Luke 18:34-43 October 22, 2017 & Luke 19:1-9 October 29, 2017

Hi everyone,
I ended up writing questions for the rest of October to get ahead. I hope you enjoy both of these wonderful stories of love, compassion, and redemption!

Luke 18:34-43 is the story of a blind man outside Jericho who cries out to Jesus for mercy. The crowd is annoyed at him and tells him to shut his mouth, but Jesus stops and talks with him. He heals him instantly and the man becomes part of Jesus' traveling companions.

In Luke 19:1-9, another man wants to get Jesus attention and once again, he stops to talk with him. This time the man is in a tree. Jesus tells Zacchaeus he wants to go to his house and that evening Zacchaeus experiences new birth!  It is a wonderful story of Jesus continuing to show mercy to those off the beaten path...who are overlooked and annoyed by mainstream society.

Here's the leader's guide and the participants guide for both weeks. 

I hope you have a fantastic group and I look forward to helping you however I can.

Luke 18:15-30 October 15, 2017

Jesus continues talking to his disciples and talking about the kingdom of Heaven. He uses real life experiences to talk about the values of God's Kingdom people!
Note: Last week, Pastor Ray only taught on Luke 18:1-8, but did not cover verses 9-14. I will be preaching this Sunday and will not go into depth with verses 9-14, but you are free to include those in your study, if it helps you.

Here's the leaders study guide and the participants guide.

Please let me know how I can help or serve you and your groups!

Ethan

Luke 18:1-14 October 8, 2017

Here's another week's study from Luke 18. This week Pastor Ray will speak on two parables about prayer. However, make sure to look deep as there is a lot more than just prayer.

Here's the Leader's Guide and the Participant's Guide.

Enjoy your study together!

Luke 17:20-37 October 1, 2017

Hi everyone,

This has been a very busy week for Ambassador Church. On Sunday, we will have our first service in Anaheim as Ambassador Church. We are so excited but it has been a wild week getting our office moved, attending a conference in Kansas City (poor timing), getting Sunday ready, and much more. Sorry this is late on the arrival to the web, but thanks for your patience.

This passage is on the Kingdom of God and Jesus' second coming. I hope you enjoy studying it with your small group.

Here's the leaders guide and participants guide.

Also, can I make a plug for our moving day tomorrow? Click here for more info. I'd appreciate it if you can pass it on to your small groups! The more the merrier!

God bless.
Ethan

Luke 17:11-19 Sunday, September 24, 2017

Hi small group leaders!

Congratulations on voting to merge with Sunkist Community Church. We are so excited and very thankful to the Lord bringing this process to pass. With the thankfulness on our lips, this next passage is appropriate to study. We'll be reading about 10 men with an incurable disease finding healing through Jesus, but only one man returns to him with overflowing thanks!

Pastor Ray will be using this thank God for these merge with Sunkist church. Take time in your small group to thank God for all he has done and Give him Glory!

Here's the leaders guide and participants guide.

Special Small Group Prayer Guide

On Sunday, our church votes to join with Sunkist Community Church to become one church. This is the biggest vote we have ever had in the past 10 years. We need you to continue to pray through this process.

Can you take time with your small group this Friday to pray for this vote and potential merge?

Here's a simple prayer guide you can download to use. The outline is simple as we want to pray for Sunkist, it's members, leaders, and emotions they are carrying.

Second, we can pray for our church and how we process what this means and how it will change the dynamics of our church body.

Last, pray for our churches as we seek unity and continue to reach out into our community. 

Thank you for taking time to pray!!!

Luke 17:1-10 Sunday, September 17, 2017

Here's another week of small group material for our upcoming sermon on Luke 17:1-10. Jesus is talking to his disciples and get very serious with them. He is direct and to the point on how to act in terms of sin and young believers. He talks about sin, forgiveness, repentance, and humble service. Take a look at the material. Pray for the Lord to move and have you a lively, powerful conversation.

Here's the leaders guide and participants guide.