SERMON | We Said Yes

Scripture: Mark 1:1-3

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

 As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,

“See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way;
 the voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
    ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”

Questions

What?
1) How’s everyone doing? Check in with the group.
2) How long have you been coming to DOWNTOWN CHURCH?
3) What led you here? 

So What?
3) Amos talks about “the wilderness” as a place of God’s revelation. What does “the wilderness” look like to you?
4) “DOWNTOWN CHURCH is not the sum of all of the yeses, but it’s what happens when you never stop asking the questions.” What questions do you have about God that you still need/want to ask?

Now What?
5) “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ won't be coming through a delicately constructed sermon from a professionally trained preacher, it's going to be born in the people crying out from the dark.” Have you ever found yourself crying out from the dark? What was that like?
6) What do you hope for the future of DOWNTOWN CHURCH? 
7) How can you be a part of it? 

“Here on this second Sunday of advent, while we're giving thanks to God on the tenth anniversary of the church you've come to call home, the gospel writer of Mark has interrupted our hallelujahs to deliver hastily scribbled directions for where we should go to confirm that God didn't forget about us. Go to the wilderness and talk to the people with nothing to lose..”

—Rev. Amos Disasa