Sunday Link-UP -02October2022

CALL TO WORSHIP 

• OPENING CHORUSES

1. 1. 1. We Have Come Into His House
      2. He is Here
      3. Reach Out and Touch

• OPENING PRAYER

WELCOME

• The theme for this week is lament in the face of our inadequacy.  
• The reading from the featured Psalm for today is from …

Psalm 137:1-9  By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion.  ² We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it.   ³ For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song, And those who plundered us requested mirth, Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”   ⁴ How shall we sing the Lord’s song In a foreign land?   ⁵ If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill!   ⁶ If I do not remember you, Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth — If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.   ⁷ Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, [a]“Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation!”   ⁸ O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!  ⁹ Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock!  

OPENING SONGS

SCRIPTURE READING

Luke 17:5-10 (NKJV)   

⁵ And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

⁶ So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. ⁷ And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? ⁸ But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? ⁹ Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded ^[e]him? I think not. ¹⁰ So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”

MINISTRY FOCUS

COMMUNION

• 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

CALL TO FELLOWSHIP

Interactive Sermon

• Luke 17:1-4,5-10

Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no ^[a]offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! ² It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should ^[b]offend one of these little ones. ³ Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins ^[c]against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. ⁴ And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns ^[d]to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”   

⁵ And the apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”

⁶ So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.   

⁷ And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? ⁸ But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’?  ⁹ Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded ^[e]him? I think not.  ¹⁰ So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants.  We have done what was our duty to do.’ ” 

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. What about the passage stands out for you?
2. What about the request by the disciples?
3. What do you think about Christ’s response?
4. What do you think Christ was trying to get them to understand … based on the first part of His response?
5. What do you think He was trying to get them to understand … based on the second part of His response?
6. Whom do you think He wanted His disciples to identify with?  The slave owner … or the slave?
7. Whom do you identify with?
8. Is the first part of Jesus’ response connected to the second part?  If so … how?
9. What is the main takeaway for you?
10. The theme for this week is “lament in the face of inadequacy” … How does the passage relate to the theme?
11. In light of that, what is the main takeaway for you?

CLOSING SONG

CLOSING PRAYER

CLOSING COMMENTS

• Thanks for joining us.
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BENEDICTION

Numbers 6:24-26

• ²⁶ “The Lord bless you and keep you. 
• ²⁵ The Lord make His face shine upon you … and be gracious to you.   
• ²⁶ The Lord lift up His countenance upon you … and give you peace.” 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS      

Given our upcoming convention … I really believe we need to put together a course for new believers … I was hoping to start a DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM today … but it may have to be tomorrow.