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 | The Art of Being Basic

Sometimes we just need to get back to the basics. In this series we are exploring some of the basic practices of community.

Message | Storytelling

This week Carl leads us through the community practice of storytelling. How do we learn to be better storytellers?

Formational Learning:

As we explored the practice of storytelling, 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)

What changes when the stories we tell are not about convincing people to agree with us and becomes about creating space for us to be mutually present?

When we come from within our Christian tradition, the idea of testifying is usually presented as a monologue to convince people with absolute points, such as the four spiritual laws. What changes when we have to listen first and learn how to follow Jesus in embodying their story within our own?

(Heart)

Can you think of a time when you were invited to be present or pressured into something?

What was the difference you noticed between the stories that invited versus stories that pressured?

(Hands)

Invitational storytelling requires that we become vulnerable to create spaces of hospitality. This week, Glenn will lead us in an exercise instead of a question.

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

• 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

• 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.