MC Guides
Fall 2023 Missional Community Calendar
Emphasis: Being With Jesus Week of: 8/27-9/2: MC Fall Calendar/Planning 9/3-9/8: Labor Day Weekend – MC Optional 9/10-9/16: Lord’s Prayer 1: Big Group 9/17-9/23: Lord’s Prayer 1: Breakouts 9/24-9/30: Serving: Ironman (9/24) – MC Optional 10/1-10/7: Lord’s Prayer 2: Big Group – Men’s Fellowship (10/6) 10/8-10/14: Lord’s Prayer 2: Breakouts…
Sermon Discussion Guide
SERMON DISCUSSION FORMAT RECAP & CATCH UP (10 Minutes) Each discussion leader should begin with a brief recap of the content and conversation from the previous week. This is a good time to check back in and follow up if needed. INTRODUCE (5 Minutes) After catching up, the discussion leader…
Summer 2023 Missional Community Calendar
Emphasis: Doing Things Jesus Does Week of: 5/6: Serving at the Augusta Handmade Fair 5/7-5/13: MC Summer Calendar/Planning 5/14-5/20: Reframe #8 5/21-5/27: Reframe #9 5/28-6/3: MC Optional: Memorial Day Weekend 6/4-6/10: Reframe #10 + Church Work Day (June 10) 6/11-6/17: Reframe Debrief 6/18-6/24: Sermon Discussion/Prayer 6/25-7/1: Sermon Discussion/Prayer 7/8: Dinner for Ten…
Spring 2023 Practices
1/29-2/4: Practice 1: The Reframing Story ReFrame aims to help you live out faith in everyday life, encouraging you to encounter Jesus afresh and allowing his story to shape your own. This first session explores how a fragmented and complex world can tempt Christians to either withdraw from or assimilate…
Spring 2023 Missional Community Calendar
Emphasis: Becoming Like Jesus Week of: 1/1-1/7: No MC Gathering (New Years) 1/8-1/14: Hangout + Dinner 1/15-1/21: Spring Calendaring + Hangout 1/22-1/28: Church Wide Annual Family Dinner (No MC Gathering) 1/29-2/4: Practice 1: The Reframing Story 2/5-2/11: Practice 2: Cultural Stories 2/12-2/18: MC Super Bowl Parties 2/19-2/25: MC Optional (President’s Day) 2/26-3/4: Practice…
Practice 6: 11/6-11/12
HEARING GOD AS A LIFE What did this week’s practice look like for you? What about this week's practice was valuable or difficult for you? DISCUSSION: 1. When was a time that you were living the “with-God life”? 2. Dallas describes the church as the “continuing incarnation.” What are the…
Practice 5: 10/16-10/22
HEARING GOD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE KINGDOM What did this week’s practice look like for you? What about this week's practice was valuable or difficult for you? DISCUSSION: Read Psalm 127:1-2 How’s your sleep? How is your sleep related to seeking life in the kingdom of God? Dallas speaks…
Practice 4: 10/9-10/15
The Still Small Voice What did this week’s practice look like for you? What about this week's practice was valuable or difficult for you? DISCUSSION: Read 1 Kings 19:9-13 Check out the chart on the back. What are your thoughts about how God speaks? Dallas Willard explained that the three…
Practice 3: 10/2-10/8
Trinitarian Fellowship 1. What did this week’s practice look like for you? 2. What about this week's practice was valuable or difficult for you? DISCUSSION: Dallas Willard said, “You are invited to practice intimate fellowship with the Trinity.” 1. What do you think of this statement? 2. What are some…
Practice 2: 9/18-9/24
What Hearing God is Not 1. What did this week’s practice look like for you? 2. What about this week's practice was valuable or difficult for you? DISCUSSION: Dallas Willard said, “the desire for control is a primary reason we fail to hear God”. 1. What do you think he…