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Film Series - FOR THE LOVE OF GOD: How The Church is Better + Worse Than You Ever Imagined

10/11/2023

Christianity, depending on who you ask, is either a scourge on our society, narrow, delusive, and inevitably producing hatred and violence...or the foundation of some of the best elements of our culture and a continued source of hope, good in the world and help for those in need...

Are we talking about the same faith and church?

4-PART FILM SERIES
WEDNESDAYS, 7PM
OCTOBER 11th - NOVEMBER 1st @ FBC
1.5 HRS. FILM PRESENTATION + DISCUSSION
FACILITATED BY BOB JONES
COURSE FEE: $30 PER COUPLE / $20 PER INDIVIDUAL
- (ALL FEES ARE DONATED TO THE FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM)

FBCC Sunday 'Job Interviews'

9/24/2023

During the September-October teaching series on ‘The Questions Jesus Asks and Why?’ We will continue what we began this summer with different people from the congregation telling their story—their faith journey stories—what has shaped and formed them along the way. This has been very meaningful and helpful to many of us.
However, we’d like to continue this storytelling somewhat differently: ‘interview-style’ (in keeping with our ‘questions’ theme!) with each person being interviewed by another with a particular set of questions related to their work or vocation—their job. How have our vocations/jobs shaped our faith and vice versa and importantly how might they contribute to ‘the common good’ of our society? Jeremiah the prophet wrote centuries ago to the Jewish exiles in Babylon, to ‘seek the welfare of the city.’ So, how do our jobs contribute to that ‘welfare’ of this city we call Cranbrook? We will interview women and men, working and retired, to hear how they not only make a living but also attempt to make a difference.

Sunday Teaching Series - Questions Jesus Asked

9/10/2023

"They own such deep convictions, always striving to impart,
But they never stop to ask us what is really on our heart.
They trample all our questions with their answers..."
From the poem, 'They Tell Us to Forgive' by Melany Thomae

INTRODUCTION
Often Christ is thought of (sometimes by those of us who ought to know better!) as the one insistent in teaching us the right answers about religious answers to religious questions. However, Jesus taught not so much by 'exclamation points' as by questions often embedded in stories grounded in this life, not the next. He taught by asking questions and by taking our questions seriously. So, this teaching series will focus on some of the questions Jesus posed to the people that encountered him and why these questions still matter.

FBCC - SUNDAY TEACHING SCHEDULE

September 10: Communion Sunday; ‘Why were you searching for me?’ Luke 2.41-50, Ps 119.97-103; Ps 84.1-4
September 17: ‘Will you give me a drink?’ John 4.4-10; Ps 63.1-3
September 24: ‘Job-Interview’ #1: Nathan Troxel; Genesis 1.26-27; 2.5-9; Romans 12.1 (The Message)
October 1: Communion Sunday; ‘Does this offend you? Do you also want to leave?’ John 6. 48-68; Ps 88.1-2, 8, 18
October 08: ‘Do you love me?’ John 21.15-17; Ps 18.1-2
October 15: Job Interview #2 TBA; Genesis 1.26-27; 2.5-9; Romans 12.1 (The Message)
October 22: ‘What do you want?’ John 1.35-39; ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ Mark 10.35-36; 46-52; Ps 139.1-7
October 29: ‘How many loaves do you have?’ Mark 6.32-44; Ps 78.19-20; Ps 104.14-15

FBCC Reading Guide

9/10/2023

A reading guide for 'The Questions Jesus Asked' teaching series is provided for those who may wish to read and reflect more on some of these questions either individually or as a small group. You may download a PDF version here or you may pick up a hard copy in the foyer of the sanctuary.

READING GUIDE