Your Ministry
Your Ministry
Part 1
Group Questions
What do you want to remember about this past week?
What was your favorite job?
What superpower would you want to have?
Text Questions
What is a deacon?
Read Acts 6:1
What stuck out to you?
Who was complaining about who and why?
Read Acts 6:2
What stuck out to you?
What statement do they make about their purpose?
Read Acts 6:3-6
What stuck out to you?
What did the twelve disciples do in response?
Who made the choice of who would be a deacon?
How many deacons were chosen?
What responsibility were the deacons given?
What did the disciples focus on?
How did the church respond to this proposal?
What did the disciples do when the deacons were chosen?
Read Acts 6:7
What stuck out to you?
What do we learn about the priests?
What do we learn about the growth of the church?
Personal Questions
Do you have a need you feel is being overlooked?
Would people say you are a person of good character?
Are you willing to serve wherever God Asks?
Application
The disciples give us a great example of conflict resolution
How we live matters
Everyone matters in the Church
Jesus made His church for those in crisis
Jesus wants His church to serve those in crisis
Verses
Acts 6:1-7
In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. 2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. 3 Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.” 5 This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. 6 They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. 7 So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
