God has gone to great lengths to rescue you. That is what The Story is all about — God's great love affair with humanity. The Story is filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, romance and redemption.
"The Greatest Story Ever Told" is more than a cliché. Let The Story enhance your understanding of God's great plan and change your life. Join the Meadow Park Church family as we explore The Story in our weekend worship service
The Whole Family. The Whole Bible. The Whole Time
We are thrilled that you are joining us for The Story! Below is a step-by-step guide to how you can commit fully to this experience, which in turn will produce spiritual transformation in your life.
Engage in the reading the book “The Story” over the next 31 weeks. “The Story” books are available for purchase in the church lobby. You can also download and print the entire 31-chapter Study/Reading Guide or you can download only the current week's guide by click on "This Week's Study/Reading Guide" on the left.
As you read each chapter of The Story, we hope you’ll take the time to slow down and reflect. Use these questions to help you process all that you are learning and experiencing:
- What did you learn about God, yourself, and others in this chapter?
- How do the events in this chapter relate to the overall Story of God’s pursuit and redemption?
- What do you struggle to understand or embrace from this reading?
- What is the main theme of this chapter?
- What is currently going on in your life that relates to this theme
What do I do if I miss a weekend?
You can start right where you are. You can start on the chapter relative to the corresponding date you begin or you can start at the beginning and catch up as you can. Books are available for purchase in the church lobby for $10 each. Get a book and start reading. Above is a list of Chapters and thecorresponding teaching date.
If you miss a weekend service and would like to hear the teaching, there are several options for you...
1. Listen online—Go to Sermons Online from here or the tab above. There you will find all the audio files from past sermons.
2. CD's—CD's from past worship services can be ordered. Order forms are available at the Welcome Center or in the Sound Booth.
3. You can also sign-up for our Weekly Email from Pastor Paul, which often gives a sneak-peak into the upcoming weekend teachings. Just call the church office and provide your email to Beth H.
I have started this study late, where do I begin?
Jump right in! You are not required to catch up. However, if you would like to hear sermons that you missed, go to MeadowPark.org, click on Sermons Online.
This Week's Study and Reading Guide
Entire 31-Week Study and Ready Guide
The Story at Meadow Park Church of God
Through November 27, 2011
For Sermon titles and graphics for April through August go to The Story Archives...
October 1/2-Chapter 23
You Belong With Me Matthew 4:19
Theme: Belonging to God - God’s invitation to join him in the ministry of reconciliation.
October 8/9-Chapter 24
Better Together Luke 15, esp. Luke 15:31
Theme: Belonging to God’s Family.
Application: When we belong to God/God’s family, everything He has is ours. He trusts His resources into our care and we can trust them back to Him.
October 15/16-Chapter 25
Four Friends and Two Funerals Luke 10, John 11
Theme: Jesus invested in relationships.
Application: The value of relationships over possessions.
October 22/23-Chapter 26
Jesus Paid it All 1 Corinthians 6:20
Theme: You were bought at a price.
Application: Christ’s example of sacrificial giving. Principle that not only does everything we have belong to Christ – we ourselves belong to Christ. Response and responsibility to share the Good News.
October 29/30-Chapter 27
Too Good Not to Be True Luke 24:1-8, Romans 1:1-6
Theme: Nothing is impossible with God.
Application: The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is the power of God in us to be all He created us to be and to do all He created us to do.
November 5/6-Chapter 28
We Are Family Acts 2:42-47
Theme: The Christian Community
Application: God’s economy - Resources are multiplied exponentially when we share all we have within the fellowship of the believers.
November 12/13-Chapter 29
The Relational Church 2 Corinthians 5:17-20
Theme: Relational Reconciliation
Application: People will commit when the goal is worth it. The compelling vision of God for His church at Meadow Park and the challenge to participate.
November 19/20-Chapter 30
The Best Way of All 1 Corinthians 12:31, 13
Theme: Love
Application: Stewardship as an act of love.
November 26/27-Chapter 31
The Last Word 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Revelation 22:20-21Theme: The hope of heaven and Christ’s coming
Application: Hope, anticipation, preparation
