Apostles Creed session 9

Homework:

Continue to memorise the Apostles’ Creed

Over this half-term we will be working to memorise Matthew 5:11-16. You will have to keep refreshing Matt.5:1-10 whilst you do this.

(we’ll memorise the whole of the Sermon on the Mount over the next 3 years)

To Be a Christian, Q&A 76-83 & A Prayer for the Son’s Mission.

Go back through the commands of Jesus distilled from Matthew’s Gospel.  What teachings, warnings or promises are there around those commands that are designed to help us to obey them?

Invitation week.

How is DTP going?

Reflect on what you have learned of the Creed so far.  What have you learnt?  What has surprised you? How are you thinking differently about Jesus and discipleship now?

Are you doing anything different now to what you started?  What is changing in your experience of being a Christian? 

As you were memorizing the Beatitudes, what was the Spirit teaching you?

…and don’t forget to pray for each other.

Apostles Creed session 8

Continue to memorise the Apostles’ Creed

Over this half-term we will be working to memorise Matthew 5:11-16. You will have to keep refreshing Matt.5:1-10 whilst you do this.

(we’ll memorise the whole of the Sermon on the Mount over the next 3 years)

To Be a Christian, Q&A 71-75

Plan for Invitation week.

How is DTP going?

Reflect on last section of the Creed.  What have you learnt?  How are you thinking differently about Jesus and discipleship now?

Are you doing anything different now to what you started?  What is changing in your experience of being a Christian? 

As you were memorizing the Beatitudes, what was the Spirit teaching you?

…and don’t forget to pray for each other.

Apostles Creed session 7

Continue to memorise the Apostles’ Creed

Over this half-term we will be working to memorise Matthew 5:11-26. You will have to keep refreshing Matt.5:1-10 whilst you do this.

(we’ll memorise the whole of the Sermon on the Mount over the next 3 years)

To Be a Christian, Q&A 69-72

Invitation week: arrange a coffee or meal with someone else on DTP for invitation week.

Continuing to work with the list of commands you have isolated from Matthew’s Gospel:

3 commands where I am looking in the right direction? 

How can I celebrate..?  …give thanks?  …worship?

How am I doing this?  Why am I able to make progress on this particular teachings of Jesus?

3 commands where I am struggling?

Keep working through Rom.6:1-14

Why do I struggle with this particular command..?

What is there about what I believe as a Christian that would help me make a different decision?

Apostles Creed session 6

Continue to memorise the Apostles’ Creed

Over this half-term we have been working to memorise Matthew 5:1-10. This is the last week we will be focusing on this passage.

(we’ll memorise the whole of the Sermon on the Mount over the next 3 years)

To Be a Christian, Q&A 59-68

Ahead of next week, read Romans 6:1-14. What would you say was Paul’s answer to the question of why we shouldn’t go on sinning?

No theology is genuinely Christian that does not arise from, and focus on the Cross.

John Stott.

Continue reading through Matthew’s Gospel, and isolating any commands, or examples Jesus leaves for us to follow.

As we list them, reflect on:

Which ones do you obey?

Which ones do you struggle with?

Which ones do you not understand?

Where do you need help, and what help do you need?

Apostles Creed session 5

Continue to memorise the Apostles’ Creed

Over this half-term we’ll be working to memorise Matthew 5:1-10

(we’ll memorise the whole of the Sermon on the Mount over the next 3 years)

To Be a Christian, Q&A 53-58

For Personal Refelction: How will this affect how you celebrate Christmas this year?

Over the next few weeks, our homework will include reading through Matthew’s Gospel, and isolating any commands, or examples Jesus leaves for us to follow. 

As we list them, reflect on:

Which ones do you obey? 

Which ones do you struggle with?

Which ones do you not understand?

Where do you need help, and what help do you need?