Be Still and Know
Sunday, June 12, 2026
Scriptures:
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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 2026If 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?
How 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?
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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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CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 25
MUSIC Curated by Kevin B.
Mission House - I Don't Have Much
Brooke Ligertwood - Looking
CityAlight - Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me
Brooke Ligertwood - King of Kings
Summer: Praying with Scripture
Written by Bobbi Salkeld
Today, I invite you into a summertime reflection where we will pray with Jesus’ parable about selling everything for a fine pearl.Feel your feet on the ground, and then I’ll guide you.
Let us pray.
Jesus told this story: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value – just one pearl – the man went and sold all that he had and bought that pearl.As we consider the parable, check in with yourself at the start of this story.
If you think you know what the kingdom of heaven is like, wait for the surprise.
We pray –
Jesus, we want to be surprised by you again.
This summer, could we encounter something new about what it means to contemplate you?
In Jesus’ story, a merchant was not someone to trust or follow. So, what’s the merchant doing in the story? Why would Jesus use a shady character, more concerned with money than community, to talk about the kingdom of heaven?
Is it possible that even this man – even this merchant – allows the kingdom of heaven to flow through him?Jesus, we want to be surprised by you again.
This summer, might we encounter something new about what it means to let your precious kingdom flow through us.
What do you think of this man’s obsession? He lets go of everything so that he can have just one thing.
Maybe he –Sells his fine luggage.
Sells his beautiful home.
Sells his cloaks of gorgeous fabrics.
Sells the little bit of gold he’s acquired.
Sells it all so he can hold a fine pearl – something so precious in the ancient world that most people had never seen one.
Jesus, we want to be surprised by you again.
This summer, set our hearts on passionate pursuits, and in our pursuing might we notice that we’re already standing in the very centre of your kingdom right here on earth as it is in heaven.
Amen.
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Summer Songs Series
