Carbondale Church of Christ

On March 2nd we will begin a 6 week study on personal spiritual growth. The key to growing as a church rests on each of us growing in Christ. Join us as we study the following topics:

1. Made to Grow [pdf] [class]
2. Power to Grow [pdf] [class] [sermon]
3. Identity in Christ [pdf] [class] [sermon]
4. Conquering Sin [pdf] [class]
5. Finding my Place [pdf] [class] [sermon]
6. Owning the Message [pdf] [class] [sermon]

This week we will have a special time of fellowship and prayer during our Bible Study hour at 9:45 AM. Please join us to be encouraged by others and spend time in prayer.

Staying together with people that are different from you, have different beliefs, different political views, different pasts, different personalities, different interests….can be a challenge.  The power to stay together is the Holy Spirit and the message of staying together is demonstrating God’s power in us.  What do you see as the greatest struggle to stay together?  What benefits do you see in our ability to stay together?

This week our discussion topic is about living with differences.  The kinds of differences that Paul talks about in Romans 14 are differences between people’s views of what is proper Christian behavior and practice, they are matters of opinion, but not unimportant.  They are only matters of opinion because there are different opinions about them.  Paul’s approach to this is to (1) accept one another because we are servants of God, not each other and (2) seek to do things that build each other up… What differences do you find to be a struggle?

This week we explored the idea of 1 Peter 1:22f where Peter talks about sincere love for one another.  So what do you think love is….

This weeks topic is that we as a congregation want to be guided by prayer.  As we work, make decisions, form plans and do things as a congregation we want to cover it all in prayer.  As Jesus said in the gospels, his house shall be a house of prayer for all the nations, and we are that house.   Who we are as individuals will effect how we come together as a congregation to pray for our efforts.  We want to remove any hindrances that exist in our lives and relationships so that our prayers are not hindered.