MC Guides
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…
Practice 1: 9/11-9/17
NOTE: Redemption Church has created a Right Now Media account. Right Now Media is a digital library of video Bible studies, book discussions, conference messages, kids shows, etc. Since Redemption has set up a church account, everyone in our church can set up a personal account for free also. Click…
Fall 2022 Missional Community Calendar
Emphasis: Being with Jesus Week of: 9/4-9/10: Labor Day Weekend (No MC Gathering) 9/11-9/17: Practice 1: You Were Created for Friendship with God; 9/18-9/24: Practice 2: What Hearing from God is Not 9/25-10/1: Iron Man on 9/25 (MC Optional) 10/2-10/8: Practice 3: Trinitarian Friendship 10/9-10/15: Practice 4: The Still Small…
Practice 7: Communion & Dining Room Table Christianity – 8/14-20
A COMMUNION CELEBRATION Leader: Blessed are you, Lord God of the universe, You are the giver of this bread – fruit of the earth and of human labor – let it become the bread of life. Blessed are You, Lord God of the universe, You are the giver of this…