10-11 Prayer and Faith Sharing

October 11 – Engage! A Journey of Prayer and Faith-sharing – Colossians 1:3-6

“³ We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, ⁴ because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— ⁵ the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel ⁶ that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.” Colossians 1:3-6

Engage! is designed to enable churches to begin a journey of prayer and faith-sharing. This journey will connect churches with their communities and equip members to live out and share their growing faith. It is designed to help growing disciples claim the story of faith in Scripture,

live into their own stories of transformation, become more aware of their own spheres of influence, and engage the mission of God in their communities.

The nature and mission of the church are grounded in what God has done and continues to do in and through Jesus Christ. Our faith is meant to be lived and shared. We are to connect our personal stories of transformation with needs within the community. Frederick Buechner writes that one’s calling is the intersection of the world’s deepest need and our greatest joy (Wishful Thinking, p. 95)  This resource is designed to address how we can “be church” in a new way, focusing on being disciple-making, missional, transformed while transforming, and engaging an ever-changing culture with the gospel of Jesus Christ.