“Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables;
He did not say anything to them without using a parable.”
Matthew 13:34
We are in for an exciting time during the months of February and March as our church returns to a past practice of all studying the exact same scriptures and topics for a six week period. Starting on Sunday February 14th we will begin a new series on Sunday mornings and in all of our small groups called: “Imagine Life God’s Way”. It will be a study of some select parables of Jesus. The parables we will study are all on the topic of building community by imagining life God’s way.
The study book has been authored by the well known and loved John Ortberg. An opening reference in the study guide puts it this way: “If you are open and ready for what God wants to do in your heart through this study of the parables, Jesus will do what only He can do – He will be your teacher, He will stretch your mind, He will pierce your heart, He will shape your soul. And if you let the Spirit speak, you will begin to know God in new and fresh ways.”
For these six weeks we will be building community through:
Knowing and Being Known
Celebrating and Being Celebrated
Loving and Being Loved
Serving and Being Served
Come join your church family every Sunday and then throughout the week in a small group as we get the inside look at the parables when Jesus said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to (everyone else).” (Matthew 13:11)
