick City Music - Jireh
