Subject: Spiritual Formation Kit for October 1

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Spiritual Formation Kit
DIY Bible study
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Intro

After pondering the Scripture passage for this week's worship gathering, the staff of Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community put together this spiritual formation kit for groups and individuals to use.

We hope that it will encourage transformation as you encounter God's voice in fresh ways through the Bible; connection as you talk and pray together; and interaction as the sermons become less of a Sunday morning monologue and more of a week-long community conversation.
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Liturgy
Frame your time together with prayer.
Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
Follow this link to center your hearts and minds with silence, the responsive prayers, and/or music. Read and discuss this week's passage below instead of the passages suggested by Common Prayer. After discussing the passage with the questions below, close your time with prayer for each other and the benediction.
This week's texts
Click to read the passage from the Letters



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Reflection Questions
Guide discussion with these questions or ask your own.
How would you define humility?

St. Ignatius wrote about three levels of humility. Read about them here and here. Then reflect on each level and consider your engagement with each one.

The passage says Christ "humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."  What is your understanding of why Christ died on the cross? Has it changed over the course of your faith journey?

What do you think it means to ‘work out your salvation in fear and trembling?’

How much ‘fear’ do you experience in your faith journey?

What is a practical way you can practice "in humility considering others as better than yourself" and putting their needs before your own?

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Bonus Round


"Bonhoeffer's Costly Theology"

The sermon this Sunday will refer to the life and theology of Dietrich of Bonhoeffer. Brush up on Bonhoeffer with these brief reflections at Christianity Today. 

Check out this website to learn about the spiritual practice of Centering Prayer and try it this week!

Make SFK a regular spiritual practice:


 
 
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