Welcome
Share memories of a time as a young adult
when you were encouraged by an older adult
Worship
- Bring the topics of the day to God in prayer
- Offer them to him to hold – keep – act
- Say the Lord’s Prayer together
- In quiet – read through the whole letter of Timothy
- Say together the early creeds in 1 Timothy 3 v 16 and in 1 Timothy 1.17
Word for all
- The people of this letter
Discover Timothy’s background and character together. References to include: Acts 16.1-3; 2 Timothy 1.5 and 3.15; 1 Timothy 1.2; 2 Timothy 1.6-7, 13-14
Working with Paul: Acts 17.14-15, 18.5; Acts 19.22; Philippians 1.1; Colossians 1.1; Philippians 2.19-22; 1 Timothy 3.1-7; 5.17-22; Hebrews 13.23
- Paul’s story
Remind yourselves of Paul’s motivation to write to Timothy and to lead the church
1 Timothy 1.12-14
- Blessed are the merciful
When were these words spoken, and in what setting? Matthew 5
What does mercy mean to you? Leaders – look up in dictionary?
What does Jesus say? eg. Matthew 18.21-35
Where in the whole Bible do you find stories of mercy – of God to human kind, of men and women to one another? 1 Timothy 1.12-17. James 2.13.
eg. 1 Samuel 24 and 26 – what was the background?
How have you experienced mercy? How would you explain this to another person? - Topics in 1 Timothy
Make a list of things that Paul addresses in the first chapter: which are relevant today?
Witness
Pray for us to know and be able to explain God’s mercy
Pray for situations where we could offer mercy with others – support one another
Rev’d Dr Marion de Quidt. Sept 2016
