Encouraging Feed & Seed Germantown
This past Sunday the Sojourn Germantown Campus had our monthly Feed & Seed. It was an encouraging time to meet with fellow workers in the harvest and to reflect on how we might better serve our groups. We heard a challenging testimony from Rob Maine on the joys and pains of serving others relationally. Following that, Nathan walked us through how to utilize the Questions for Reflection that we send out with our Seed Email every week. Use these suggestions to help your group think and act in a more outward-focused way. You can find a copy of the Questions for Reflection for this week here. If you have not been attending Feed & Seed, we encourage you to come to this wonderful time of encouragement, reflection, and good food.
Porterbrook Training
Starting Sunday, January 17 (self-study). Porterbrook is Sojourn’s new teaching material that we are very excited about. It is a three-month study that will guide you through how to grow in your Christian character. It is unique in that it is a self-study, so you can go through the material whenever you have the time. The self-study starts next Sunday, January 17, and is required of all Seed Leaders. Once you sign up for the material online, we will have a binder with materials ready for you at the connect kiosk during the morning and evening services. We are asking our Seed Leaders to attend the Feed & Seed on Sunday, February 14, to review the assigned portions and to help us assess the training materials. The teaching material for this three-month period is $25. If you are unable to pay for the class, email jmoss@sojournchurch.com and we can walk through other options.
Mercy 101
Mercy 101 will take you through the basics of Mercy Ministry at Sojourn. You will, among other things, review Sojourn’s benevolence policy, walk through several case studies, and unpack the theology behind our Mercy Ministry. This course is required of all Seed Leaders
Germantown Campus: Starting Sunday, January 17 (11am – room to be determined). At the Germantown Campus this four-week course will begin the third Sunday of every month, so you will have ample opportunity over the next six months to take this course.
East Campus: Starting Sunday, January 31 (12 noon – 1:30pm in the auditorium). At the East Campus this course will begin on the Last Sunday in January and will culminate in the launch of Feed & Seed East on Sunday, February 28, from 12noon-2:30pm.
Mercy Monday Training
Due to popular demand, we created a Mercy Monday class to accompany the outreach that takes place. This class is completely optional and it is not required that you attend it in order to go out to visit the neighborhood from 6:30-8:30pm. Classes started last Monday, January 4, but the class is always open to anyone who wishes to come and is always applicable to your visit into the neighborhood, so jump on board (class from 5:30pm-6:30pm in the Listening Room of the 930, going into the neighborhood from 6:30pm-8:30pm). This training will equip you to live out the gospel and will carry heavy implications for the way you lead. The first half of our time together will consist of classroom instruction as we go through how to live a gospel-centered life. Immediately following the class time we will go out into the neighborhood surrounding the 930 to visit widows, the elderly, and our friends in Germantown, putting what was learned into practice.
Get Involved in Service
Here are some ways you can get involved in service at Sojourn Community Church:
- Consider bringing your Community Group to Mercy Monday this week. We have a time of teaching followed by going out into the neighborhood to serve our friends and neighbors in Germantown.
- Look around your neighborhood. Have your neighbors talked to you about being cold all the time in their home? Perhaps you could encourage your Community Group to winterize that home. If you don’t know how to approach your neighbors or if you need more information on how you can winterize a home, email jmoss@sojournchurch.com.
- Serve the poor every Saturday – Every Saturday afternoon, a group of Sojourners serve meals with Bates Memorial Baptist Church to needy families in Shelby Park neighborhood. Read about it here at the Seed website and contact David Taliferio for more information at david.taliaferro@summitenergy.com.
