Rooted

Mark 5:24b-34 Community Group Questions What’s a one-word label you’d love to have? When people look at you they say, “That person is ___________? Talk about a time when a label affected the way you see yourself. (positive or negative) Why do you think labels matter so much to us? The woman who met Jesus was marked as “unclean”. In what ways did her label affect how her community saw her? How do you think she saw herself? Think about the things you say to people in a given day—what if they took to heart every off-handed word or subtle glare? Can you think of a time where something simple and off-handed affected you in a significant way? If God were labeling you right now, what do you think He would say about you? How would you treat others differently if you saw them the way God sees them? Share a time where your perspective changed towards a person and you saw them more as a Child of the King as opposed to your preconceived notion.

Allie will be working about 5 hours a week for Rooted to assist Mary with worship, meet with any Rooted young adults for prayer and encouragement, and help with ministry development. We are excited for Allie to join us and use her gifts and see heart for the Lord in action in this community! ________________ Here is Allie's bio of introduction to First CRC... Meet Allie our new Worship Coordinator who will be starting this week! Allie Van Oss is the Worship Coordinator who will help plan and lead Sunday morning gatherings. Allie believes that worship is more than music and singing; it is our invitation to draw near to God. As a large part of our response to God’s presence and action in our lives, worship is a powerful space where spiritual growth and transformation happen. Allie sees it as an immense privilege to be in her role here at First CRC in creating and leading these spaces of worship corporately. Allie has been on more worship teams than she can co

November 1 Acts 3:1-10 Community Group Questions What about this past week has made you feel the most weak? What has made you look to alms, or idols, or God, for a remedy? Who is someone that has helped you fix your gaze? Reflect on someone who has taken your hand or guided you towards Jesus / who you saw Jesus through. Can you name someone whose hand you can take? Someone for whom you can help direct their gaze? (I challenge you to engage with someone intentionally this week) How can you use your story to help others see the Gospel and God’s story? (This is also an opportunity to share your story, or part of it, with your group.) What does this passage say about who God is? Pray boldly . Try a new type of praying with your group. Can you lay hands on each other’s shoulders? Can you kneel again? Can you pray for something you might think is radical? Share your praises and share your hurts, and offer them to God once again.

October 11 James 3:13-4:12 Community Group Questions Welcome any new folks to your group and give them a chance to introduce themselves. Name someone you would describe as wise and explain why you consider them to be wise? Name something you would really love to have, but don’t have.   How would you define wisdom?  How does James define it in James 3:13-18? How does humility play a part in us coming near to God? In what ways to we push ourselves to the middle of our own universe? Why is this so easy to do? Can you think of a time where God withheld something you thought you wanted, only to see that in the end he had your best interest in mind?   Is there something in your life currently that you have prayed will come to fruition and you’re not sure what God’s up to or where it will go? What are some other “demonic” lies people tend to listen to? Cory offered 3 ways to grow in true wisdom and spot false wisdom. Is there one that

September 27 James 2:14-26 Community Group Questions In what ways do you sense your “internal legalist” kick in when you hear the phrase “Faith without works is dead” “...It is useless.” In what ways have you seen “well-wishing” (aka be warm and well fed) in the church? How about within yourself and your own life? What keeps you from responding to the needs around you? Lack of awareness? Courage? Something else? Share a time where you were obedient to the Spirit’s promptings to meet a need? “...it cannot save us.” What makes people hesitant to “sit in the chair”? Is Demonic Faith too strong? What strikes you about Rahab’s story? What simple sets might God be calling you to take so that your family tree looks different? “A Christian is so much more than someone who has a general or sentimental belief in God, and a biblically informed morality. A Christian is someone who has been supernaturally born again from above and is, by grace through fa

                                     September 20- James 1:19-27 Community Group Questions Welcome any new people and introduce yourselves- Name, work, school, etc... What rule(s) did you have growing up that you thought was not needed or that you did not obey? What’s your pet-peeve?  What can make you get upset very quickly? The Text: What questions or insights did you have from you weekly reading? Share those and ask your questions. Is it easy for you to be “quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry”? Why or why not? Can you think of times where you wished you had followed James’ proverb? “Vision Leaks”, is a common axiom to describe the task of leadership. The ideas is that people so often forget what is important that you have to constantly remind them. The bucket just keeps leaking so we need to constantly fill up other people’s buckets with a God-sized Vision for His world.   OR the image James uses, It’s like looking in a mirror and im