Missions Focus: Please be praying for Kevin & Jennie Senapatiratne who serve with Christ Connection, a prayer ministry that we invest in as a church monthly. Please pray for Kevin and Jennie as they are traveling internationally at the moment.

Local: Pray for opportunity to have empathy and compassion for a neighbor this week.

Church: Pray for people in your world who have curiosity about Jesus and disinterest in church.

GRAB AN ANNOUNCEMENT CARD
Tuesday Morning Communal Prayer is at 9am in the basement at Corner Coffee North Loop.
National Night Out is Tuesday, August 6. If you don’t have a gathering in your own neighborhood, feel free to join the North Loop neighborhood event on the North Loop Green, 350 N 5th Ave, at 6pm.
At the lake Summer UNITED Service. On Sunday, August 11, we will be bringing all our communities together for a service on the beach. We’ll meet at Wirth Beach, 3200 Glenwood Ave. We’ll start at 10am with a community brunch and then have worship and baptisms shortly after that. Pancakes, coffee and water will be provided. Bring other brunch items to share. Baptism is a beautiful moment of public commitment to Christ—a moment of celebration! If you are interested in or have questions about baptism, please connect with your community pastor.
Are you ready for an awesome adventure? Join us at Kidventure: Creativity Unleashed! Get ready for fun activities, exciting games, cool crafts, and amazing stories that will let your creativity shine! August 9th & 10th! Use the QR codes on the announcement card to register a child and/or to get involved.
Summer Connection Events can be found at corner.church/events.
Get connected! Fall Connection Groups are coming soon! A connection group is a recurring time of encouragement that centers around a theme or idea —and now is the time to be thinking about a group you may want to lead. Past groups have included: Baking and the Bible, Theology Thursday, Weekly Morning Running Group, and more! Go to corner.church/groups to learn more and to send in your group idea!
Corner Church Fall Retreat will be October 25-27. It’s a weekend away to connect, refresh, focus. Mark your calendar now!

Dialogue Questions:

Which of these insights is really impactful in building quick trust?
Which of these would not work on you? Why?
What is missing?

1. Establish Artificial Time Constraints
2. Use Accommodating Non-verbals
3. Use a Slower Rate of Speech
4. Offer Sympathy or Assistance
5. Suspend Ego
6. Validate Others
7. Ask: How? When? Why?
8. Connect with Quid Pro Quo
9. Give a Gift
10. Manage Expectations

Dialogue Questions:

How would/do you respond if you find that someone was seeking your trust in order to take advantage of you?

Dialogue Question:

When someone’s trust has been destroyed, what does it take to restore it?

Dialogue Question:

Why does worry seem easier than trust?

Dialogue Question:

What does it take to trust God even when life’s pains are immeasurable?

Dialogue Questions:

How does the ebb and flow of trusting God impact how we live?
How does the ebb and flow of trusting God impact how we relate to leaders?
How does the ebb and flow of trusting God impact how we walk through struggle?

Dialogue Question:

How do you set yourself up for success in trusting God?

Take It Deeper Questions
Read 1 Peter 2:11-25.
When was a tough moment where your trust was broken?
When do you find it most difficult to give in to what someone else wants or to let someone else win?
When in life do you find it difficult to trust?
What does it look like to recover from broken trust?

Bible Reading Plan
1 Peter 2
Proverbs 3
Psalms 62
Galatians 5
Psalms 118