The Harbour

The Harbour

We are a community of Christ followers who meet at the Newmarket SilverCity on Sundays at 10:00AM and throughout the week in various homes. For more information, please email david@theharbournewmarket.ca.

  1. 22 MAR

    "Godspeed: The Pace of Being Known" Film

    This morning, we are taking a break from our in-person teachings to watch the short (35min) documentary film Godspeed: The Pace of Being Known. “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV) If you missed the screening in the theatre on Sunday or would like to see it again, please find the film here. Home Church Questions: 1. What stood out to you from the film? 2. Are there contexts where you don’t want to be known? Why is that? 3. Read Jeremiah 6:16-19 (preferably in multiple translations). What stands out to you from this passage? 4. Alan Torrence had an a-ha moment when he realized the scale of Jesus’s life and ministry. Why does it matter that Christ’s life and ministry was embodied? 5. The people in these villages know one another and know their family history and others’ family histories from memory. This is not typically our experience here in more densely populated areas with lots of movement and migration. How does the way of life represented in the film shed light on how the gospels were written and passed down? 6. What is the value of rootedness and stability? 7. “I wasn’t there to give people the good news, I was there to be a part of their life.” What does that mean? 8. What is the value of travelling at 3 m/h (4.8 km/h)? Why might we find slowing down frustrating?  9. In the film, we’re told that if we want to walk like Jesus, we have to slow down. What does that mean to you? Christian thinker John Mark Comer urges the “ruthless elimination of hurry”. How might that apply here? 10. Do you find any inspiration in this film for us as a church community? How can we apply the principles of this film here at The Harbour? 11. Pray with and for one another, our church community, and our world. Be in touch. Send us a text here. Instagram: @theharbournewmarket Website: theharbournewmarket.ca Email: david@theharbournewmarket.ca

    2 min
  2. 15 MAR

    Building on the Rock

    This week, Will Dyer offers an epilogue to our Beatitudes study looking at the Sermon on the Mount as a whole. Being people of the Beatitudes is about more than listening to Jesus's words but about putting them into action. Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here. Home Church Questions: 1. What stood out to you from Sunday’s teaching? 2. Why is it important to have a Christ-centered hermeneutic? Why is it important to have a community hermeneutic? 3. Brian Zahnd says that, “God is like Jesus. God has always been like Jesus. There has never been a time when God was not like Jesus. We haven’t always known this, but now we do.” What does this mean and what significance does it have for understanding the scriptures? 4. Read Matthew 4:17, 5:1-7:29. Take turns reading 2-3 sections at a time. This will probably take a while!  5. What stands out to you from these passages? Feel free to apply the community hermeneutic as we try to understand Christ’s teachings together by raising questions about what is puzzling, offering various angles or perspectives on the text, and allowing the Holy Spirit to guide the conversation. 6. Bonus (optional): read Luke 6:17-49, 11:1-13. What stands out to you from these passages when compared to the same teachings in Matthew? 7a. Pray with and for one another, our church community, and our world. Ask the Lord to form us into people of the Beatitudes. 7b. If you would like to pray the Lord’s Prayer together… Our Father, who art in heaven; hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. Be in touch. Send us a text here. Instagram: @theharbournewmarket Website: theharbournewmarket.ca Email: david@theharbournewmarket.ca

    35 min

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We are a community of Christ followers who meet at the Newmarket SilverCity on Sundays at 10:00AM and throughout the week in various homes. For more information, please email david@theharbournewmarket.ca.