Study for the week begining 16th November 2008
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Study leaders notes 20 minutes!!!
this sentence is not to be read out it is for the leader only.
In our discussion we will think about how to act in spite of fear.
The sentences in blue are supplementary questions which can be used if & as necessary. The statements in red are possible answers that you may wish to draw out in your discussion. Other pointers are in purple.
(5 mins)
1i. What task in church life would you not like to be asked to undertake?
What about these: the Vicar says…
I can’t make Sunday, you’ll have to preach!
We need a new leader for our Alpha Course
need a leader for schools work - assemblies, coordinate volunteers
We need Youth group – need some leaders
What would you say if the Vicar asked you to do?
What would you say if time /other commitments were no issue?
If no, why? What is the underlying reason?
Fear / scared, not feeling good enough, would make a mess, don’t have the skills
Read Matthew 25:14-30
(5 mins)
2i. Why do you think the third servant buried the money with which he’d been entrusted?
Fear, thought he’d make a mess.
2ii. Was he right to be scared?
2iii. What would have been a better course of action?
(5 mins)
3i. If the master in the parable represents God and we are the servants, which one are you?
3ii. What would you say the talent represents?
The purposes of God to which individual Christians are called.
3ii. Is being scared of doing something new a good enough excuse not to do it?
3iii. Are there any areas of Christian ministry from which you shy away?
3iv. How might we encourage those who feel they have few/no gifts that God could use?
(In your discussion see if you can think of some examples
of how our ideas can be applied)
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