STOP GOING TO CHURCH: Week 4 – DEVOTED to Others & Using our Power and Possessions to Serve

One Life Henderson   -   March 6, 2022

Stop Going To Church
Beyond the Teaching

There are 168 hours in each week, and we get to spend ONE of those learning and worshipping together as a community, but we want to give you the tools to carry this into your daily life.
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Use the following guide to dive deeper into the text Ryan taught from and have discussion with those you do life with. You can do that all week in a Growth Group or Mission Team, with your Few, or over in our Digital Community (https://www.facebook.com/groups/OLHendo).
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Miss the teaching? Check it out HERE: https://youtu.be/V4Ro_RC3t5g 
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Dive in!

Open:

  • What’s your favorite activity to do with your closest friends and family?

Read the Key Passage:

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. – Acts 2:42-47

Observe: What does it say?
Interpret: What does it mean?
Apply: What am I supposed to do with it?

Learn the Context:

  • This passage explores the very start of the early church by explaining what it WAS, and giving us some idea of what Jesus intended for his Church to be.
  • Check out these resources to learn some additional context on the early church:

Unpacking the Passage:

  • After exploring the tools above, what stands out to you about the way the early Church interacted with one another?
  • Considering what we learned this week about being “others-centered,” in what ways does the modern church parallel this first century Church? In what ways is this not the case? 
  • What can we learn from the earliest expression of the Church about how we should interact with others around us today? 

Unpacking the Teaching:

  • What does being “others-focused” look like in your everyday life?
  • How can you be more intentional about serving others with your power and possessions, beginning today?
  • How can you be intentional about being OTHERS-focused in regards to our collective vision for a city multiplying radical belonging, restorative hope, and Jesus-centered transformation?
  • What does it mean to be a “people of the Gospel of Jesus” to you?
  • Breaking through all the church “clichés” we’ve been addressing, what does it mean to you to “stop going to church?”

CHALLENGE:

STOP going to church, and BECOME ambassadors for Jesus everywhere you go through YOUR unique Made For This. Try to complete this week’s challenge, and let us know you are moving beyond the ONE hour in the church building!

  • This week, devote ONE PERCENT of your week (1 hour, 41 minutes) to serving OTHERS through your “power and possessions.” This can be done by serving on a One Life Henderson Team, spending time building a great city somewhere across Henderson, inviting a neighbor to a meal, or…something totally your own. Just spend the time being “others-focused.”
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