February 9th, 2010
Here is an opportunity to being the conversation for the sermon on February 14, 2010. The following represents the questions that the sermon team is wrestling with this week:
Scriptures: Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 3:1-13
What is the problem/sin of building the tower?
Is the confusion of languages and the dispersion of people a punishment or a push to fulfill a vision?
How do we experience the challenges of language today?
Is the “gift of tongues” on the day of Pentecost signal the reversal of the “curse of Babel?”
What does the gift of tongues on the day of Pentecost and in the early church represent? How do we experience this gift today?
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January 4th, 2010
The readings for each week of the January – February 2010 series:
| Date |
Scripture |
Focus |
| January 3 |
Genesis 1:1-25; 2:4-17 |
Creation of the World |
| January 10 |
Genesis 1:26-31; 2:15-25 |
Creation of Humanity |
| January 17 |
Genesis 2:1-3 |
Creation of the Sabbath |
| January 24 |
Genesis 3:1-13; 4:1-16 |
The Fall |
| January 31 |
Genesis 6:1-9:28 |
The Flood |
| February 7 |
Church School Sunday |
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| February 14 |
Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-13 |
Tower of Babel |
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January 4th, 2010
The worship focus from January 3 through February 14 will be a study of the first eleven chapters of Genesis. This section at the beginning of the Bible is often referred to as the “pre-history” section of the scripture. It begins with two accounts of creation (chapters 1 and 2) and leads up to the call of Abraham and Sarah (chapter 12). It includes familiar stories like “the fall,” Noah and the ark, and the tower of Babel.
Families and individuals are encouraged to engage in this study beyond the Sunday morning worship experience. This could include any or all of the following: 1) Read Genesis 1-11 in one setting. 2) Read the scripture for the coming Sunday each day and write down the thoughts and questions that come to your mind. 3) Write down new thoughts, reflections or ongoing questions that you have after the worship service. 4) Reflect on these scriptures in your family setting, Sunday school class or other group that you gather with regularly. 5) Create a drawing, write a poem or a song that expresses your experience of the story and share that with at least one other person.
A part of the experience of this study in worship will be an “experiment” in preaching. Rather than the traditional one person preaching, there will be two to five persons sharing together out of their study and reflections on the scripture. The persons who will be sharing in this “experiment” are: John C. Murray, Ryan Kopper, Brooke Gugal, Cody Zabroski and Jan Erb. Each Sunday at least two of these persons will be sharing with the congregation.
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