October 3, 2025
Partners Program Updates
We are updating the way that we’re tracking Partners graduates moving forward. This is important information for you to know since you, as Deacons, take many people through the Partners Program. This is also important information to share with your Life Groups this next week.
Here’s the update: The LEADER will now fill out the Partners Graduation Form. The updated form is designed to capture important information from the leader’s perspective. This will allow our Partners Team to gather important information about each graduate, helping them to match up people appropriately.
The Partners Graduation Form has been updated on the website. The Partners Table also has new location and sign, making it easier for new folks to find this important ministry: right across from the Bookstore. Look for the fancy new Partners sign hanging on the wall this weekend!
6-on-6 Volleyball
Our next Some Value League is Volleyball! Though it’s part of Men’s Ministry, we're opening it to wives! (and women in general)
So jump into this 6-on-6 volleyball league! Sporting a 9-game mini-season on 3 Sundays, with a 4th day for playoffs, this will prove of some value to you! (1 Tim. 4:8). Games held on Sunday afternoons at the YMCA next to Compass. Each team will play 3 games per day over about 1 hour of time.
Registration opens Oct. 10. Sign up as an individual, couple, group of 3 or 4, or full team of 6 to 9. Life Groups teams are welcome!
Sunday’s Sermon: Risky Words
Acts 4:1-31
Can you think of a recent moment where you have chosen safe silence over risky words? What was the situation? Why do you think you chose not to speak? In what ways can you be prepared for a different response next time the opportunity comes?
Read Psalm 2. How does this Psalm (in light of the study of Acts 4) help overcome your fear about people’s reaction to your words?
What do you think would be the potential consequences if you started taking many more risks in speaking gospel words. How does Acts 4:12 help you weigh whether facing these consequences would be worth it?
Reflect on the church’s prayer in Acts 4:23-31. What beliefs about God are reflected in this prayer? What petitions do the believers make and which requests do they not make that you might have expected them to? What lessons from this can you apply to your own prayers?
