Weymouth Community Church is committed to helping people follow Jesus, in Medina and beyond. If you have questions about the church or your own spiritual life, feel free to contact Pastor Greg Whiting at greg@weymouthchurch.com or leave a message at 330-441-5322.

Special Note

In-person, public worship services have begun at 10:30am. For a video review of what to expect, our Facebook page and website are both updated to include the welcome back tour at the top of the welcome back posts. If you have any additional questions, concerns, or prayer requests, call the church office (330-723-1750).

A few things to remember if you plan to join us for in-person worship:

• We are trying to give you a touch-free worship experience
• There are masks (which are optional), tissues, and hand sanitizer available
• Bring everything you need including a Bible, something to write with and on, a water bottle, and anything you need for your young children while here
• We are keeping our social distance for your and others’ protection

Join us live on Facebook, Sunday mornings at 10:30

See directions from the Tech Team if you don’t have Facebook (next announcement). You can also view or listen to the message at a later time on our website. If you know of someone who does not have internet access, printouts of the message can be sent to them…just let us know!

From the WCC Tech Team
You do not need to be a Facebook user to watch our live stream on Sunday morning at 10:30. To access the live stream — go to https://weymouthchurch.com and click the floating white “f” in the blue circle on the left of the page. That will take you to our Facebook page. If you are not a Facebook user or are using a device you haven’t logged in to before, a “mask” will pop up over our Facebook page. In the bottom of that mask, click the “Not Now” link. Our page will load and you will be able to watch the live stream.

The Tech Team is offering to assist those of you that are struggling with your personal technology during this time of social distancing. Our priority first and foremost is your and our health and well-being, so person-to-person assistance and traveling will be limited. That being said, we will review requests on a case-by-case basis and attempt to help you the best we can. Please contact Kerry Pixton (kpixton@icloud.com) so that he can assess your situation.

Nursery Sunday School

We miss you, little friends! We hope all nursery parents are receiving our emails—please let Emily Varner (emily@varnernet.com) know if you are not so that you can receive updates and a PDF of the nursery coloring page for this month and the video password. A video for our current nursery lesson and memory verse is posted at https://weymouthchurch.com/ministries/childrens-ministry/.

Video Message Series: “The Day God Died”

Join us at the church or livestream for this message series from July 5-August 2. Pastor Greg’s brother, David, recorded these messages onsite in Israel. This series looks at the last week of Jesus’ life and is a great follow-up to our recent Gospel of John message series. Discussion notes and questions will be available each week on our church Facebook page and website.

Bible reading schedule 2020

Join the Next Steps Men’s Discipleship Group in reading through the Bible in 2020. We are reading it in a unique way, from a different genre of Scripture each day: Sunday, Epistles; Monday, The Law; Tuesday, History; Wednesday, Psalms; Thursday, Poetry; Friday, Prophecy; and Saturday, Gospels. This week’s schedule:

Sun., Philippians 3-4; Mon., Leviticus 10-12; Tues., 2 Kings 1-5;

Wed., Psalms 81-83; Thurs., Proverbs 10; Fri., Ezekiel 25-30; Sat., Luke 19-20

Bible reading podcast

If you go to our website and click on Next Steps, then select Podcast, from there you can choose from a daily Bible reading podcast by Pastor Greg. It connects with our Bible reading schedule 2020, and he gives some devotional thoughts along the way.

If you would like to be added to our all-church emails …

please contact the church at office@weymouthchurch.com and an invitation to join Church Community Builder will be emailed to you.

If you have a prayer request …

for the prayer sheet, you can let the church office know via email or phone(office@weymouthchurch or 330-723-1750). If you would like to receive prayer emails, please contact the church office.

 Options for worshiping through giving 

• Mail your check to the church.
• Give online—Go to weymouthchurch.com; click Give Online; click Make a Donation; and follow the directions.
• Give at our in-person worship service—Use a giving envelope and place your offering in the black box.

The Day Jesus Died series

Message 1: Getting the Bigger Picture

1. Have you ever been to Israel? If so, tell us about it. If not, would you like to go?

2. What caught your attention from this message?

3. Read Matthew 20:17-20

• Being the 3^rd time that Jesus predicted this to His disciples, what should they have learned? What should they have been prepared for?
• How do you think you would have responded to Jesus’ plan back then? How you do you read it now?
• Where is the hope in this passage about his coming death?

4. Read Psalm 121,130

• Jesus, when going to Jerusalem a few times a year, and for the last week of his life, traveled to the city through Jericho. With Jericho being the lowest city in the world at 846 feet below sea level and Jerusalem being at 2,500 feet above sea level, there was quite an ascent in the walk.
• Psalm 120-134 are called the Psalms of Ascents, songs the people of Israel would sing as they ascended up to Jerusalem
• From Psalm 121,130, what connections can you make to this last week of Jesus’ life in relation to His people?

5. Read through the major things that happened in the last week of Jesus’ life, and discuss your observations of the timeline…

• Sunday – Triumphal entry into Jerusalem and then back to Bethany (about 2 miles from Jerusalem)
• Monday – Drove out the money changers from the Temple – back to Bethany
• Wednesday – The plot was hatched to take Jesus down while He was in Jerusalem. Back to Bethany for the night.
• Thursday – Passover celebration in Jerusalem, praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, arrested around midnight
• Friday – 12-2 a.m. – arrested and taken to house of Caiaphas

2-6 a.m. – Stands trial before Annas, Caiaphas and Sanhedrin

[4:30-6:00 a.m.] – Peter denies knowing Jesus; Judas hangs himself

• 6:00 a.m. – Jesus taken to Pilate for Roman trial
• 8:30 a.m. – Jesus begins to carry his cross
• 9:00 a.m. (Mark 15:25) – Jesus hangs on the cross
• 12:00-3:00 p.m. – darkness
• 3:00 p.m. – Jesus dies, the afternoon sacrifice is held, there is an earthquake, and the curtain in the temple is torn in two

6. Read John 18:31- Why was Pilate and this Roman trial so important to the Jewish leaders?

7. Read Mark 15:9,10 – What is one way Pilate was trying to release Jesus, and why?

8. Read Matthew 27:27-31 – What strikes you about this passage? How does it make you feel?

9. What does this last week of Jesus’ life have to do with you today, and with your future?

PRAYER TIME

Worship message 3: Firsts and Last

1. What are some of the firsts of your life that you can remember?

2. What caught your attention from this message on worship?

3. Read Genesis 12:1-3; 14:14-20; 17:5; Psalm 110:4; Hebrews 6:20; 7:1-3

• What were the promises God made to Abraham and his descendants?
• How is Melchizedek described?
• How did Abraham show the right respect for Melchizedek?
• What is the connection between Melchizedek and Jesus?

4. Talk about how communion is meaningful to you

5. Read Genesis 17:15-17; 21:1-3; 22:1-8, 11-13; Hebrews 11:17-19

• What made Isaac so special to Abraham and Sarah?
• What act of faith did God ask Abraham to perform and what made it so significant?
• How did Abraham and Isaac respond to the test by God?
• What did God do, in the end?
• How is Abraham’s faith described in Hebrews?

6. SO WHAT? Faith precedes the acts of true worship

• What is your faith founded on, that will keep it strong through any test?
• What acts of true worship are you pursuing based on your faith?
• Is there anything you need to confess, to get your worship back in order?

7. SO WHAT? Give back to God what is already His

• Let go of your children – In what ways have you struggled with giving your children to God; and in what ways have you seen God’s blessing?
• Let go of your money – In what ways have you struggled with giving your money to God; and in what ways have you seen God’s blessing?
• Let go of your preferences – In what ways have you struggled with giving your preferences to God; and how has He blessed it?

PRAYER TIME

Welcome to Weymouth Community Church
We are committed to helping people follow Jesus, in Medina and beyond. If you have questions about the church or your own spiritual life, feel free to contact Pastor Greg Whiting at greg@weymouthchurch.com or leave a message at 330-441-5322.

Special Note
In-person, public worship services have begun at 10:30am. For a video review of what to expect, our Facebook page and website are both updated to include the welcome back tour at the top of the welcome back posts. If you have any additional questions, concerns, or prayer requests, call the church office (330-723-1750) or contact Pastor Greg.

A few things to remember if you plan to join us for in-person worship:
· We are trying to give you a touch-free worship experience
· There are masks (which are optional), tissues, and hand sanitizer available
· Bring everything you need including a Bible, something to write with and on, a water bottle, and anything else you need for your young children while here
· We are keeping our social distance for your and others’ protection

Join us live on Facebook, Sunday mornings at 10:30
See directions from the Tech Team if you don’t have Facebook (next announcement). You can also view or listen to the message at a later time on our website. If you know of someone who does not have internet access, printouts of the message can be sent to them…just let us know!

Join us for Communion this Sunday
· Here at WCC: Communion elements will be set upfront and instructions will be given at the beginning of the message. Elements will be prepared in as safe a way as possible.
· At home: If you are joining us for worship at home, you can prepare your own communion elements. Find something small to eat and drink that will serve as symbols for you to remember Jesus’ body and blood. And when we partake during the message time, you can do it right along with us!

From the WCC Tech Team
You do not need to be a Facebook user to watch our live stream on Sunday morning at 10:30. To access the live stream — go to https://weymouthchurch.com and click the floating white “f” in the blue circle on the left of the page. That will take you to our Facebook page. If you are not a Facebook user or are using a device you haven’t logged in to before, a “mask” will pop up over our Facebook page. In the bottom of that mask, click the “Not Now” link. Our page will load and you will be able to watch the live stream.

The Tech Team is offering to assist those of you that are struggling with your personal technology during this time of social distancing. Our priority first and foremost is your and our health and well-being, so person-to-person assistance and traveling will be limited. That being said, we will review requests on a case-by-case basis and attempt to help you the best we can. Please contact Kerry Pixton (kpixton@icloud.com) so that he can assess your situation.

Nursery Sunday School
We miss you, little friends! We hope all nursery parents are receiving our emails—please let Emily Varner (emily@varnernet.com) know if you are not so that you can receive updates and a PDF of the nursery coloring page for this month and the video password. A video for our current nursery lesson and memory verse is posted at https://weymouthchurch.com/ministries/childrens-ministry/.

Men’s Saturday morning Bible study
Men’s Bible Study will not meet on July 4. The next study date will be July 18.
 
Bible reading schedule 2020
Join the Next Steps Men’s Discipleship Group in reading through the Bible in 2020. We are reading it in a unique way, from a different genre of Scripture each day: Sunday, Epistles; Monday, The Law; Tuesday, History; Wednesday, Psalms; Thursday, Poetry; Friday, Prophecy; and Saturday, Gospels. This week’s schedule:
Sun., Philippians 1-2; Mon., Leviticus 7-9; Tues., 1 Kings 19-22;
Wed., Psalms 78-80; Thurs., Proverbs 8-9; Fri., Ezekiel 19-24; Sat., Luke 17-18

Bible reading podcast
If you go to our website and click on Next Steps, then select Podcast, from there you can choose from a daily Bible reading podcast by Pastor Greg. It connects with our Bible reading schedule 2020, and he gives some devotional thoughts along the way.

If you would like to be added to our all-church emails …
please contact the church at office@weymouthchurch.com and an invitation to join Church Community Builder will be emailed to you.

If you have a prayer request …
for the prayer sheet, you can let the church office know via email or phone(office@weymouthchurch or 330-723-1750). If you have an emergency prayer request, please feel free to email Pastor Greg at greg@weymouthchurch.com or call him at 330-754-7361. If you would like to receive prayer emails, please contact the church office.

Options for worshiping through giving 
· Mail your check to the church.
· Give online—Go to weymouthchurch.com; click Give Online; click Make a Donation; and follow the directions.
· Give at our in-person worship service—Use a giving envelope and place your offering in the black box.

Weymouth Community Church is committed to helping people follow Jesus, in Medina and beyond. If you have questions about the church or your own spiritual life, feel free to contact Pastor Greg Whiting at greg@weymouthchurch.com or leave a message at 330-441-5322.

Special Note

In-person, public worship services began last Sunday at 10:30am. For a video review of what to expect, our Facebook page and website are both updated to include the welcome back tour at the top of the welcome back posts. If you have any additional questions, concerns, or prayer requests, call the church office (330-723-1750) or contact Pastor Greg.

A few things to remember if you plan to join us for in-person worship:

• We are trying to give you a touch-free worship experience
• There are masks (which are optional), tissues, and hand sanitizer available
• Bring everything you need including a Bible, something to write with and on, a water bottle, and anything else you need for your young children while here
• We are keeping our social distance for your and others’ protection

Join us live on Facebook, Sunday mornings at 10:30

See directions from the Tech Team if you don’t have Facebook (next announcement). You can also view or listen to the message at a later time on our website. If you know of someone who does not have internet access, printouts of the message can be sent to them…just let us know!

From the WCC Tech Team
You do not need to be a Facebook user to watch our live stream on Sunday morning at 10:30. To access the live stream — go to https://weymouthchurch.com and click the floating white “f” in the blue circle on the left of the page. That will take you to our Facebook page. If you are not a Facebook user or are using a device you haven’t logged in to before, a “mask” will pop up over our Facebook page. In the bottom of that mask, click the “Not Now” link. Our page will load and you will be able to watch the live stream.

The Tech Team is offering to assist those of you that are struggling with your personal technology during this time of social distancing. Our priority first and foremost is your and our health and well-being, so person-to-person assistance and traveling will be limited. That being said, we will review requests on a case-by-case basis and attempt to help you the best we can. Please contact Kerry Pixton (kpixton@icloud.com) so that he can assess your situation.

Nursery Sunday School

We miss you, little friends! We hope all nursery parents are receiving our emails—please let Emily Varner (emily@varnernet.com) know if you are not so that you can receive updates and a PDF of the nursery coloring page for this month and the video password. A video for our current nursery lesson and memory verse is posted at https://weymouthchurch.com/ministries/childrens-ministry/.

Bible reading schedule 2020

Join the Next Steps Men’s Discipleship Group in reading through the Bible in 2020. We are reading it in a unique way, from a different genre of Scripture each day: Sunday, Epistles; Monday, The Law; Tuesday, History; Wednesday, Psalms; Thursday, Poetry; Friday, Prophecy; and Saturday, Gospels. This week’s schedule:

Sun., Ephesians 4-6; Mon., Leviticus 4-6; Tues., 1 Kings 14-18;

Wed., Psalms 75-77; Thurs., Proverbs 7; Fri., Ezekiel 13-18; Sat., Luke 15-16

Bible reading podcast

If you go to our website and click on Next Steps, then select Podcast, from there you can choose from a daily Bible reading podcast by Pastor Greg. It connects with our Bible reading schedule 2020, and he gives some devotional thoughts along the way.

If you would like to be added to our all-church emails …

please contact the church at office@weymouthchurch.com and an invitation to join Church Community Builder will be emailed to you.

If you have a prayer request …

for the prayer sheet, you can let the church office know via email or phone(office@weymouthchurch or 330-723-1750). If you have an emergency prayer request, please feel free to email Pastor Greg at greg@weymouthchurch.com or call him at 330-754-7361. If you would like to receive prayer emails, please contact the church office.

 Options for worshiping through giving 

• Mail your check to the church.
• Give online—Go to weymouthchurch.com; click Give Online; click Make a Donation; and follow the directions.
• Give at our in-person worship service—Use a giving envelope and place your offering in the black box.

“In the Beginning, there was Worship”

Worship series – message 2

1. Describe one of the most worshipful experiences you can remember

2. What is one thing that caught your attention in this message?

3. Read Genesis 1:1

• If this verse is true, what does that mean for our belief system and for our worship?

4. Worship is responding to who God is and what He has done by giving ourselves completely to Him

• What might this look like in your life, presently?

5. All of God’s creation worship Him

• Read Genesis 1:16; Job 38:4-7; Psalm 19:1; 93:3; 96:12; 114:4;

Luke 19:38-40; Revelation 5:13; 15:4

• Discuss what these verses have to do with the creation of God worshipping the Creator

6. A life of faith worships Him

• Read Genesis 4:1-8; I John 3:12; Hebrews 11:4,6
• Discuss what these verses have to do with a life of faith in worship

7. All believers are priests who worship Him

• Read I Peter 2:5
• Discuss in what way we are all priests and how this connects to worship

8. Next Steps

• Praise God for His creation
• Respond in faith (Ephesians 2:8,9)
• Offer your life to God (Romans 12:1)
• Discuss the above next steps, read the verses; and decide what your next step is going to be, in response to God’s Word today

PRAYER

“Worship” – Romans 12:1,2

1. When you hear the word “worship”, what are the first few things that come to mind?

2. What is something that caught your attention from this message?

3. Discuss what worship is not, and why not, JUST…music, worship services, or Sundays

4. Worship is a verb and a response

• Read Revelation 4:8-11; 5:11-14
• What about this response in worship captures your heart?

5. Worship is a life sacrifice, including the body, mind and will

• Read Romans 12:1,2; Colossians 3:17; I Corinthians 6:19,20;

Philippians 1:20; II Corinthians 10:5; Matthew 22:37

• Discuss the different aspects of giving all of ourselves to our worship of God

6. “Worship is responding to who God is and what He has done by giving ourselves completely to Him.”

• How does this definition help in your understanding of worship?
• If you were to write your own definition of worship, what would it be?

7. Worship is about God, not us

• Read Exodus 20:3-6 and discuss why you think the 10 commandments begin with laws about how to worship and not worship God
• Read and discuss this quote by Martin Luther: “A person cannot praise God only unless he understands that there is nothing in himself worthy of praise, but that all that is worthy of praise is of God and from God. But since God is eternally praiseworthy, because he is the infinite God and can never be exhausted, therefore they will praise him forever and ever.”

8. What is one way you can apply this message to your life?

PRAYER TIME

Weymouth Community Church is committed to helping people follow Jesus, in Medina and beyond. If you have questions about the church or your own spiritual life, feel free to contact Pastor Greg Whiting at greg@weymouthchurch.com or leave a message at 330-441-5322.

Special Note

In-person, public worship services begin this Sunday, June 14, at 10:30am. For a video review of what to expect, our Facebook page and website are both updated to include the welcome back tour at the top of the welcome back posts. If you have any additional questions, concerns, or prayer requests, call the church office (330-723-1750) or contact Pastor Greg.

Join us live on Facebook, Sunday mornings at 10:30

See directions from the Tech Team if you don’t have Facebook (next announcement). You can also view or listen to the message at a later time on our website. If you know of someone who does not have internet access, printouts of the message can be sent to them…just let us know!

From the WCC Tech Team
You do not need to be a Facebook user to watch our live stream on Sunday morning at 10:30. To access the live stream — go to https://weymouthchurch.com and click the floating white “f” in the blue circle on the left of the page. That will take you to our Facebook page. If you are not a Facebook user or are using a device you haven’t logged in to before, a “mask” will pop up over our Facebook page. In the bottom of that mask, click the “Not Now” link. Our page will load and you will be able to watch the live stream.

The Tech Team is offering to assist those of you that are struggling with your personal technology during this time of social distancing. Our priority first and foremost is your and our health and well-being, so person-to-person assistance and traveling will be limited. That being said, we will review requests on a case-by-case basis and attempt to help you the best we can. Please contact Kerry Pixton (kpixton@icloud.com) so that he can assess your situation.

Nursery Sunday School

We miss you, little friends! We hope all nursery parents are receiving our emails—please let Emily Varner (emily@varnernet.com) know if you are not so that you can receive updates and a PDF of the nursery coloring page for this month and the video password. A video for our current nursery lesson and memory verse is posted at https://weymouthchurch.com/ministries/childrens-ministry/.

Men’s Saturday Morning Bible Study, June 20

We will meet on Zoom at 7:30am. Have your breakfast ready and we will study the leadership lessons of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. Men, even if you haven’t joined us before, you are welcome to join us now! Please send a message to Russell Kinnebrew at rlknbrew@gmail.com if you’d like to be included. Zoom meeting details and an invite will be sent to you. We meet on the first and third Saturdays of every month.

Bible reading schedule 2020

Join the Next Steps Men’s Discipleship Group in reading through the Bible in 2020. We are reading it in a unique way, from a different genre of Scripture each day: Sunday, Epistles; Monday, The Law; Tuesday, History; Wednesday, Psalms; Thursday, Poetry; Friday, Prophecy; and Saturday, Gospels. This week’s schedule:

Sun., Ephesians 1-3; Mon., Leviticus 1-3; Tues., 1 Kings 10-13;

Wed., Psalms 72-74; Thurs., Proverbs 5-6; Fri., Ezekiel 7-12; Sat., Luke 13-14

Bible reading podcast

If you go to our website and click on Next Steps, then select Podcast, from there you can choose from a daily Bible reading podcast by Pastor Greg. It connects with our Bible reading schedule 2020, and he gives some devotional thoughts along the way.

If you would like to be added to our all-church emails …

please contact the church at office@weymouthchurch.com and an invitation to join Church Community Builder will be emailed to you.

If you have a prayer request …

for the prayer sheet, you can let the church office know via email or phone(office@weymouthchurch or 330-723-1750). If you have an emergency prayer request, please feel free to email Pastor Greg at greg@weymouthchurch.com or call him at 330-754-7361. If you would like to receive prayer emails, please contact the church office.

Options for worshiping through giving 

• Mail your check to the church.
• Give online—Go to weymouthchurch.com; click Give Online; click Make a Donation; and follow the directions.
• Give at our in-person worship service—Use a giving envelope and place your offering in the black box.

Dear Family and Friends of WCC,

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 1:3-6

It is my privilege to announce to you, that on June 14, 2020, we are re-opening the church building where our church family meets, for in-person worship services. This decision is the result of God’s guidance through lots of prayers, work, and discussion behind the scenes. We are excited about seeing you again, face to face, and yet we are also desiring to stay connected in worship with those of you who cannot join us until later. The church has never been the building, and as we have seen over the past few months, there have been opportunities to remain the church through this COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to all the elders, ministry team leaders, teachers, and life group leaders, who have stayed connected and continue to serve and minister throughout these days!

We are grateful that Governor DeWine has made it clear that there have been no restrictions placed on churches throughout this crisis. However, he has also said that they appreciate how churches, for the most part, have followed the guidelines set down, and voluntarily suspended services once the schools suspended their activities. However, now that the stay at home order has been lifted, and staying safe is the guiding principle, churches are now beginning to reopen across the state. The number of people we can serve has to do with how many can we have in the same space, still abiding by safety and distancing protocols.

We have wanted to join back together as soon as possible, but our number one priority in re-opening is everyone’s health and safety. As you may know, there are people who are living their lives as they always have, and there are those who are very concerned about going out in public. We have and always will, as church leaders, model grace, mercy and love to all, regardless of their viewpoints or level of caution. We do not plan to leave anyone out, whether they are coming in person, or staying at home. Our plan is to continue to live stream our services, and to have recordings of our messages up on the website and Facebook page soon after each service is complete.

At this time, the only public meeting at our church will be the morning worship service, at 10:30 a.m. each Sunday. There will be no children’s ministries, including nursery. We are asking families who choose to come, to sit in worship together, and to keep all children in 5^th grade and below with them at all times. Although our services will be indoors, we will begin by having a one-hour service, with no other programs, ministries, or even fellowship times, that we hope to return to in the fall. We will encourage those who want to spend time in social distancing communication, to do so outside before and after services.

As we get started, our plan is to be very restrictive and limiting in our services, and then expanded and loosening restrictions as time goes on and it seems safe to do so. Here are some things that may help you make the decision of staying home to worship or coming to worship in person, as we get started this month:

• The only entrance to the building will be the main doors at the front entrance off the front parking lot. Park anywhere but enter only through these doors.
• We will do everything we can to make this a touchless worship experience for you. With that said, there will be hand sanitizer, masks and tissues available for anyone who needs these things for safety and cleanliness. Although optional for our attendees, our leaders who are serving on any given day will be wearing masks. We are asking you to refrain from any touching outside of family members while in the building.
• Please bring your own water bottle as the drinking fountains and kitchen will be closed off. The restrooms will be open for one family unit at a time.
• There will be no regular fellowship time in the community room, but we will resume with coffee and donuts once it seems safe to do so. Instead of fellowshipping in the common, welcome center area, please talk in the worship center, using social distancing as a guide.
• Please plan to enter the building, enter the worship center, and then once the worship service is over, to exit the building in a timely manner. Family units are encouraged to sit together, using social distancing from other families.
• Please bring your own Bible or device, as well as something to write with and on, as there will be no items available in the benches during this time. Also, bring anything you would like to provide for your younger children as the notebooks and wiggle room will not be available. The basic idea, for safety, is that everyone brings everything they need with them.
• Our announcements will be given on-screen and in all church e-mails.
• Your opportunity to worship through giving, in person, will be in the black box in the back of the worship center. As always, you can give through the mail or on our website.

Thank you for your understanding and please contact the church office with any questions or concerns. We love you and miss you!   – The Elders of WCC

Character in Crisis – Galatians 5:13-26

1. How have the current health (COVID-19) and social (racism) crisis affected you and your family? What do you think about them?

2. What is one way in which this message caught your attention?

3. Read Galatians 5:13-26

• Just from a reading of this text, what are some thoughts that come to mind in terms of responding well to a health or social crisis?

4. LOVE is sacrificial, selfless, and Christ-like

• Read Matthew 5:43-36
• Read Galatians 5:13-15
• Discuss how this part of the fruit of the Spirit might look in today’s health and social crisis

5. JOY is the strong, uplifting, positive attitude that can see God’s blessings, from an eternal perspective, regardless of the circumstances.

• Read Hebrews 12:2
• Discuss how this part of the fruit of the Spirit might look in today’s health and social crisis

6. PEACE is the overwhelming comfort of heart, that restores relationships and brings calm during life’s storms

• Read Romans 5:1;12:18; Philippians 4:7
• Discuss how this part of the fruit of the Spirit might look in today’s health and social crisis

7. FORBEARANCE is the patience to wait as long as needed, for anyone or anything, with confidence that God’s will is being accomplished

• Read I Timothy 1:16
• Discuss how this part of the fruit of the Spirit might look in today’s health and social crisis

8. KINDNESS is that tender concern for others, that is demonstrated in our words and actions

• Read Ephesians 2:7
• Discuss how this part of the fruit of the Spirit might look in today’s health and social crisis

9. GOODNESS is doing the right thing that is in the best interest of others

• Read Galatians 6:10
• Discuss how this part of the fruit of the Spirit might look in today’s health and social crisis

10. FAITHFULNESS is the unwavering commitment to living for God and living out His truth

• Read Deuteronomy 32:4
• Discuss how this part of the fruit of the Spirit might look in today’s health and social crisis

11. GENTLENESS is the humble response to others, not demanding my own rights

• Read Galatians 5:26; 6:1
• Discuss how this part of the fruit of the Spirit might look in today’s health and social crisis

12. SELF-CONTROL is the discipline to do what is needed to honor God

• Read I Corinthians 9:25
• Discuss how this part of the fruit of the Spirit might look in today’s health and social crisis

13. Read I Corinthians 13:4-8; Colossians 3:12

• How does the fruit of the Spirit intertwine together in these verses?

14. What is the one thing you can take from this message and apply to your life?

PRAYER TIME