“Get a Life!” Sermon Series
Posted on August 30th, 2009
“Get a Life!” Sermon Series
Starting in September, Michael will be preaching a sermon series called “Get a Life!” The series is based on a book called Get a Life! It Is All About You by Reggie McNeal, a church leadership specialist. The focus scripture for this series is from John 10:10: “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” During these five Sundays, the following questions will be addressed:
9/6 “Why am I here?”
9/13 “What is important to me?”
9/20 “What is my scorecard?”
9/27 “What am I really good at?”
10/4 “What do I need to learn?”
(You can click on the links to download the audio file of the sermon.)
“Get a Life!” Sunday School Class
In conjunction with the sermon series, Pastor Michael Cheuk will be teaching a five-week Sunday School class from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall called “Get a Life!” To get the most of the study, you might want to order Get a Life! It Is All About You by Reggie McNeal. The class will consist of a brief lecture and small-group discussion about how we can live the abundant life that God intended for us to live.
Each Sunday, the class will address the questions stated above. We will not be able to answer fully each of these questions, but the hope is that these questions will stimulate us to examine our lives so that we may live more fully into the lives that God has intended for us as individuals and as a church. All adults and youth are invited to the study.
Resources for Further Study
Here are some internet links and books that can help you further explore some of the topics we studied during this “Get a Life” series.
Primary Text:
Get a Life! It IS All About You, by Reggie McNeal, (Nashville: B & H Publishing Group), 2007.
Personality Inventories:
Mind Frames – http://www.initforlife.com/home/am.asp. Mind Frames is a free personality test to discover your personality strengths in terms of how your mind works.
Enneagram – http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/. Another free personality test.
- A companion book to help interpret your enneagram result is
The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types, by Don Richard Risso and Russ Hudson.
Myers-Brigg Personality Type – http://www.myersbriggs.org/index.asp. Good Introduction to this very popular personality type indicator test.
- Humanmetrics – http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp. A free Myers-Brigg type personality test.
Strengths Assessment:
Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-given Talents and Inspire Your Community, by Albert Winseman, Donald Clifton and Curt Liesveld. The book includes one free on-line strengths assessment using the Clifton Strengths Finder.
Family of Origin Work:
Family Ties That Bind: A Self-Help Guide to Change Through Family of Origin Therapy, by Ronald Richardson. A wonderful guide with exercises to help you better understand your family of origin, and how you can learn to change the way you act in your family and with other people.
Relationships:
Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions, by Roberta Gilbert. A primer that tells how the principles of family systems theory can be used in all arenas of your life to better your relationships.
Faith Coaching:
Faith Coaching: A Conversational Approach to Helping Others Move Forward in Faith, by Chad Hall, Bill Copper, Kathryn McElveen. A book that teaches you how to coach others in spiritual formation.
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