A Weekend of Wonder and Worship

Today is the day that we reflect, or maybe a better word is linger, on the reality of the crucifixion of Jesus. Good Friday is part of the week that we turn our gaze to the climax of history so far- the moments that God’s own son lived, died, and resurrected. This weekend is a highlight of the church calendar as we together remember the Good News events.

As you engage with this weekend, we want to give you a few thoughts to help curate a weekend of wonder and worship.

Good Friday

• Reflect on the events surrounding the death of Jesus.

• Consider the weight of your own sin.

• Gather with our Missio Communities in downtown Mesa for our Good Friday liturgy. 6pm.

Silent Saturday

• Carve out some time for silence today. 5 minutes, an hour, a morning.

• Prayerfully consider (and maybe even journal) the disappointment the disciples must have faced that Saturday. What disappointments do you want to bring into the presence of Jesus today?

• Bring other friends into God’s presence in prayer who you know are struggling with disappointment and disillusionment because of life situations. Remember- even when it’s silent the Spirit is still stirring up new creation!

• There’s a liturgy that one of our Missio Community members put together for us that you can use to guide you. Download it here.

Resurrection Sunday

• Rise and Shine in the reality that Jesus is alive and a resurrected King!

• Spend some time reflecting- Where do you see New Creation realities today?

• Gather with Missio Dei Mesa at 4.30 for our Resurrection Celebration AND the baptism of one of our sisters!

Scattered Sunday - 3.26

This is your friendly reminder that our Missio Communities are not gathering in Downtown Mesa this week. It’s a scattered Sunday so spark up your imaginations as you Sabbath together (or on your own.)

New to Missio and curious what that is about?

Our Scattered Sundays are how we usually spend the final Sunday of any given month. We “scatter” throughout the cities we call home to sabbath in different rhythms than our regular equipping gathering.

This is a great day to take a silent retreat, grab brunch with your MC, host a house church gathering, have a new person over for a meal, or even create space for a friend you want to bring closer to Jesus.

We still practices this day as a Sabbath, a day to rest and worship, we just don'd do it all together in downtown, Mesa. Our next gathering in downtown will be April 2nd and we hope to see you and your disciple making community there.

Have a question or just wanna chat? Reach us anytime at hello@missiomesa.com

Sunday Prep- Jonah 3

Sunday we are going to continue on with our equipping series in Jonah. Our prayer every week is that we encounter Gods presence, are equipped for faithful disciple making, and encourage one another in the gospel!

This Sunday’s training will have some teaching, some dialogue, and some prayer! Come early enough to pick your favorite table as the room will be set up around tables!

What can you expect?

We are going to have some time to talk so think ahead about the following quesitons if you like to prepare for the dialogues:

1. How has the spirit spoken to you through Jonah so far?

2. How has this book helped you see Jesus more clearly?

3. How has it equipped you for the work of making disciples?

Ash Wednesday

We all need a thaw every now and then. Burdened by relentless schedules and hamster-wheel existences, it seems like we’re always moving and rarely in touch with the depth beneath. Stuck in patterns of shame and guilt, we fail to thrive. Numb to our heart’s longings, we live at the frozen surface of life, just surviving.

Ash Wednesday opens us to the possibility that something more is available to us. It invites you to listen to the whisper of God trying to break through all the noise of life saying, “You were made for so much more!” Frederick Buechner puts it this way: Christ’s love sees us with terrible clarity and sees us whole. Christ’s love so wishes our joy that it is ruthless against everything in us that diminishes our joy.

The words of Ash Wednesday may not sound joyful – You are dust and to dust you shall return. But they are an invitation to joy precisely in this regard – they are an invitation back to the goodness of your God-given, God-created, God-redeemed lives.

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Giving and Missio Mesa

Missio Dei Communities is an extended spiritual family who is being formed by God, together, for the sake of others. We do this by following Jesus and leading others to do the same in Missio Communities, Sunday Gatherings, and everyday life.

Like any family - we set a family budget and adjust as needed. This budget is a little different though- instead of a parent or multiple parents who provide financially for the family unit- We give together. What’s that mean? It means each of us give what God has prompted us to. Then as sisters and brothers we gather those resources together and then use them as financial parameters for what we get to steward as a church in this moment and, lord willing, into the future. We believe that Jesus is doing something beautiful and powerful here in Mesa and we are honored to play a role in that with our lives and with our resources!

Jesus has always had something to say about the way we respond to his generosity. He has given us everything we have and calls his people to by setting aside portions of that for the life and ministry of his church. But he also left some freedom in how that gets practiced.

At Missio we don’t mandate everyone give 10%, but do want everyone having the conversation with Jesus and then listening to what he says. Sometimes that’s 10%, sometimes it’s more. sometimes it’s less- but when done in obedience to hearing the voice of Jesus- it’s what we’d say is faithful! We ask all our community to consider with Jesus what is faithful, regular, and generous in response to His voice- then just be obedient to that.

Three Steps To Continuing Your Generosity Journey with Missio

1. Watch this Video on Storyformed Generosity. (10 min)

2. Set aside time to prayerfully consider the % of your income that Jesus is inviting you to invest in kingdom work through Missio Dei Mesa in 2023.

3. Obey whatever He directs you to do. (if you need to adjust giving amounts here is the link)

“But they are also filled with abundant joy, which has overflowed in rich generosity.”

— Paul (2 Cor 8.2)

Members & Missionaries Notes (1.29.23)

Before you turn the page....

If you are looking at the New Year and find it a bit daunting because of the weightiness of what’s already in your hands, I’d love for you to spend a few minutes and meditate on this post!

What are you carrying into 2023?

If you are finding yourself carrying a lot of weight, I’m encouraging you to let this part of Jesus’ prayer be a core phrase for the new year!

“Your kingdom come… your will be done…”

So what is the weight? Is it Frustration? Weariness? ? Painful situations that haven’t resolved? Betrayal? Loss? Anxiety over the reality of your home, marriage, dating relationship? Insecurity at your job? A new boss, frustrating co-worker, or potential lay-offs?

Or maybe it’s disappointment, missed expectations, and honestly you you have just a little hope left in the tank on a good day? It could be with your MC, with Missio, or even with God himself.

Good news…. Those difficult things mixed with trust in Jesus is a fertile environment for experiencing the kingdom!

At Jesus’ first Advent the kingdom came into normal nitty-gritty life. He came into a weary world longing for redemption. A world of groaning creation, oppression, loneliness, dissatisfied hearts, manipulated man-made religion, broken and bruised relationships.

The world has all those hard things, but now it also has Jesus. He rescuer, redeemer, healer. Immanuel. God is with us. In the hurt. And will one day make all things new. But while we wait for that day he is making us new- right now. It’s as we are wounded and healed that we bring a message of healing and hope with us into the networks and neighborhoods we live in.

As you turn the calendar page to 2023 I’m not telling you to just try harder to leave behind the hurt, the disappointments, or even frustrations- that’s too simplistic and honestly ineffective. But don’t let those places be the final destination on your journey.

I’m encouraging you to enter even more fully into the story of God and recognize that the Kingdom of God is for people who know the wounds of the world and trust Jesus anyway. Those of us who bring faith, hope, and love because of Jesus with us on this often confusing journey. He has given us His Spirit. We Abide in His love. And we continue on asking him to bring his kingdom even more fully into our midst.

Friends, having the bravery to Hope, choose Love, and cling to Joy in the midst of a groaning creation would truly be evidence that his kingdom has come in Mesa and Gilbert!

Matthew 5-7 may be a a great place to meditate starting the new year!

Pray with us! “Your kingdom come….”

Reflection Questions:

1) What are the weights you are you carrying with you into the New Year?

2) When you reflect on God’s presence with you in those situations? What do you feel Him saying to you?

3) Who can you share what God is doing in you with? (MC? Spouse? Friend?)

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A Word On Hope

"We call this time Advent because it reminds us of what comes from God for the creation of his kingdom on earth. Hoping does not mean doing nothing. It is the opposite of desperate and panicky manipulations, of scurrying and worrying. And hoping is not dreaming. It is not spinning an illusion or fantasy to protect us from our boredom or our pain. It means a confident, alert expectation that God will do what He said He will do. It is imagination put in the harness of faith. It is a willingness to let God do it His way and in His time."

- Eugene Peterson

Read this one slow over a whole cup of coffee (or tea.). These words should linger in our hearts and minds as we plan our calendars, budgets, and meals. Hope isn’t wishful thinking or passive. Enjoy these words from Eugene.

Happy Thanksgiving (Please Read The Warning Label)

Happy Thanksgiving.

We are blessed. That isn’t just a hashtag, it’s a state of being for everyone who is in Christ. God has poured out his blessings on us (see Ephesians 1-3 for some reminders) AND we get to enjoy those in the everyday, not just the someday. Thanksgiving is a day where our culture turns their collective gaze to the blessings that have been there year round. We should be at the frontlines of those celebrating! 

In it’s core principle- Expressing gratitude as a community over a shared meal is a beautiful preview of what we participate in everyday as the people of God. Expressing gratitude does not negate the groaning we experience, but gives voice to both realities! 

All of our communities have rhythms of gratitude and feasting that go far beyond one day a year- but this one day can be celebrated as well- and we’ve had a lot of practice!

The Warning Label

Today marks open season for your greed, consumerism, and selfishness to be targeted by the enemy. Yes, he’s always attacking on these fronts, but this season billions more dollars are invested in his devious strategy. Whether it’s an instagram ad campaign, cleverly rigged tik tok algorithm, a substance used to escape, or a conversation with a sibling, his aim is to stir up your good desires and twist them. Decisions made these months often move us into places of debt, decreased capacity, relational strain, and addiction. Let us be wise. Let us be loving. Let us be faithful.

This isn’t a call to do more religious to offset the irrieligious. It’s a call to stay faithful in the face of a great adversary. It’s a call to rest in the reality that we are not what we own. We are beloved children who have been given resources of time, talents, and treasures and they are meant to be used as blessings towards others. The blessing is never meant to end on us!

Ephesians has taught us that it’s not a visible enemy we face, but principalities, powers, and darkness. Jesus is victorious, but maybe even more than other seasons we need to keep watch over our hearts, our wallets, and our calendars to stay faithful to our role in God’s story and live in that victory!

A Practice: We encourage you to pick your percentage of generosity before setting your gift budget for the year. This doesn’t earn God’s blessings, but is a response to it. 

A Practice: Carve out a rhythm of prayer (Like This) for your days during the holiday season.

A Daily Rhythm of Prayer

Thank you for taking up your role in God’s story by being a person of prayer. God’s people have been experiencing God’s presence and finding strength for the journey by talking with God himself since… well since the beginning of time. The first stories in the Bible tell of an uninhibited life of communication with God, and with life, death, and resurrection of Jesus that sort of access is welcomed again. In the words of Ephesians, we have both access and proximity to God.

In fact, Paul reminds us all throughout his letters that one of the responses to good news of Jesus and His Kingdom is a prayerful life. I think this means the consistent and constant listening, talking, and responding to the movement of the Spirit all throughout the day is a mark of every maturing follower of Jesus.

If you ever need someone to sit and pray with you (not give you advice, but just pray and listen with you) please don’t hesitate to reach out to your Missio Community leader to ask. If they aren’t available, you can text us and someone will join you in prayer!

Morning

An ancient practice that has helped people across time, culture, ethnicity, age, personality, and even enneagram type is starting the day in prayer. We add the added strong suggestion of taking a moment to turn to Jesus before turning on your phone and simply praying the Lord’s Prayer. This prayer isn’t a spell to make you have a better day, but a pattern of life to live into throughout your day. It does however shift the start of your day from the stress, pressure, and priorities of others for you- to simply sitting with God’s voice in the words Jesus prays for you! It will change your day to start by speaking with Jesus and letting Him speak a better word over you than opening your first waking moments to the myriad of voices on your phone!

Midday

Pausing at the halfway point of your day to intercede for friends is a simple practice. You can do while waiting in line at the cafeteria in school, on a park bench as you get some fresh air, or between meetings. Seriously, you can even do this between taco bites! We recommend using this time to both pray for those who don’t yet know Jesus Spirit, Here’s a sample prayer:

• I pray you would open the eyes of the hearts of my friends that they would receive the gospel. (Then pray for them by name.)

Evening

I really don’t know a better way to prayerfully reflect over your day then using the Examen that we’ve developed. It’s a twist on the Ignatian process of looking over your day and paying attention to what God was doing that day. Often moments seem like a blur passing by you- but God is present in each of them. In true Missio fashion we’ve modified the questions to reflect the overarching True Story of the Bible.

Bonus: It also ends with one of my favorite questions “What are you trusting God with as you go to sleep tonight?” It is a way more soul satisfying than a Netflix Binge. I promise you!

What do we do with our past?

There is darkness in our past.  We have made embarrassing choices. We’ve been harmed and, whether we meant to or not, we’ve been the cause of harm in others lives. We have done harm to God’s creation, and in rebellion raised our fists to Him. Wounds that we’ve received and wounds we’ve caused others are on almost every page of the story of our lives. And hear me, I’m not dismissing or minimizing the pain that we’ve experienced or the choices we’ve made, but I’m offering good news from the pages of Ephesians.

The good news that because of the new work of Jesus, in his life, death, and resurrection-  painful things that have been done to us and that we have done are now swallowed up in this new reality and find a new order. 

Paul is clear- our sins are forgiven and our pain can be redeemed. The guilt has been removed, the unhealthy shame that clings to us can be shed. We are saved and raised up with Christ. Not because we worked hard to pay ooff our sin and the wrath we’d earned, but because we were saved from them and Jesus took them on himself.

The gospel speaks to our dark and painful pasts and says that they can change and be part of our redemption story. What do we do with our pasts? We bring them to Jesus.

 This is good news for the world. It’s good news for Mesa. It’s good news for us.

May this reality guide our steps this week and prompt deep joy as we walk in the world!

“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved”

— Ephesians 2.4

A Pray of Confession From Ephesians

Last night we spent some time in Ephesians 1.15-23. It was an incredible night of conviction, encouragement, and curiosity being sparked for what could be! As you continue processing We wanted to give a confession to integrate this teaching into your weekly prayer.

Our hope is that we are encouraged by the words Paul prayed, but also use his prayer as a pattern for praying for one another. Remember that our moments of prayer are not optional or a precursor to a missionary life, they are the oxygen for every disciple of Jesus.

“Father, I confess….
I often live without hope.
I can easily forget I am loved.
I don’t believe you can _____.


Open my heart to see…
The hope in your calling
The wealth of your inheritance
The immeasurable power you’ve given us.

You. We want to know you.”

— Missio Dei Communities

Story of God

“The Story of God may be the best thing we do for discipleship in our church….”

Why do we do the Story of God? Short answer- it's one of the best tools we have for learning who God is and what it looks like to live faithfully in his world.

Longer answer: Alasdair MacIntyre offers a clue for why we do these day long immersions when he says, “I can only answer the question ‘What am I to do?’ if I can answer the prior question ‘Of what story do I find myself a part?’” These questions can only be answered from within a story. Thankfully, the Bible offers us just that all-encompassing all-of-life Story. And this is the Story that everyone, both followers of Jesus and those who follow something other than Jesus, need to hear, know, and experience. Again and again.

We’ve seen this environment for telling the True Story helpful in both individuals processing the gospel story and often serves as the building blocks of new communities. Whether you are new to following Jesus, been a disciple for years, or are just starting to ask the first questions of “could this all be real?” This experience is for you!

We’ve watched as the Spirit brings new life to new disciples and those who have followed Jesus for years, but grown cold in their affections. We’ve watched new missional communities form, new businesses launch, and new churches be planted as followers of Jesus begin to ask, “What story am I a part of?” before asking, “What am I to do?” Above all, we’ve been changed as we rehearse and reorient in this Story.

Would you considering investing one day in dialogue that will bear fruit for years in discipleship? Consider yourself invited to the Story of God. Want to learn how to lead this Story in your own context? Come and learn with us and we’ll help equip you to lead your own!

Our next one is September 25th 9am-4pm. RSVP Below!

July Week 5- Imagine what God Could Do.

We are committed to the process of being formed by God, together, for the sake of others. We believe this takes place as we take up our role as active participants in God’s story following Jesus to make disciples.

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We hope this guide helps stir up your affections, your memory and your imagination for what God could do in and through you as part of a Missio Community. This week builds on the previous three reflections you’ve already done. As a refresher:

So far in July we’ve …

• Paid attention to what God is up to in our own hearts and in our community right now.

• Reoriented in our identity as disciples of Jesus

• Continued learning how to hear God’s voice as his beloved children.

• Been in awe once again of the scope and splendor of the Mission of God.

• And now we are looking at how we as disciple makers are taking up our role in God’s story.

Now you are invited to watch this short video and then spend some time exercising your kingdom imagination AND listen to the voice of God for how he may be calling you to start or join up with a Missio Community sent as disciples to make disciples together.

Before you jump to this weeks discussion though… How did you do in following through on what you felt God calling you to last week? Was it a meditation? An act of kindness? A rhythm shift? A sin to put to death? Ok. Let’s jump into this week. It’s a short video, then some dialogue to follow!

Keep Processing:

We only had a 10 minute video this week so we’ve got plenty of time to keep dreaming and processing. Whether you are on your own with a cup of coffee and a journal or in a living room with some friends, don’t rush these questions, but listen to the voice of God for what he may be speaking to you.

• Creativity Practice: Put five minutes on a timer and then come up with as many networks, neighborhoods, or places that you know of in Mesa (or your city) that could use a gospel people purposefully sent to make disciples and bring the good news of the kingdom!

• When you think of shared life and disciple making in a MC… What excites you? What gives you reservation? What is Jesus speaking to you in the midst of those feelings?

• Imagination: If God called you to start a MC (or even join with a new startup MC as a teammate) what would be your biggest barrier to saying “Yes?”

• Listen for God’s Voice: Spirit, breath of the living God, what work are you doing in me right now that you want to also do through me?

• Listen for God’s Voice: Jesus where are you already at work in my network of friends or neighborhood? How do you want me to join with you in that work?

• Listen for God’s Voice: Father, would you remind me that I do not work for you as a hired hand, but am fully loved by you as a child, filled with your Spirit, and will never be left alone- Jesus is still with me.

• What’s next: In light of what you’ve heard from God’s word, God’s spirit, and maybe even God’s community- what is your next step of obedience in following Jesus?

July Week 4- What is the Mission of God?

We are committed to the process of being formed by God, together, for the sake of others. We believe this takes place as we take up our role as active participants in God’s story following Jesus to make disciples.

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This guide is mean to remind our Missio Communities and disciple makers what the Mission of God is and how we can take up our role in it. We invite you to take 45 minutes and listen / watch this teaching by Kevin Platt that was a part of our Majesty. Mystery. Mission. series and then continue reflecting on a few simple questions.

Before you jump to this weeks discussion though… How did you do in following through on what you felt God inviting you into as you prayed last week?

Ok- let’s go!

Reflection Questions:

• What about the God of mission caught your attention after watching this teaching ?

• How did this view of God’s mission excite a kingdom imagination in you?

• What would it look like if your Missio Community or personal disciplemaking was marked by an increased urgency over the next six months? What practices would be continued? Which would be stopped? What could be implemented?

• Have you been working for God or walking with God in the last six month? What do you want the next six months to be marked by? What changes of pace or pattern is God inviting you to make?

• Hearing God’s Voice: What do you think God, your Father, is saying to you right now?

• What’s next: In light of what you’ve heard from God’s word, God’s spirit, and maybe even God’s community- what is your next step of obedience or meditation in following Jesus?

July Week 3- Learning to Pray

We are committed to the process of being formed by God, together, for the sake of others. We believe this takes place as we take up our role as active participants in God’s story following Jesus to make disciples.

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The following guide is meant to help you in your journey of learning to hear God’s voice. We are highlighting a teaching by Koral Lorenson and the hearing God’s Voice in His Word tool from our Practices of the People of God. Watch the video and then spend some time processing the questions we’ve listed below to help you continue to practice hearing God’s voice. It is a wild reality that we get to speak and listen to the Creator God!

Before you jump to this weeks discussion though… How did you do in following through on what you felt God calling you to last week?

Ok. Let’s go…

Questions

• Our Father- What do you think your Father wants to say to you right now? Practice silence and listen for his voice. Write down what you hear him saying to you.

• Your Kingdom Come- Pray asking Jesus for his kingdom to come in your life, home, and neighborhood and God’s will to be done there as in heaven. Pray expectantly and boldly knowing that God invites you into his presence and loves having these conversations with you.

• Give us today our Daily Bread- What needs are you experiencing today that you need God to sustain you in? What are you asking him to provide?

• What’s next: In light of what you’ve heard from God’s word, God’s spirit, and maybe even God’s community- what will prayer look like this week?

July Week 2- We Are Disciples

We are committed to the process of being formed by God, together, for the sake of others. We believe this takes place as we take up our role as active participants in God’s story following Jesus to make disciples.

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Our prayer is that this guide helps us remember our identity as disciples of Jesus and prompts creativity and renewed conviction for following Jesus. I’m struck by the incredible honor and joy it is to to enjoy his presence and participate in his redemptive mission today! Mind blowing that Jesus chose us. And so humbling knowing He is still with us. So… what’s next? Watch this short video and then spend some time processing the questions that follow.

Before you jump to this weeks discussion though…

How did you do in following through on what you felt God calling you to last week?

Questions:

• What have some of your “from now on” moments with Jesus been?

• Have you made committments to Jesus, his church, and his mission? How was the last 6 months of living those out?

• Listen for God’s Voice: Pause and ask Are there any areas of your life (relationships, hobbies, patterns) that dull your affections for Jesus? As we follow Jesus and not our own whims, we need to know what we are turning from in order to turn towards Jesus!

• Every follower of Jesus is both a disciple of Jesus and a disciplemaker with Jesus. So.. Are our lives currently oriented around making disciples of others? Who in your life are you purposefully leading to follow Jesus?

• Are we currently living in accountable relationships with other followers of Jesus? (Accountable, Present, and Prioritizing time with the family of God.) What joys have we found there? What barriers exist? What will we do with that tension?

• Listen for God’s Voice: Spend some time in Spirit dependent prayer. Asking him for wisdom, power, giftings, direction, provision… as it comes to mind. Then listen to him and see how he wants to lead you.

• What’s next: In light of what you’ve heard from God’s word, God’s spirit, and maybe even God’s community- what is your next step of enjoying and obeying Jesus?

July Week 1- What is God up To right now?

We are committed to the process of being formed by God, together, for the sake of others. We believe this takes place as we take up our role as active participants in God’s story following Jesus to make disciples.

The following guide is meant to help you on your journey of hearing God’s voice and following the leading of the Spirit. Before we look ahead though, we want to pause and look around at what God is doing right now.

This week we invite you to plan out 60 minutes for some reflection on what God is up to right now. One author says that for every one thing we see God doing, he is up to 1,000 others in our lives. Watch the video below and then spend some time as an individual, family, or friends processing the reflective questions in this video together. Take some time with this practice and let it breathe.

Let God’s Spirit remind you of his kindness, goodness, and grace in your life over the last season.

Questions

• How is God showing his goodness and beauty to you in this season of life?

• Over the last few months where has God been at work in your life?

  • Where have I seen the work of God in making me new?

  • What has he been surfacing? (Old dreams, giftings, visions, desires…)

  • What insufficiencies, misplaced, hopes, idolatries is he showing me?

  • Where have I seen the fruit of the Spirit coming out?

• What’s next: In light of what you’ve heard from God’s word, God’s spirit, and even God’s community- what is your next step of obedience in following Jesus?

Leading Your Students to Follow Jesus

As we Sabbath for the month of July don’t forget to cultivate rhythms of rest and worship for your students!

It can be easy to assume that our students are picking up what we are intending just by being around. Sometimes that happen. Many times it doesn’t. Here are three tips for discipling your kids over this month. And any month really.

1. Use your words.

How many times have you spoken this to your kids? Now it’s time for you to remember. Connect your actions to your intentions with words! Connect your rest with the gospel truth of Gods call an easy yoke. Connect your play with Gods design for enjoyment. Connect the pool party to God’s design of everyday disciples enjoying one another and his good gifts. Connect your communal serving to the reality of our gospel identities… you get the point.

2. You don’t have to know it all- but you have to open your Bible.

Pick out a few Jesus stories and use our four questions with your students. Don’t forget to listen to God’s voice together as you discern how you will each obey what Jesus has shown you! (Look back over our hearing Gods voice in the Word handout if you need a refresher.)

Here’s a helpful tool for how to structure a time with Jesus together using equal parts settling in, storying, and sending!

3. Use a BLESS grid for your July.

As a family come up with creative and simple ways to live out the BLESS rhythms together over the month.

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Super Simple Assessment Tool

One of our ongoing responsibilities as disciples of Jesus is to follow the Great Commission and make disciples of Jesus. But how’s that experience going?

This tool is a familiar and simple tool to have that conversation as an equipping team, a Missio Community, family, or even on your own. Grab some coffee, carve out a few minutes, and ask yourself…

Where are we flourishing?

What are we battling?

Where are we experiencing frustrations?

What have our failures been?

Get a full copy of this short assessment at the link below AND use it in whatever context best suites you! Don’t forget that even if you fill this assessment out on your own- the conversations it evokes should be had in community!

I’m Praying for you as you are formed by God, together, for the sake of others!

-Kevin