Icebreaker question:
What’s a really great Christmas gift you received, either this year or years ago?
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What’s a really great Christmas gift you received, either this year or years ago? ✞
Begin your midweek Spotlight with this new favorite song, Be With Us, as performed by Illume Church, whence the song originates.
(sorry for "whence")
Watch this 3-minute snippet of Garrett's preaching on Colossians 1:1-2 from this Sunday's live Spotlight.
(Beware: it's fairly crunchy)
Look at the following slideshow (it auto-scrolls) of GVT's 8 core values.
Discuss: Which of those 8 core values do you think most naturally lends itself to becoming one of your household’s core values? Which least naturally lends itself to that?
Watch BibleProject's video on a key word from our Colossians verses for this week.
The Christians in Colossae never had the chance to meet Jesus. Yet look at what the apostle Paul calls them in our verses for this week…
Discuss: What are some implications of this for your life in Winona in 2023?
(Or wherever you find yourself. If you are unable to find yourself, maybe discuss that with your group. They might know where you all are???)
For centuries and centuries, the beginning of the experience of holiness for followers of Jesus has been baptism.
In that same vein, listen to (and sing along with, if you'd like) the song What Can Stand, performed by Illumine Church, whence the song originates.
(There's that pesky "whence" again.)
Upcoming events:
Sunday, January 17, 2-4pm Youth Group Sledding
Monday, January 16, 6pm Annual Congregational Meeting
In the next couple weeks Sanctuary Display Update Project
God bless!
