Read Hebrews 11:1-16 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What did you hear regarding God’s faithfulness and our faithful life in response to it? Respond. If you were absolutely convinced by the faithfulness of God, how would your life specifically change? Is God asking you to do something or to stop doing …
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Going Deeper: July 19
Read Romans 12:9-21 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What does goodness look like in the church? Under pressure? Out in the world? Respond. Which specific aspect of goodness jumps out at you? How is God challenging you to live the good life? Is God asking you to do something or to …
Going Deeper: July 12
Read Titus 3:1-7 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What is God saying to you about the kindness he has shown you? Respond. How is God specifically challenging you to show kindness to those who are outside of the church? Is God asking you to do something or to stop doing something?Is …
Going Deeper: May 24
Ascension Sunday Read Acts 1:1-14 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What big turning point is Jesus preparing his disciples for? How does he prepare them? What does he promise them? What is Jesus’ vision for us and how does it compare with the disciples’ dreams? Respond. If Jesus is King and …
Tuesday, May 5
Psalm: 45 Meditation Luke: This scene is toward the beginning of Jesus’ ministry for here he chose his 12 Apostles (or “sent ones”) and then launches into his sermon on a “level place” (as opposed to a mount as found in Matthew 5). Point is, like Moses, Jesus talks of blessings and curses (woes) especially …
Going Deeper: April 26
Read 1 Peter 1:17-23 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What did you hear in the Scripture reading and the sermon? What is God saying to you? What does it mean to be Easter people? What does it look like to live as Easter people? Respond. If God is calling you to live …
Going Deeper: April 19
Second Sunday in Easter Read John 20:19-31 together. Watch the sermon video (available at pacificunionchurch.org/churchsmall) Listen. What did you hear in the Scripture reading and the sermon? What is God saying to you? What do we learn about ourselves when it comes to fear and belief? What do we learn about Jesus, specifically how he …
Small Church Guide for Easter Sunday
Opening Prayer Read Psalm 118:1-2,14-24 together.This psalm gives us a number of reasons to praise God, central among them is the resurrection.Jesus is "the stone builders rejected [which] has become the capstone." Offer a prayer for thanksgiving to God for the hopethat comes with Jesus' resurrection. Worship (Non-Musical Version)How have you experienced God this week? Go around and …
Worship Guide for April 5
Opening Prayer Read Psalm 31:9-16 together.This is a psalm of David, but it is prophetic of Jesus' death.Read this psalm, imagining Jesus praying this psalmas he went to the cross to die for us. Offer a prayer of thankfulness for Jesus' sacrifice in response to this psalm. Worship (Non-Musical Verison) How have you experienced God this week?Go …
Worship Guide for March 29, 2020
Opening Prayer Read Psalm 130 together.This psalm is a “song of ascents”, meaning that it was a song sung by worshipers as they went up to Jerusalem to worship God in the temple. The Jerusalem and its temple were situated on Mount Zion. So no matter what direction you came from, you were always going …
