Discussion Questions 8 July 2023

Discussion Questions for “Is there anyone who cares?”

These questions are here to stimulate dialogue about today’s topic – feel free to skip around or discuss items not listed here.

  1. What was most inspiring/interesting/memorable from today’s testimony?
  2. Share in a few words what brought you to church.  What made you interested in Christianity?
  3. What do you think are some of the needs of our community (both within and outside the church)?
  4. Read Matthew 9:9-13:
      •  As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
    • What needs did Jesus meet?
    • What was Jesus’ mission?
    • What would it look like for us to continue Jesus’ mission?
    • What keeps us from fulfilling Jesus’ mission?
    • What can remove the barriers to mission / empower our mission?
  5. Who is God calling you to love and care for today?

Thank you for coming today and contributing to our discussion.

by: Jinha Kim

"But those who drink the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14