Announcements:

Tuesday Morning Prayer. 9a-10a in Corner Coffee North Loop’s Kids Space. Join in person or on Zoom. (Link is on the Corner Church calendar.)

On Saturday, August 7 we are meeting at Corner Coffee North Loop to bike to get ice cream. Meet at 7p and bike to Milkjam Creamery.

On Sunday, August 15 we will have our next UNITED Service at Theo Wirth Beach. You will have an opportunity to get baptized in water. If you are interested and/or have any questions, please connect with your community pastor. After our service that day, we will have an all-church picnic at the park.

Corner Church Fall Connection Groups: September through November. The question today is, are you interested in leading a Connection Group this fall?—a group that connects people, a group that prays for each other, a group that does something fun together or studies something together, a group that has a shared interest or wants to develop a new skill? Be praying, planning, and looking for a co-leader now. Group registration will open soon!

Walking Distance Day: Our calling as a church is to have a Corner Church and a valued in-community business within walking distance of people in our city. On September 25, we will be meeting at Corner Coffee Uptown and then walking to Corner Coffees North Loop, Camden, and Northeast, and then back to Uptown. It will be about 18 miles. We will be walking, connecting, seeing, praying.

Corner Church Fall Retreat is October 1-3 at Camp Lebanon. This is an annual Corner Church event where you can find connection, rest, and refocusing.

Ministry Teams: On your connection card, you can indicate interest in serving on a specific ministry team or just indicate that you’re ready to help in any way.

Are you interested in serving one of our missionary families on the field? We are working on putting together three trips in the next 18 months. If you have interest in being involved, connect with your community pastor.

Missions: Pray for Dan and Erin Pack. Pray for their Akina day camp this week and for the team from Autumn Ridge Church coming to help serve at-risk Native elementary kids. Pray for safety, hearts open to the gospel, peace, and FUN!

Local: Be praying for opportunities to love our neighbors as Jesus loves us.

Church: Pray for people that are new to our communities. Pray for opportunities to connect with them and opportunities to connect them to the church.

When people in your world think about Jesus, the church, and Christians, what do they think and why?

Why would Jesus want to use you in the redefining process of others?

Why would Jesus want to use others in the redefining process of you?

What do you think Jesus is praying for you today?

What do people (you) see as obstacles or barriers to knowing God?

What barriers does God see to people (you) knowing Him?

How does a person work through the tension of the mystery(s) of God and the opportunity we have through Jesus to know God?

Read John 16:33-17:5.

What going away gift have you given or received that still warms your heart today?

What different things do people in your world think about the concept of eternal life?

What are some of the risks of ignoring life after this one?

What are some of the risks of overemphasizing life after this one?

What does Jesus say about eternal life in this text? What is His intent in sharing this?

How are you challenged, focused, confused, and/or encouraged by this text?

Leviticus 24

Leviticus 25

Leviticus 26

John 10

John 11

John 12