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Christlife Posture: Submitting to God's Love and Leading

Topic: The Practice of Church Involvement

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Suggested Approach: Choose 1 thing from each of the three boxes

OR Choose 1 from Media or Reflection + 1 from Scripture 

Media Excursions               

Painting

  • Winter Landscape (Casper David Friedrich) What feelings about the church does this evoke for you?

Video Clip

  •  Scissors+Glue||Church (Envision) From the start to minute 10: What perspectives represented here are similar to your own?  From minute 10:00-to the end. What is your view of the church?  What would you want to tell another generation about your own dreams for the church?

Song

  • At the Table (Josh Garrels) How does this song make you feel about your church home? Where in the journey of the story do you see yourself: in the garden, leaving the garden, or coming home? Why? What role does your local church play in that?

Articles  Read both and compare:

Online Teaching

  • To Know and Be Known (Curt Thompson)  Do you think that he is right about the human need to know and be known? If we are hardwired to know and be known, how might that look in a Christian community? Do you think that these needs can be met outside of the church?

  • On the Tough Questions page choose Why Bother with Church? (Jason Roach) Which reasons have caused you to shy away from church or choose to go to church? What is your vision of the ideal church? 

Reflection Options  

Journal 

  • Was your experience of the church growing up positive or negative? How does it contrast with how you experience the church now?

  • What is your church "wish list"? What is good about that list? What might you need to let go of?

Quote Interaction

  • Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man. (Dwight L. Moody)

  • The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God. (C.S. Lewis)

Reading & Reflection from the book, Shaping The Journey of Emerging Adults

  • Read the email of 27-year old Megan in the introduction (pp. 13-14).  If the local church acted more like a “levee”, do you think you/your generation would be more engaged in the church? Why or why not?

  • Of the six factors of spiritual erosion (pp. 127, 128), which have you faced? What kind of help would you like to receive via the local church for these challenges?

  • Read "The Christlife In Relationship" (pp. 150-152) Do you agree that pursuing the Christlife is both “causal” and “communal”?  Why or why not?

  • Mentor: Read through the Discernment, Intentionality, and Reflection options for chapter 8 (pp. 136-141).  Identify one or two of these actions you would like to explore with the young adult.  Share your desire with them and hear their feedback.

 Explore Scripture

Meditate on one or more of the following passages. Always look them up in context.  Take some time to really explore the verse in relation to this topic.  What do these verses help you understand about the local church (vs. the global church) or the importance of church involvement?  Make a note of what you discover to share later.  See "Learn More About Ways to Study Scripture" below for help in getting the most out of the verse.

  • Luke 4:16

  • Acts 1:8, Acts 2:42, Acts 20:28

  • I Corinthians 1:2, Revelations 1:4

  • Hebrews 10:25

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