3 May 2024 Better Together These questions are here to stimulate dialogue about today’s topic – feel free to skip around or discuss items not listed here. When was a time you experienced the power of partnership/community in fulfilling a task? Read Romans 16. What missional communities / regional teams do you see? In what ways can a church avoid becoming merely attractional and consumer-oriented, and instead be genuinely missional?  How can everyday interactions and activities be transformed into opportunities for discipleship within a missional community? If you could reach anyone for J ..read more

In this final part of the discipleship series, we explore why and how journeying with Jesus is best done in community. The post Better Together: The Call of Discipleship, Part 4 appeared first on ..read more

Join us as we explore different ways of being a witness in Melbourne. The post Being a witness in Melbourne appeared first on ..read more

Discussion Questions for “Being a Witness in Melbourne” 27 April 2024 What is happening in your life right now that you’re praying about / giving to God? How is telling someone what you’re going through and sharing how you’re leaning on God a way of witnessing? Who is one person you want to lead to Jesus? The post Discussion Questions 27 April 2024 appeared first on ..read more

Discussion Questions for 20 April 2024 “Go and Be: the Call of Discipleship” These questions are here to stimulate dialogue about today’s topic – feel free to skip around or discuss items not listed here. Conversations about God can be tricky. Who first talked to you about God? How did you react? Read and discuss John 4:4-30. How does Jesus’ interaction with the Samaritan woman transform her into a spring of water?  Read and discuss Matthew 5:13-16. What does this tell us about our role as “the salt of the earth” and “light of the world”?  What’s the difference between seeking resul ..read more

Last time we explored Jesus’ invitation to “come and see” – in this second part of the series on discipleship, we examine how Jesus commissions us to go and be living waters for the world. The post Go and Be: the Call of Discipleship appeared first on ..read more

Discussion questions for “Prayer”. These questions are here to stimulate dialogue about today’s topic – feel free to skip around or discuss items not listed here. 1. What are some of the factors that help with effective communication? Do any of these principles apply to prayer? 2. Jesus encourages us to bring our prayers before God directly. What does this indicate about the relationship God wants to have with each of us? 3. In the Bible we can read about many examples of prayers by different people. What’s one story you can think of, and what does that story teach us about what happens whe ..read more

Join us this Saturday as guest speaker Bruce Stephens shares prayer experiences from beneath the Bass Strait to the Coral Sea, and reflect on historical and personal stories that question and affirm the promise of John 16:23-24. #FaithJourney #PowerOfPrayer The post Prayer appeared first on ..read more

Discussion Questions for 23 March 2024 “Come and See: the Call of Discipleship” These questions are here to stimulate dialogue about today’s topic – feel free to skip around or discuss items not listed here. How do you define being a disciple of Jesus in your own words? Can you share a time when being vulnerable and open led to spiritual growth for you or someone else? In your own words, how do you define being a disciple of Jesus? How does the concept of church being “EVERYWHERE” challenge traditional views of church attendance, participation, ministry, outreach and growth? How can the churc ..read more

Jesus’ commission is to go and make disciples. What is a disciple? How does one become a disciple-maker? The post Come and See: the Call of Discipleship appeared first on ..read more