Your Calling: Part 5 - Finding my Calling
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May 18, 2025
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Memorial Day Service - May 25 at 10am at Each Campus
On Sunday, May 25, we’ll come together for one special service at 10:00 AM at each of our campuses.
We’re setting aside this weekend to slow down and create space to worship, reflect, and connect as we kick off the summer season.
OneLife Students Summer Kick-off - May 28
Our middle and high school students from both campuses will be joining together on Wednesday night, May 28 at 6:30pm at our East Campus for a Summer Kick-off night! We’ll have games, food, a challenging message, and we’ll be revealing our 2025 summer theme. Mark your calendars, invite a friend, and don’t miss it! Also, if you are a 5th grader that will be going into 6th grade in the fall, you are invited to attend as well!
Kid City Summer Kick-Off - June 1
Join us after each service on June 1st for our Kid City Summer Kickoff! This family fun day will include camp themed activities, bounce houses, s’mores and more! So make sure to invite a friend and let’s get ready for an amazing summer in Kid City.
RightNow Media
If you have ever wanted to grow in your walk with Jesus but weren’t sure where to start then we have a great resource for you. RightNow Media has over 25,000 biblically-based videos for small groups, families, students, leadership development, and much more. Our subscription allows us to share this resource with you free of charge. You can download the app on Roku and Apple TV as well as access their website at rightnowmedia.com. To sign up simply write “RightNow Media'' as well as your email address on your connection card and we will send you a link.
Baptism
If you’ve given your life to Jesus but haven’t gone public with your story through baptism then it’s time to take that step! Mark the baptism box on your Connection Card and we’ll help you get started.
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GIVE BACK
Give Jesus your best! Make a one-time tithe or offering or to set up a recurring tithe or offering: Click Here To Give Online.
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CONNECTION CARDS
Be sure to fill out the online Connection Card to let us know next steps, prayer requests, or other information you'd like to share, click here.
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MULTIPLICATION
Share spiritual/missional conversations you've had where you live, work, and play:
- Who did you have a conversation with that took a spiritual/missional turn this week?
- What questions did you ask to discover where God is at work in their life, even if they are not aware?
- How were you able to share your story of life change or how you have experienced Jesus?
- How can you be intentional this week with people where you live, work, and play to have spiritual/missional conversations if the opportunity arises?
- Who in your life do you think could be disciple-able or open to spiritual/missional conversations?
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WHAT'S NEXT?
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?/giveback/giveback
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?
May 18, 2025
Sermon Page
YouVersion
Podcast Audio
_____________________
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Memorial Day Service - May 25 at 10am at Each Campus
On Sunday, May 25, we’ll come together for one special service at 10:00 AM at each of our campuses.
We’re setting aside this weekend to slow down and create space to worship, reflect, and connect as we kick off the summer season.
OneLife Students Summer Kick-off - May 28
Our middle and high school students from both campuses will be joining together on Wednesday night, May 28 at 6:30pm at our East Campus for a Summer Kick-off night! We’ll have games, food, a challenging message, and we’ll be revealing our 2025 summer theme. Mark your calendars, invite a friend, and don’t miss it! Also, if you are a 5th grader that will be going into 6th grade in the fall, you are invited to attend as well!
Kid City Summer Kick-Off - June 1
Join us after each service on June 1st for our Kid City Summer Kickoff! This family fun day will include camp themed activities, bounce houses, s’mores and more! So make sure to invite a friend and let’s get ready for an amazing summer in Kid City.
RightNow Media
If you have ever wanted to grow in your walk with Jesus but weren’t sure where to start then we have a great resource for you. RightNow Media has over 25,000 biblically-based videos for small groups, families, students, leadership development, and much more. Our subscription allows us to share this resource with you free of charge. You can download the app on Roku and Apple TV as well as access their website at rightnowmedia.com. To sign up simply write “RightNow Media'' as well as your email address on your connection card and we will send you a link.
Baptism
If you’ve given your life to Jesus but haven’t gone public with your story through baptism then it’s time to take that step! Mark the baptism box on your Connection Card and we’ll help you get started.
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GIVE BACK
Give Jesus your best! Make a one-time tithe or offering or to set up a recurring tithe or offering: Click Here To Give Online.
_____________________
Bottom Line: Discovering my passion will lead to finding my calling.
Luke 10:30-33 NIV
In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
Step One: See the need.
Luke 10:33 NIV
But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
Step Two: Feel compassion.
Luke 10:34 NIV
He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Step Three: Do what I can do about it.
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START TALKING:
What is an invention or service that you use everyday because someone saw a need and did what they could do about it?
What is an invention or service that you use everyday because someone saw a need and did what they could do about it?
START THINKING:
Read Luke 10:30-34.
Read Luke 10:30-34.
Why do you think Jesus chose to show two different types of religious people compared to a nonreligious person in the way they responded to a need?
How do you think this story could be retold if it was based in Knoxville in 2025?
Read Genesis 16:13. How does the story of the Good Samaritan line up with Hagar’s experience of God - El Roi - the God who sees?
How do you think this story could be retold if it was based in Knoxville in 2025?
Read Genesis 16:13. How does the story of the Good Samaritan line up with Hagar’s experience of God - El Roi - the God who sees?
START SHARING:
When has someone seen a need in your life or a need that impacted your life, and because they fulfilled their calling that need was met?
What needs are all around you every day that you may be missing? What keeps you from seeing those needs?
When have you experienced meeting a need that became a passion of yours?
Go around the microchurch and each person answer: What is a need that you have seen and thought “I wish someone would do something about that”? What might the Holy Spirit be telling you by making that need known to you?
Now, each person answer this: thinking about the need you identified in the previous question, what are resources or skills that you have or know about that could meet that need?
How have we all experienced this and received the benefits of a calling being answered through the Gospel? What need did Jesus see that he had compassion for and how did he and does he meet that need?
When has someone seen a need in your life or a need that impacted your life, and because they fulfilled their calling that need was met?
What needs are all around you every day that you may be missing? What keeps you from seeing those needs?
When have you experienced meeting a need that became a passion of yours?
Go around the microchurch and each person answer: What is a need that you have seen and thought “I wish someone would do something about that”? What might the Holy Spirit be telling you by making that need known to you?
Now, each person answer this: thinking about the need you identified in the previous question, what are resources or skills that you have or know about that could meet that need?
How have we all experienced this and received the benefits of a calling being answered through the Gospel? What need did Jesus see that he had compassion for and how did he and does he meet that need?
START DOING:
What will you do this week to intentionally see the needs around you where you live, work, and play?
When you see a need, what will you do about it? How can our microchurch encourage each other and hold each other accountable to be looking for and seeing needs?
Make a list of all the needs each person shared. Now add to that list by sharing other needs that come to mind as a group in your community. Is there a specific need or two that seems especially obvious to the microchurch? Is there one that seems to stir up the most passion and compassion? Is there one that the resources, skills, talents, and interests of the group are able to do something about to meet that need? This might just be your microchurch's calling and mission! Discuss how this will open up opportunities to lead people closer to Jesus.
What will you do this week to intentionally see the needs around you where you live, work, and play?
When you see a need, what will you do about it? How can our microchurch encourage each other and hold each other accountable to be looking for and seeing needs?
Make a list of all the needs each person shared. Now add to that list by sharing other needs that come to mind as a group in your community. Is there a specific need or two that seems especially obvious to the microchurch? Is there one that seems to stir up the most passion and compassion? Is there one that the resources, skills, talents, and interests of the group are able to do something about to meet that need? This might just be your microchurch's calling and mission! Discuss how this will open up opportunities to lead people closer to Jesus.
START PRAYING:
Pray for each other in the microchurch to see as Jesus sees and to discover a personal calling and mission. Pray that our microchurch will see the needs around us in our specific communities and circles of influence and that our hearts will break with what breaks God's heart. Pray that we won't stop there but will be willing to sacrifice, risk, and do something about those needs! And finally, pray that as we identify our calling and live it out, that the glory and honor will not be for us but will point people straight to Jesus!
_______________________________Pray for each other in the microchurch to see as Jesus sees and to discover a personal calling and mission. Pray that our microchurch will see the needs around us in our specific communities and circles of influence and that our hearts will break with what breaks God's heart. Pray that we won't stop there but will be willing to sacrifice, risk, and do something about those needs! And finally, pray that as we identify our calling and live it out, that the glory and honor will not be for us but will point people straight to Jesus!
CONNECTION CARDS
Be sure to fill out the online Connection Card to let us know next steps, prayer requests, or other information you'd like to share, click here.
_____________________
MULTIPLICATION
Share spiritual/missional conversations you've had where you live, work, and play:
- Who did you have a conversation with that took a spiritual/missional turn this week?
- What questions did you ask to discover where God is at work in their life, even if they are not aware?
- How were you able to share your story of life change or how you have experienced Jesus?
- How can you be intentional this week with people where you live, work, and play to have spiritual/missional conversations if the opportunity arises?
- Who in your life do you think could be disciple-able or open to spiritual/missional conversations?
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WHAT'S NEXT?
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?/giveback/giveback
- Discuss the next step for your micro church. When will we gather again, and which purpose will it fulfill (missions, fellowship/care, growth, worship, multiplication)?
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