Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Week Fifteen - You



Next week our focus will be on the fifteenth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "You."  Wendy will lead us in this casual discussion.  (Thank you, Wendy, for helping out Brian and Melinda!!)

Are we always debating the right things? Maybe some of our discussions would change significantly if we had more insight into the actual circumstances that surrounded the first people of the Christian movement if we had a better understanding of the things they did in the context of the world they lived in. Maybe some of the claims of the Christian faith that we typically perceive to be unique aren't really that special at all. And at the same time maybe we don't always put enough emphasis on the things that truly should matter in our lives.

Watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on November 4th:




Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45).  Everyone is welcome!!


Thursday, October 25, 2012

Week Fourteen - Breathe



Next week our focus will be on the fourteenth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Breathe."  Brian and Melinda will lead us in this casual discussion.

How many of us ever think about our breathing, about the meaning of breathing? In the Bible, the word for "breath" is the same as the word for "spirit." We've all been created in the image of God, but our lives are incredibly vulnerable and fragile. Maybe if we had more insight into the meaning of breathing, we would better understand how God created us as human beings. 


Watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on October 28th:




Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45).  Everyone is welcome!!

Friday, October 19, 2012

Week Thirteen - Rich



Next week our focus will be on the thirteenth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Rich."  Brian and Melinda will lead us in this casual discussion.

There's a popular bumper sticker that reads "God Bless America," but hasn't America already been blessed? It's easy for us to fall into a mindset of viewing "our" world as "the" world, because it's all we generally see. We're constantly bombarded with images of the latest styles and models of everything, and it can easily leave us feeling like what we have isn't enough because we see people that have even more than us. But how does what we have compare to what most people in the world have? Maybe what we have is enough; maybe it's more than enough. Maybe God has blessed us with everything we have so we can bless and give to others.


Watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on October 21st:




Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45).  Everyone is welcome!!

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Week Twelve - Matthew



Next week our focus will be on the twelfth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Matthew."  Sheila will lead us in this casual discussion.

Suffering the loss of someone we love can be the most difficult thing in life to deal with.  One moment we have them and the next they're gone.  What are we supposed to do?  How are we supposed to feel?  The truth is, there's no certain way that we're "supposed" to feel.  Whatever we're feeling, it's okay.  It's okay to feel shock, anger, denial, or whatever we may feel.  It's okay.  And if we don't feel anything at all, that's okay too.  It's okay to have no answers and no explanations.  Because sometimes all the reasoning and comforting words in the world don't really help and everything can seem hopeless. What might help us, however, is to understand how Jesus dealt with this kind of loss.


Watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on October 14th:

 



Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45).  Everyone is welcome!!