Groups Starting the Week of October 6, 2024
Based on the book and 8 week video study by Dr. David deSilva
From the book...
If the writers of the New Testament are to be believed, your faith is not a private matter between you and God. It is the business of the family God has given you in the church and the faith and practice of your fellow believers is very much your business as well. God did not ransom souls; he redeemed a people for himself who would commit themselves to living together in ways that reflected God’s gracious welcome of each one of them, God’s love and forgiveness towards all of them, and God’s passion to see the image of his Son formed in each one of them and all of them together.
In this book, David deSilva guides us through the images of the church that remind us that we are “in this together”—a family, a temple made of living stones, a single organism called “the body of Christ.” Each image reinforces our connections with and our obligations to one another, if the “new person” that the Spirit seeks to bring to life within each one of us is to flourish and reach maturity. He explores the apostolic vision for our interaction with one another, challenging us to be – and to receive – the gifts that Christ intends for us to be for one another, welcoming, loving, serving, encouraging, watching over, and restoring one another so that each individual disciple feels the strength, support, and guardianship of the whole body impelling him or her on to the full stature of Christ.
If the writers of the New Testament are to be believed, your faith is not a private matter between you and God. It is the business of the family God has given you in the church and the faith and practice of your fellow believers is very much your business as well. God did not ransom souls; he redeemed a people for himself who would commit themselves to living together in ways that reflected God’s gracious welcome of each one of them, God’s love and forgiveness towards all of them, and God’s passion to see the image of his Son formed in each one of them and all of them together.
In this book, David deSilva guides us through the images of the church that remind us that we are “in this together”—a family, a temple made of living stones, a single organism called “the body of Christ.” Each image reinforces our connections with and our obligations to one another, if the “new person” that the Spirit seeks to bring to life within each one of us is to flourish and reach maturity. He explores the apostolic vision for our interaction with one another, challenging us to be – and to receive – the gifts that Christ intends for us to be for one another, welcoming, loving, serving, encouraging, watching over, and restoring one another so that each individual disciple feels the strength, support, and guardianship of the whole body impelling him or her on to the full stature of Christ.
Amy Masiker
Mondays @ 6pm
Harvest Chapel Community Center
ANYONE
Starts October 7
Harvest Chapel Community Center
ANYONE
Starts October 7
Lisa Leavitt & Kim Waag
Tuesdays @ 6pm
Harvest Chapel Library
ANYONE
Starts October 8
Harvest Chapel Library
ANYONE
Starts October 8
Jim LaBarr
Wednesdays @ 6:30pm
Harvest Chapel
MEN'S GROUP
Starts October 9
Harvest Chapel
MEN'S GROUP
Starts October 9
Gail Sexton
Thursdays @ 10:30am
Harvest Chapel Community Center
WOMEN'S GROUP
Starts October 10
Harvest Chapel Community Center
WOMEN'S GROUP
Starts October 10