EVERYDAY
DISCIPLESHIP
DISCIPLESHIP
Three Care Groups each Sunday are invited for in-person worship services. When your Care Group’s turn comes up, please feel free to invite your friends or neighbours. Just please let us know when you fill out the Invitation RSVP who will be attending with you. We are looking forward to seeing you Covenant!
Everyday Discipleship
Everyday Discipleship - Our Theme for 2021: In this time of transition, where gatherings are restricted, God’s call on our lives to live as his ambassadors, and to go and make disciples remains. Together we wonder how can we grow in faith and discipleship, in the new “sacred spaces” God has us gathering and worshiping in? Our homes, our backyards, even online, are the new places we gather for Bible Study, prayer, to serve together in ministry and committee work and more. In 2021 we’re “taking it to the streets” as our faith is formed in new sacred spaces, and our discipleship is grown in many other contexts.
We’ll look for a year at tools, resources, and practices for Everyday Discipleship. One such resource our ministry team (along with some talented young artists in our congregation) has developed together is an Everyday Discipleship Calendar: a whole year of themes, songs, activities, readings and discussion suggestions for each month to connect us and help us grow in our discipleship! These will be delivered to you by our dedicated group of volunteer drivers. If you have rsvp'd or are participating in worship this Sunday, they will be available for pick up at the church. We will deliver these also to the Belmead families we’ve been connecting with and have extra copies available on the Welcome Center for anyone who would like to join us. |
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FAITH PRACTICES PROJECT
September always feels like new beginnings. Usually, our ministries and committees start up again after a summer’s rest, along with the new school year, sports teams and all sorts of extracurricular activities. Things look a little different this year, but one thing we can begin anew this September is our commitment to those transformational Christian practices that help us grow deeper in faith. The CRCNA’s Faith Formation ministries provides us with the
“Faith Practices Project” beginning September 2020. Each month a new set of resources are released online focusing on one of 12 faith practices. Check it out! https://www.crcna.org/FaithFormation/practices
“Faith Practices Project” beginning September 2020. Each month a new set of resources are released online focusing on one of 12 faith practices. Check it out! https://www.crcna.org/FaithFormation/practices
May
The Practice of Prayer
The Practice of Prayer
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May 2
Pastor Rich Villodas observed, “Prayer is not about throwing holy words at God to see what sticks; it is, rather, entrance to a new way of seeing reality, the opening of ourselves to God’s presence, and an act that trains us in love.”
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May 9
In Whistling in the Dark, Frederick Buechner writes, “‘Thy kingdom come . . . on earth’ is what we are saying. . . . To speak those words is to invite the tiger out of the cage, to unleash a power that makes atomic power look like a warm breeze.” What are we asking when we pray for God’s kingdom to come on earth?
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May 16
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May 23
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The Lord’s Prayer: An Intergenerational Event and Worship Experience is a downloadable free resource with which children, teens, and adults can gather to learn about and/or deepen their understanding of the Lord’s Prayer. Try it in your church! Find it at tinyurl.com/intergenprayer.
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Families, check out the free downloadable resource 5 Ways to Pray with Kids—tinyurl.com/5WaysPray. Here’s one of those ways to pray: have each person create a shape that represents what they’d like to pray about. Lego bricks, play dough, or pipe cleaners work well! Then pray about those things together.
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May 30
When praying with children, try this kid-friendly version of the “ACTS” model, replacing Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication with these prompts:
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