CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Lenten Simple Soup Supper and Bible Study
Please join us for a simple soup supper and Bible study
from 5:30-7:00 PM on the Wednesdays of Lent
upstairs in the Parish House of Christ Episcopal Church
at 123 South Sixth Street in Clarksburg.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence. See how nature--trees, flowers, grass--grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence....
We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa
Outline for Bible Study
Week 1 February 17, 2016 To See With Eyes of Faith
Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:4-10
Romans 10:8-13
Luke 4:1-13
Question to ponder: What does it mean to see with eyes of faith?
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Week 2 February 24, 2016 To See the Presence and Action of God
Scripture: Genesis 15:5-12, 17, 18
Philippians 3:17-4:1
Luke 9:28-36
Questions to ponder: Who are the people in my life whose relationship with God illumines their way of seeing other people and events?
What have they taught me?
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Week 3 March 2, 2016 To See Others' Needs, and Our Own, As God Sees Them
Scripture: Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15
1 Corinthians 10:1-6, 10-12
Luke 13:1-9
Questions to ponder: What person or groups of people do I most readily condemn
before I even know the conditions that have shaped them?
To whom will I give a second chance this week?
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Week 4 March 9, 2016 To See the God Who Searches For Us
Scripture: Joshua 5:9, 10-12
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Questions to ponder: When have I tried to hide from God's love
or from the love of someone else?
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Week 5 March 16, 2016 To See the New Things God is Doing
Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21
Philippians 3:8-14
John 8:2-11
Questions to ponder: If I am God's beloved, how does this affect how I
think, live, and act?
In what ways might God be inviting me to a change
of heart?
In circumstances in which we encounter evil and violence, how do we perceive God's all-inclusive love?
How can we be God's love?
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Week 6 March 23, 2016 To See the Attitude of Christ As Ours
Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-7
Philippians 2:6-11
Luke 22:14-23:56
Questions to ponder: What is the difference in how Jesus sees
and how we see?
What does "take, bless, break, share," mean to you?
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