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[Easter Sunday] - Life Together

It’s clear that women played an important role in the story of Jesus. It’s intriguing that almost all of Jesus’ male disciples abandoned him in his final moments, but it’s women who are the first to witness and proclaim a new life and forgiveness for all.

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Questions for the Week

  1. Describe a time when you’ve had to make the most out of a bad situation.

  2. Read Mark 16:1-8.  What are the women expecting to happen?  How are they trying to make the most of a bad situation?

  3. What actually happens?  What are they told to do in response to Christ’s resurrection?

  4. How should we live in response to Christ’s resurrection?

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Good Friday - Stations of Loss

The Stations of Loss

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[Maundy Thursday] Peter - Life Together

We talk with Peter on the Skype line.

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[Sunday Service] Palm Sunday - Life Together

Jesus and his followers have made the long uphill trek to Jerusalem, and they begin to feel victorious. After all, they had just climbed a mountain, and they are with the one who will continue to climb all the way to the top of Rome itself. But is that what Jesus does, climb mountains to the top? Or is he calling us to follow him to the trenches of God’s work, the cross?

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Questions for the Week

  1. When you had a big accomplishment (such as a graduation or promotion), how did you celebrate it?

  2. Read Mark 11:1-11.  How do the disciples and Jesus’ followers celebrate as Jesus comes into Jerusalem at the time of the Passover?  Who do they think Jesus is?

  3. Read John 12:12-26.  In John 12:24, what do you think Jesus means about a grain of wheat falling, dying, and then bearing fruit?  

  4. What does John 12:24 have to do with Jesus’ death and resurrection?  What does this have to do with our life as we follow Jesus?

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[Wednesday Service] Pilate - Life Together

He washed his hands of the dirty situation with Jesus. He did not have to worry about it anymore. He was clean. But was he?

  • What a Friend we have in Jesus

  • Psalm 70

  • Matthew 27:1-26 [NKJV]

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[Sunday Service] Natural Light - Life Together

Natty light, Bud Light, and Miller Lite - they can be found everywhere; you’re always able to find  one on tap. But which one of these would Jesus drink? I have joked that Jesus would only want the best, some local craft beer brewed by someone wearing suspenders and a mustache. But after reading about his last drink, I think he would have shared a Natty Light after a late shift.

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Questions for the Week

  1. What are you thirsty for?  What’s your beverage of choice?

  2. Read John 19:17-29.  What causes Jesus to thirst?  What is he thirsting for?

  3. Read 1 Peter 4:1-6.  In times of suffering, what are some things that you’ve thristed for that have let you down?

  4. According to Peter, because of Jesus and his love for us, in times of suffering, what should you love and desire?

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[Sunday Service] Invisible Love - Life Together

Jesus, while on the cross, looked up into the sky and yelled, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken Me?” This seems appropriate for today, as we see so much change in the last two weeks. Things are closed, the economy is bad, and I am watching worship on a screen. Is God somewhere else as well? But Peter encourages us to remember the God that is always here, the invisible love.

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Questions for the Week

  1. Describe a time where you didn’t feel and see Jesus working and wondered where he was.

  2. Read Mark 15:21-39.  Have recent world events caused you to read this differently?  If so, how so?

  3. Read 1 Peter 1:6-9.  According to Peter, where is Jesus when you don’t see him?

  4. Describe a time in the past when you faced challenges that you realized Jesus was near. How can you encourage someone with that this week?

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The End is Near - Life Together

The world is shutting down, and people are hoarding toilet paper and hand sanitizer. But when the end is near, Peter reminds us that we are people who have been saved by the ending, the cross and death of God. And because we are people of God, we love like God. 

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Questions for the Week

  1. In the big Hollywood disaster movies, how do people respond when they know that “the end is near?"

  2. Read 1 Peter 4:7:-11.  How does Peter tell us we should live knowing that the end is near?  Do you agree with this? Why or why not?

  3. What enables us to live in the way that Peter calls us to live?

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This Is It - Life Together

When we look at our own stories it can leave us with the feeling of "This is it?" One of the criminals on the cross looked over and yelled, "This is it?" But Jesus has shown us that he on the cross truly is.

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Questions for the Week

  1. Who is a celebrity who has died where you felt great loss?  Why do you think you felt so much loss?

  2. Read 1 Peter 1:3-5.  According to Peter, what is our defining story made up of?

  3. What about this story is contrary to what the world finds value in?

  4. What do you find valuable about Peter’s words in 1 Peter 1:3-5, as you live out your life and faith?

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Who are You - Life Together

Peter says Heaven and earth will pass away but Jesus and his love for us will last forever. When everything seems to be so vapid, we need to hear those words.

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