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Life group questions & notes

Life group questions & notes

Which one of these three acted like a neighbor toward the man? The one who was kind to him. Go, then, and do the same. Luke 10:25-37 Questions for Life Groups Read Luke 10:25-37 and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Neighbors. This week, pause and...

Neighbors: Epiphany

Neighbors: Epiphany

A concept known as “emotional intelligence” gets top billing in the psychological and organizational literature of our day. Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to understand, regulate, and responsibly express emotion, as a core foundation for healthy...

Life group questions & notes

Life group questions & notes

If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; 32 you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8 31-32 Questions for Life Groups Read John 8:31-32 and the article in this week’s Circuit Rider titled Truth. This week, practice truth-telling by...

Truth: Epiphany

Truth: Epiphany

This past week has been devastating. The news has been relentless about federal immigration enforcement expanding into cities and neighborhoods.  Meanwhile, the family of a mother killed during an ICE operation in Minnesota is grieving. Her community is grieving....

Life group questions & notes

Life group questions & notes

The apostles returned and told Jesus all they had done and taught. Jesus said to them, “Let us go off by ourselves to some place where we will be alone, and you can rest a while.” Mark 6:30-32 Questions for Life Groups Read Mark 6 30-32 and the article in this week’s...

Limits: Epiphany

Limits: Epiphany

This week, a young mother was killed in Minneapolis. A life was taken. A family was shattered. A community was wounded. I want to say plainly what many of us are feeling: I am angry. I am heartbroken. And I am struggling to find words that neither numb the truth nor...

Tools That Help Keep Asbury Farms Growing

Tools That Help Keep Asbury Farms Growing

Asbury Farms blends innovative tools and sustainable practices to keep its Flint, MI, operation thriving while cultivating opportunity for the community it serves.Farm Stand at our main urban farming site.Training workshop being held at our main urban farming...

Life group questions & notes

Life group questions & notes

The star went ahead of them until it stopped over the house where the child was. They went inside, and when they saw the child with His mother Mary, they knelt down and worshiped Him Matthew 2:1–12 Questions for Life Groups Read Matthew 2:1–12 and the article in this...

Strangers: Epiphany

Strangers: Epiphany

Recently, in Dedham, Massachusetts, a Catholic parish put up a Christmas Nativity display that looked very different from what most of us expect. Instead of figures of the infant Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the manger was empty. In the spot where the Holy Family would...

Coming up in Worship

Coming up in Worship

As we begin a new year, we live in a world marked by rapid change, deep division, and widespread exhaustion. Many of us sense that something essential is being revealed—but we are not always sure what to do with what we see. This Epiphany series asks a simple but...

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