What does it look like to live in step with the Spirit?

13 June 2021 - 11am Service

After the Fire Series: All Nations

Leading on from our Holy Spirit series, over the month of June we are going to be exploring what the Church looks like after Pentecost and how we can hold onto the power of the Spirit in our everyday lives.

We’ll be looking to the Bible to see what the early Church was like after this transformed experience of the gift of the Spirit. What should we look like today if the Spirit is at work in our midst as a Church?

It’s our Global Partners Weekend and we are celebrating the forty different ministries we support around the globe. Remember, our 7pm service will be looking at the same topic and Tim Dobson will be sharing a message with us. Check it out!

DISCUSSION NOTES

INTRODUCTION

One of the big themes of the New Testament is that of ‘Inclusion’; of the inclusion of the non-Jewish or Gentile world into the community of the people of God.

Acts 10 tells the story of one Gentile household becoming part of the Church, as evidenced by a remarkable flow of supernatural signs and a Pentecostal outpouring in the home of Cornelius, a Roman Centurion.

This weekend we have focused on our own global partners, and I hope you can pick up on things they shared on Saturday and Sunday. Some questions you could consider are

If you have been on a global mission trip can you tell your story to your group? What short term or long term affect did it have on you?
Is ‘missionary’ a rather negative word nowadays, associated with imperialism? What is your perspective on the role of global mission?
What is a ‘reverse missionary’? Have you met one? What is that movement about?
What do you think is the link between global mission and God’s ultimate plan of Salvation- including Jesus’ return!?
Should we still encourage people to travel on mission? Isn’t it cheaper, more relevant and more environmentally appropriate for mission to be local and indigenous?
What is the role of the Holy Spirit in sending people to all nations?

Consider ‘adopting’ a global partner as a group, and inviting them to your group on Zoom and finding out about their story and calling.