Welcome to Community Dinner!
We invite you to stay for a brief “Jesus Story”
at 5:30 with dessert to follow.
If two adult leaders are present, teens will be dismissed for a Bible discussion at 5:30. Younger children should not go unless a parent or guardian is with them.
Listening Question:
John warned people that outward religion, family background, or status in society could not make them right with God. What are some ways people today might trust in those same kinds of things, and how does John’s message point us instead toward true repentance and receiving God’s rescue through Jesus?
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Ministry to Youth: Mentor, disciple and build relationships.Thurs 7am-8:15am bus stop breakfast (3rd Space)
During the community dinners for 20 min Bible discussion.
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[Matthew 3:1-12] Years later (after Jesus’ childhood events), John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea. 2 He said, “Turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven will soon be here.” 3 John was the one the prophet Isaiah was talking about, when he said, “In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him.’ ” 4 John wore clothes made of camel's hair. He had a leather strap around his waist and ate grasshoppers and wild honey. 5 From Jerusalem and all Judea and from the Jordan River Valley crowds of people went to John. 6 They confessed their sins and he baptized them in the river.
7 Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment? 8 Do something to show you have really given up your sins. 9 And don't start telling yourselves that you belong to Abraham's family. I tell you that God can turn these stones into children for Abraham. 10 An ax is ready to cut the trees down at their roots. Any tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into a fire.
11 I baptize you with water so you will give up your sins. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 12 His threshing fork is in his hand, and he is ready to separate the wheat from the husks. He will store the wheat in a barn and burn the husks in a fire that never goes out.