Mark Your Calendar
- Youth Night at Liberty Park – June 7
- Skills Camp – June 15-19
- Teen Serve Camp – July 13-16
- Kids Water Day – July 19
- Marriage Retreat – Sep 25-26
📢 Announcements
🚧 Education Building Bathroom Remodel
Renovations are underway! The project is moving forward, and we’re excited to see it completed soon.
📖 Summer Mini Series – Starting This Sunday!
Deep questions and answers about our purpose and the meaning of life, special speakers, and hot topics! Plan to come! Sunday mornings at 11:00.
📖 Summer Bible Study – Starting June 2nd
Youth and young adults welcome!
💬 Table Talk
What are your plans?
⚽ Youth Night at Liberty Park – June 7th
Invite your friends!
🎨 Skills Camp – June 15-19
💁♀️ Teen Serve Camp! – July 13-16
🤽🏼 Kids Water Day – Games & Snacks
Stay connected and let’s continue to grow together
✨ Sunday 10am ✨
Just a reminder that this Sunday during the 10am Bible Study time we’ll be meeting together for a combined teaching and Q&A time as we prepare to vote on affirming a new church elder. This will be an opportunity to walk through the biblical role and qualifications of elders, and ask any questions you may have before the congregational vote. We encourage everyone to join us for this important time together as a church family.
8-Week Mini-Series starting soon
This summer, we are excited to launch a new mini-series called Identity: Who Am I, designed to help anyone wrestling with deep questions about their purpose and the meaning of life. In a culture that often leaves us confused about who we are, we will compassionately explore complex areas such as sexuality, gender, relationships, marriage, ethnicity, and our careers. Rather than relying on our own shifting understanding, this series will look closely at what God says, grounding our answers in a Biblical standard to point us toward enduring truth. As Ephesians 2:10 reminds us, we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which gives our lives profound meaning. Get ready to discover your identity, and we encourage you to invite your friends and bring your questions as we open the Scriptures together to understand God’s good design for our lives.
Discussion Questions for “Do You Not Yet Understand?”
📖 Biblical Insight Questions
- The Compassion of Jesus (Mark 8:1–10)
- Why is it significant that Jesus has compassion on the crowd’s physical needs as well as spiritual needs?
- What does feeding the four thousand reveal about Jesus’ character and power?
- The Pharisees and Spiritual Blindness (Mark 8:11–15)
- Why do the Pharisees continue demanding signs despite all Jesus has done?
- What does their response reveal about the condition of their hearts?
- What does Jesus mean by “the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod”?
- How can false beliefs or hardened attitudes quietly spread in someone’s life?
- The Hardness of the Disciples’ Hearts (Mark 8:17–21)
- Why are the disciples focused on bread instead of understanding Jesus’ warning?
- What does this passage teach about the difference between seeing miracles and truly perceiving Jesus?
🔨 Practical Application Questions
- Serving Without Seeing Jesus
- How can ministry or church activity become routine instead of worship?
- What are warning signs someone is “doing Christian stuff” while spiritually drifting?
- What is the difference between reading or hearing Scripture and truly receiving it?
- What habits help cultivate genuine attentiveness to God’s Word?
- Guarding Your Heart
- What modern influences act like “leaven,” subtly shaping how people think and live?
- How can believers guard against spiritual hardening over time?
- Why is remembering God’s past faithfulness important for present trust?
- What practical ways can believers intentionally remember what God has done?
🪞 Personal Reflection Questions
- Your Next Step Toward Spiritual Growth
- Are there areas where your heart may be becoming spiritually hard or numb?
- What might God be trying to show you right now?
- Have you ever become so focused on responsibilities, details, or routines that you lost sight of Jesus Himself? What helps redirect your attention back to Him?
- Like the disciples, do you sometimes focus more on what you lack than on who Jesus is? What current situation requires deeper trust in Him?
- How can community and accountability help you continue growing spiritually?
Ladies’ Zoom Prayer Meeting
This is a wonderful opportunity to connect, share, and lift one another up in prayer.
When: Wednesdays
Time: 7:00 PM
Contact Gloria for details.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Nursery Schedule
5/31 – Bobbi Sibley, Evalynn Nosker, Karen Moran
6/7 – Karen & Grace Brown