Summary: Sunday, September 16, 2012 | Pastor Richard Dahlstrom Discussion Questions by Pastor Nancy Eckardt How have you responded to the 2020 vision? Where are you stepping into the vision? When has your situation turned out to be completely different than what you intended, but to be planned by God? How easy is it for you to see negative experiences as ordained by God? What are barriers to your sense that you can serve God wholly right now? When has living into your call been a hardship for you? How have you responded to the difficulty it has brought? What might you need to relinquish in order to live into your calling? What is God calling you to today, in your specific context right now? Where in your community are you building relationships? What keeps you from connecting with the people in your community? What would it look like to love your neighbor as yourself? How has participation in the ministry of the church helped you build relationships in the church? How comfortable are you with being with non-believers in a secular context? What makes it uncomfortable? In what ways are you hesitant to engage with the culture of the community in which you live? What expectations of culture do you need to let go of in order to “seek the welfare of the city.” How do you discern how to be in the city and to transform the city? In what ways have you taken on cultural values in a way that diminishes your effectiveness as a light for Christ? What is the next step God is stirring in your heart to take? Who can you share this this with and ask them to come alongside you? Sunday’s Bulletin Watch
