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
July
The Practice of Remembering
The Practice of Remembering
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July 4
The faith practice of remembering centers our attention on what God has done in our lives, deepening our assurance that God is with us here and now, and expanding our hope and anticipation for what God will yet do. Take some time this week to make a “faith timeline” to remember what God has done in your life and in the lives of people you love.
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July 11
Reading the Old Testament shows that even though God loved, protected, and provided for the people of Israel, time after time they forgot God. How might we become people who remember God? What might you add to your home or to your schedule to serve as a daily reminder to connect with God?
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July 18
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July 25
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In the sacrament of The Lord’s Supper we remember both the great sacrifice and the wonderful gift of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Think and talk about how you might more fully enter into both the sorrow and the joy as you celebrate communion.
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Telling our faith stories to other generations is a deeply meaningful way to help us remember together what God has done. Check out our intergenerational story-starter questions at tinyurl.com/StoryStarterQ.
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