Posts Tagged ‘equipping’
The Masquerade Party – Genesis 27:1-46: Reflection Guide
Reflection Guide Key Terms Blessing – In Ancient Near Eastern culture, it was common to pronounce blessings or curses on others. These blessings/curses were not seen as mere wishful thinking but were believed to be influential ways to call upon God to act in a certain way towards an individual or a nation. This means…
Read MoreTheology in Life – Colossians 1:24-2:5: Reflection Guide
Reflection Guide Key Terms Filling up what is lacking – This is a potentially confusing phrase from Col 1:24. Paul cannot be saying that Jesus’ afflictions were not sufficient for forgiveness of sins and salvation because that would contradict Col 1:22 & 2:13-14. His point seems to be that on the cross Jesus didn’t end…
Read MoreA Non-Anxious Presence in a Shipwreck World – Acts 27:1-28:16: Reflection Guide
Reflection Guide Key Terms Syrtis – An area of quicksand and shoals off the coast of Libya widely known as an extremely dangerous area for sailors. Malta – An island in the Mediterranean Sea located between Italy and Libya. Luke calls the people on Malta barbaroi (meaning “non-Greek speakers”), which reveals they were likely a…
Read MoreLeadership Equipping Workshop Video
On August 27th, Derrick Kelsey from the Embassy Church in Denver led our latest Leadership Equipping Workshop. Derrick started our time in Jeremiah 29:7 where God tells the Israelites who have been exiled to Babylon to “seek the welfare of the city.” Although Edmond, Oklahoma in the 21st century is a very different place than…
Read MoreYearly Discipleship Plan
At this time of year, many of us make New Year’s Resolutions. We want to eat better, exercise more, follow a budget, read more, use technology less, or any number of things. But this is also a great time of year to pause and evaluate our relationship with Jesus and to identify changes that we…
Read MoreYour Story, God’s Story: Seeing the Hand of God in Everyday Life
Everyone has a story. Each story is full of high points and hard times. We each have a heritage with the good and bad that comes with it, and we each have heroes who showed us how to live well. But there is another aspect of our stories which we often overlook: the hand of…
Read MoreEquip Night – Teamwork
Our vision at Redemption is to help everyday people wake up to deep, meaningful life in Christ. In Romans 12, Paul tells us that every Christian has a gift and that we should use our gifts within the context of community. That’s huge! This means that we all have something to bring to our church.…
Read MoreLeadership Equipping Workshop | Jan. 23rd, 2021
Saturday, Jan. 23 at Vintage Church from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM One way we seek to be an equipping church is through hosting leadership equipping workshops. These take place on a Saturday morning and are focused on equipping leaders for the work of the ministry. If you are seeking to grow as a leader…
Read MoreLeader Equip Workshop: Inside-Out Leadership
This workshop is open to anyone in the church who is interested or wants to grow as a leader, and it is expected for our group leaders and serve team leaders. We will meet via Zoom on May 2 from 9:00 AM -11:00 AM. We will have a leadership specialist who will teach along…
Read MoreWomen’s Equipping | Learn to Study the Bible
Christie Gunkel and Crystal Coon are going to host two Bible literacy sessions for Redemption women via Zoom. The purpose of these sessions is to teach skills that increase your Bible literacy and your ability to glean life-changing truths from the Scriptures. As we grow in our Christian walk it’s important to mature in how we take in…
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