A 30 day Spiritual Adventure Together
Barre Evangelical Free Church, Winter 2012
OVERALL THEME: During these 30 days, we are stepping back and asking the question, “What if we only had 30 days to live?” How would we change? If you were on a 30-day countdown to exit this earth, how would you live differently? It is a thought provoking question and one that is worthy of our time. Call it our “life tune-up” (like car tune-up). Questions like… Are my priorities in line with God’s priorities? Am I doing the things that I say I value the most? Am I focused on that which is temporal or that which is eternal? After all, this is my one and only life. There are no do-overs. These questions demand my attention. This series it not about knowledge, it is about action. During this series, our focus is not on educating the mind but about activating our hearts and our hands and our feet.
NOTE: All Sunday morning activities are devoted to this topic. Items below are additional items to help during the week.
Question: If you knew you had only 30 days to live, what would you do different? To make this learning time more effective, we have a series of involvements which all point to the same message. Key parts …
I. Weekly challenge through our worship service – this includes both the sermon teaching, singing, and creative communication (drama, comedy, video, music).
ACTION: Simply make a priority to come each of the 5 Sundays & fully participate!
II. Weekly challenge in small groups – this includes a 10 minute challenge by nationally known relationship speaker and expert, Gary Smalley as well as lots of discussion questions. A great time to discuss your thoughts, look together at scripture & get to know others better!
ACTION: SIGN UP for a small group on the board by the offering box in the lobby. You can also call into the church office (476-5344) and get signed up. Then regularly attend and fully participate in the 4 (or 5 with a celebratory final get-together)! Click HERE for a listing of the small groups.
III. Weekly challenge through the adult Sunday School – this will look more deeply into some aspect of the overall weekly topic.
ACTION: Come to the adult Sunday School class in the worship area at 9:30 am!
IV. A weekly practical application challenge – this series is more about life change than it is about imparting more knowledge.
ACTION: Try the project!!! These are not burdensome, nor do they take a long time!
V. Daily Devotions – get booklet from the church (devotions written by guys in the church)
ACTION: Read the passage first, then the challenge & questions for 5 days a week.
VI. Scripture memory. There are 4 scripture memory verses. They will be located at (1) the top of the first page of the bulletin, (2) the top of the small group notes, and (3) on our website starting Monday Jan 16th.
ACTION: Try memorizing them during the week. The verses are relatively short. Don’t worry about not doing it wrong or how good you did, Simply make a priority to come each of the 5 Sundays & fully participate! Review them periodically and they will last in your mind longer!!!