The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Amen.

The Shared Story

Community Question | What is your favorite funky or odd Christmas tradition that you have experienced?

Retooning the Nativity | A video from Igniter Media

Conversation Series | A Christmas Story

Christmas is a season full of stories. Some of these narratives are complementary, and others are contradictory. As a community, we want to pause and listen. What are these stories trying to tell us, sell us, or compile us to do?

Message | Radical Hospitality

This week Megan helps us to reimagine the Nativity story. What if we have heard the wrong story? What if the way we have heard the story has given us the wrong picture of God and humanity?

Formational Learning:

As we reimagined the nativity, the story of Jesus' birth, what stood out to you?

Were there any points of curiosity, clarity, confusion, conviction, or conflict that emerged as you walked through these stories?

(Head)

How do the two images 1) The God who is rejected by inn owners and born in an isolated environment, and 2) God born in a welcoming home, surrounded by generous hosts, change how we hear and read the story? How do the different stories affect how we view God and the world?

(Heart)

What one of the two images have you related to in the past? And what image helps create the best possible future? Why?

(Hands)

How do we reimagine our idea of hospitality as a community, and how can we engage in radical hospitality amid a pandemic?

Announcements

We have a SOAP group that meets online at 9:30am PST every Thursday. Also, if you want to follow along with SOAP, you can find the daily reading plan, an explanation of SOAP, and a link to our Thursday Morning online group https://zoom.us/j/502434122
You can also follow SOAP daily on Instagram stories.
Every week we try to get to know our community better, and others who are connected to FōS, through our Shared Story segment in our liturgy. If you have a creative gift or something that you found meaningful to you that you would like to share with the community, please send us an email at hello@fos.church
We will be hosting a Movie Night on Friday, December 18th, at 7pm PST. You can vote for and suggest a movie in the FōS Facebook Messenger Chat. Or if you don't have access to that, you can shoot us a message at hello@fos.church
Last, one of the ways we invest in the future of FōS is through tithes and offering, generous giving. You can give online at www.fos.church/partner. Make sure to follow the instructions.

Our Benediction

May the peace of the Lord Christ go with you: wherever he may send you;

may he guide you through the wilderness: protect you through the storm;

may he bring you home rejoicing: at the wonders he has shown you;

may he bring you home rejoicing: once again into our doors.*

*Claiborne, Shane. Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (p. 52). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Amen.

Conversation Series | A Christmas Story

Message | It’s More Fun with Your Hands Up

This week Glenn opens our new conversation series, A Christmas Story, An Exploration of Christmas Narratives. Explores the idea of Advent and waiting for Jesus by looking at what that idea possibly meant to the early Church and what it could mean for us today.

Formational Learning:

As we explored the idea of Advent, waiting for Jesus to come, what stood out to you?

Were there any points of curiosity, clarity, confusion, or conflict that emerged as you walked through these stories?

(Head)

What changes when the phrase “are you ready to meet Jesus” is framed by growing in love for those at the party rather than a prayer or preparation for death?

(Heart)

How have you experienced conversations around the second Advent (the second coming of Jesus)?

How was the second Advent framed in these conversations, with fear or love? Does the second Advent inspire a party or a purge?