Focus on Reproduction, Mentor's Guide, MG12

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F O C U S O N R E P R O D U C T I O N

After reciting and/or singing the Nicene Creed (located in the Appendix), pray the following prayer: OGod, you led your holy apostles to ordain ministers in every place: Grant that your Church, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, may choose suitable persons for the ministry of Word and Sacrament, and may uphold them in their work for the extension of your kingdom; through himwho is the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. ~ Episcopal Church. The Book of Common Prayer and Administrations of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David . New York: The Church Hymnal Corporation, 1979. p. 256

Nicene Creed and Prayer

Put away your notes, gather up your thoughts and reflections, and take the quiz for Lesson 2, Planting Urban Churches: Sowing .

Quiz

Scripture Memorization Review

Review with a partner, write out and/or recite the text for last class session’s assigned memory verse: Acts 16.30-34.

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Turn in your summary of the reading assignment for last week, that is, your brief response and explanation of the main points that the authors were seeking to make in the assigned reading (Reading Completion Sheet).

Assignments Due

Spiritual Child Abandonment

In every place where civilized societal practices are honored, abandoning a child to their own devices and resources is considered a crime punishable by severe and prolonged prison sentences. Yet, every day many well meaning people in ministry feel no sense of shame whatsoever by sharing the good news of Christ with individuals while taking no time to ensure that they will be cared for spiritually after their acceptance of Christ as Savior. How would you finish the following sentence: “If there ever was a thing to be defined as spiritual child abandonment, it would most certainly have to include . . .”(.) Discuss your answers to your definitions of spiritual child abandonment.