Growing upward Shaping everyday lives that are faithful to Christ and in step with the Spirit’s movement Unit: Jesus-shaped Existence Goals To recognize the core values of Jesus and his vision for life To identify a specific area where we personally are being called to grow in Christlikeness Topics for exploration (to be taken directly from a close reading of the life/teachings of Jesus) Grace and non-judgment Trust/faith, not worrying The real meaning of purity Forgiveness Relationship with money Relationship to good and bad forms of it Role of the community Action ideas Read-through of the gospels Special service where people are invited to offer in any form what it means to them to be a follower of Jesus (song, poem, dance, skit, picture, story, etc) Show a movie based on the life of Jesus Unit: Walking with Spirit Goals To recognize the movement and nudging of the Spirit To practice ethical in applying the principles of Scripture and Jesus’ “improvisation” character to the sorts of real-life situations To become attuned to ways we can cooperate with God’s work in the in the midst of our everyday lives Topics for exploration Introducing the Holy Spirit and what the Spirit does How to stay listen for and respond to the Spirit’s leading in everyday life, opportunities and possibilities Becoming sensitive to conviction and quick to change course Performing ethical improv, discerning what’s in diverse situations not explicitly addressed by Scripture
Growing upward Shaping everyday lives that are faithful to Christ and in step with the Spirit’s movement Unit: Jesus-shaped Existence Goals To recognize the core values of Jesus and his vision for life To identify a specific area where we personally are being called to grow in Christlikeness Topics for exploration (to be taken directly from a close reading of the life/teachings of Jesus) Grace and non-judgment Trust/faith, not worrying The real meaning of purity Forgiveness Relationship with money Relationship to good and bad forms of it Role of the community Action ideas Read-through of the gospels Special service where people are invited to offer in any form what it means to them to be a follower of Jesus (song, poem, dance, skit, picture, story, etc) Show a movie based on the life of Jesus Unit: Walking with Spirit Goals To recognize the movement and nudging of the Spirit To practice ethical “improvisation” in applying the principles of Scripture and Jesus’ character to the sorts of real-life situations To become attuned to ways we can cooperate with God’s work in the in the midst of our everyday lives Topics for exploration Introducing the Holy Spirit and what the Spirit does How to stay listen for and respond to the Spirit’s leading in everyday life, opportunities and possibilities Becoming sensitive to conviction and quick to change course Performing ethical improv, discerning what’s in diverse situations not explicitly addressed by Scripture
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