Missions Focus: Please be praying for Sam & Laura Witwicke, missionaries we support monthly who serve in Paraguay. We will be writing them encouraging notes today.
Local: Pray for opportunity to serve people in your local, and opportunity to meet needs.
Church: Pray for healthy church communities within walking distance of people in our city.

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Communal Prayer is Tuesday at 9am in the Corner Coffee North Loop mixed use basement space.
Spring Connection Groups are starting NOW. Go to corner.church/groups to signup to participate and/or indicate interest in any groups.
Corner Church YOUTH dinner is Friday, March 7 at 7pm at the Woller home,
Sunday, March 9 is a Corner Church Partnership Class. Partnership is our formal membership at Corner Church. Partners vote on church affairs and are eligible to be Advisory Team members (board members). This class starts at 1pm at Corner Coffee North Loop and it includes lunch. Please RSVP on our online church calendar.
Sunday March 16 is our Corner Church Community Advisory Team voting. Each community elects two Partners to be on our Church Advisory Team. This quick process will take place after the 10a service at all Corner Church Communities. All partners will be asked to vote. Partners: would you pray about being involved? Please connect with your community pastor if you have interest in being on the Advisory team.
Are you new or newer to the Corner Church community? You are invited to a dinner at the Woller home (Corner Church North Loop Pastor) on Sunday, March 16 at 6pm.
The Corner Church Annual Meeting is Sunday, March 23 at 6pm at Corner Coffee North Loop.
We do neighborhood Candy Grabs in Camden and in the North Loop in the spring. Mark your calendar: April 12 in Camden and April 19 in the North Loop.
Our next UNITED service is Sunday, April 13.

In chapter 24 (Failure and Consequences)

Isaiah 24:1 • Consequences of failure
1 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants—

Isaiah 24:13 • Tussled
13 So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.

In chapters 25, 26 (Blessing and Hope)

Isaiah 25:9 • Saved by God
9 In that day they will say, “Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

Isaiah 26:7 • God’s Provision
7 The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.

Dialogue Question:

How do you determine consequences to a failure?

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When determining the consequences of someone else's failure, what factors in?

Give each factor a score between 1 and 10
1: it doesn’t really factor in to my determining consequences of others’ failures
10: it radically impacts my determining of consequences of others’ failures

Severity of the failure • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Intent • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Impact on others • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Frequency of the failure • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Awareness & expectations • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Mitigating factors • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Efforts to correct the mistake • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Past behavior & track record • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Legal & ethical considerations • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Fairness & consistency • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Learning & growth opportunity • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Potential for recurrence • 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Dialogue Questions:

What especially impacts how you determine consequences to another person’s failure?
What has little impact on how you determine consequences to another person’s failure?

Dialogue Question:

How do you want your consequences for failure determined?

Dialogue Questions:

What would be the impact if you never gave any consequences to others’ failures?

What would be the impact if you never had any consequences for your own failures?

Dialogue Question:

How can consequences and hope come together?

Dialogue Questions:

What are some signs that consequences for failure are being dealt out by a skilled harvester?
What are some signs that consequences for failure are being dealt out by a hungry cow?

Dialogue Question:

How does connection to God elevate these things in you?

Love
Joy
Peace
Forbearance (restraint)
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-control

Dialogue Question:

What could happen as you/we pray this?

Take It Deeper Questions
Read Isaiah 26:7-11.
When has life been notably difficult?
What would be the reciprocating impact of never experiencing difficult moments?
What would be the reciprocating impact of being able to healthily navigate difficult moments?
How have you seen God help you/others in notably difficult seasons?
What sets someone up for embracing God’s help? For not embracing God’s help?
How are you challenged, focused, encouraged, and/or confused by this text?

Bible Reading Plan
Isaiah 24
Isaiah 25
Isaiah 26
Isaiah 27
John 15