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He saw a tax collector, Levi son of Alphaeus, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Levi got up and followed him. Mark 2:13-17 Questions for Life Groups Read Mark 2:13-17. Read the same story in Luke 5:27-32. Can you place yourself in the role of...
Pastor’s Book Club News
Welcome to the first episode of our new worship series, Words. Each week there is a reading assignment in our companion book, Woman of Words by Angela Hunt. Reading along with us is completely optional. I plan to recap each week’s chapters and focus on one or more of...
Called: Should I answer?
Welcome to the first episode of our new worship series, Words. Each week there is a reading assignment in our companion book, Woman of Words, by Angela Hunt. You don't have to read with us. I'll summarize the chapters and point out references to Bible stories. We...
Pastor’s Book Club News
Our companion book for our new worship series is Angela Hunt's third book in her Jerusalem Road Series. A Woman of Words recounts the time after the Resurrection of Jesus when the church first takes root as His followers share the good news. The narrators are two...
Life groups questions & notes
Some seeds fell along the path…some fell on rocky ground…some fell among thorn bushes… some seeds fell in good soil. Matthew 13:1-8 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 13:1-8. You may want to continue reading through verse 23 where Jesus explains His parable. What...
Coincidence? Divine synchronicities
Corky Pickering, in an opinion article for the Red Bluff Daily, shared a couple of stories as illustrations of the common human experience known as the coincidence. An experience for which there is no apparent cause. Most part of us believe our world is based on a...
Coming up in Worship
There is a plethora of metaphors that warn us about the impact of the words we speak. One that comes to mind is words are like toothpaste. Once you squeeze toothpaste out of the tube, you can’t put it back. And God said through the Prophet Isaiah that God’s Word never...
Life groups questions & notes
Lord, if my brother keeps on sinning against me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Matthew 18:21-35 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 18:21-35. Who do you most identify with among the characters in the story Jesus tells? Why? What are some similar...
Mirrors: Forgive me
In this week’s chapters from our companion book, The Shepherd’s Wife, Pheodora learns that her plan to sell her goats for the Festival of Atonement will not work. The amount of money she will receive is not enough to cover her husband’s debt. As readers, we know that...