Small Group Resources

August  3 - 9

Serve The City Weekend Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions

1. Share where you served during Serve the City. What made you decide to serve? What were some of the assumptions you had before you served? What did you experience while you served? How did God meet you in your time of service? 

2. If you weren’t able to participate in Serve the City this year, share previous opportunities you had to lend a hand to a person or to the community. 

3. As you reflect on service, what experiences stand out to you? Share encounters or insights that were a blessing or signalled breakthrough. What, do you think, will be the impact of the project long-term? How can you keep pouring into that project moving forward? 

4. Read Matthew 5:14-16. Who is speaking? What is Matthew Chapters 5 - 7 known as? 
a. Look at verse 14. What are the characteristics of light and height? Why would Jesus describe His people this way? What does a “city on a hill” have that other cities may not? 
b. Read verse 15 again. What happens to light under a bowl? What are “bowls” that extinguish light? What is the bowl you tend to grab? What would happen if you put your light on a stand — and left it there? Can you pick and choose who is blessed by the light? Why is this important? How do you tend to your light?
c. Verse 16 challenges us! How? What are “good deeds”? What is the purpose of good deeds? Why is God glorified through our good deeds? What can people know about God through your actions and care for others? What do you learn about God as you serve? 

5. Read Colossians 3:12-17. Describe God’s love for you. What do you do with all that love? What is service without compassion? Kindness? Humility? Patience? Focus on verse 17. What is the connection between giving thanks — gratitude — and the deeds done in Jesus’ name? Where have you seen gratitude and service align in your life? Why is a grateful heart poised to serve?