Worship Set-list, Sunday May 6th 2012

How Marvelous - Robert Elkins, Charles Hutchison Gabriel, and Kim Noblitt

My King – Michael Bleecker (The Village Church)

Death In His Grave – John Mark McMillan

Sing To The Lord - Matt Crocker and Mike Guglielmucci

Forever Reign - Jason Ingram and Reuben Morgan

Psalm Prayer Guide – Week 1

As we take four weeks to learn how to pray from the Psalms, we would like to offer you a daily prayer guide highlighting the specific Psalm that we study each week at our Frontline Worship Services. This prayer guide is for week 1 and highlights Psalm 34.  We pray that this guide would encourage your heart! Here is week one: Psalm Prayer Guide – Week One.

Worship Set-list, April 29th 2012

Sing To The King - Billy Foote and Charles Silvester Horne

Glory Is Rising – Starfield

Beautiful – Phil Wickham

Before The Throne Of God Above - Charitie Lees Bancroft and Vikki Cook

Tysons Campus Upcoming Events (5.1.12)

Small Group Leadership Training (May 5)
Join us for a day of interactive training and discover what it takes to lead a life-changing small group. The training will be Saturday, May 5, from 9am-2pm. The training is beneficial for both new leaders and for experienced leaders who are new to Frontline. To register, go to www.smallgroupresources.org and click on Training or email michele.spainhour@mcleanbible.org.

Community Night: Brazil (May 6)
After Frontline Tysons, in Community Room B, we will have the opportunity to hear from our Global Impact Brazil team who recently returned home. Join us for light refreshments and a time to praise God together for all He has done through this team. For more information, email dan.iten@mcleanbible.org.

Register Now for the MBC Men’s Conference (May 18-19)
Join us May 18 and 19 for the MAN Conference: What’s at Risk… Keynote speaker Todd Wagner, Senior Pastor of Watermark Church in Dallas, TX, will discuss “What’s at Risk” if men don’t answer Gods call to biblical manhood, spiritual leadership and living life in community. Registration is $35 before May 14 and $45 at the door. For more information and to register, visit www.mcleanbible.org/manconference or email manconference@mcleanbible.org.

Membership Orientation (May 20)
Learn how to become a member of MBC on Sunday, May 20, from 2-4:30pm in the Main Auditorium. To register for childcare, email janie.cotone@mcleanbible.org by Friday, May 18. For more information, go to www.mcleanbible.org/membership or email nancy.hall@mcleanbible.org.

Memorial Day Picnic: Save the Date! (May 28)
Frontline Events and the New People ministry are coming together to bring you the Annual Frontline Tysons Memorial Day picnic this year! Save the date for Monday, May 28, and join us at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston. Stay tuned for more details!

Baptisms (June 10)
Baptism is an act of obedience to God and is an outward symbol of a person’s inner faith and decision to be a committed Christ-follower. If you have not been baptized as a believer, you will have the opportunity on Sunday, June 10, during the Frontline Tysons service. Visit www.frontlinetysons.com/baptisms for more information and to sign-up.

Run with Team Jill’s House (Register by June 30)
Help celebrate children with special needs and renew their families by running the Marine Corps Marathon or 10K with Team Jill’s House! The MCM will take place on October 28, 2012 at 8am in Washington, DC. Jill’s House has several spots available on their Charity Partner Team. The deadline to sign up is June 30, but we expect the slots to fill quickly. For more information, go to www.jillshouse.org/marathon or email kat.vinson@jillshouse.org.

Volunteer at ‘The Rock’
The Rock Student Ministries is looking for men and women who have a passion for Christ and are interested in seeing how they can make a spiritual impact on the lives of students in our area. We are currently looking for people to lead or co-lead student small groups, lead a once a week Sunday table group, help with our greeting and check in, and more! For information about volunteer opportunities with our student ministry, email chris.suarez@mcleanbible.org.

The Broken Clock: Week 3 Discussion Questions and Leader Guide (4.29.12)

Speaker: John McGowan

 

Leaders: In this final week, we want to discuss two primary issues: (1) excellence at work, and (2) identifying each person’s passion to serve the Lord. These two issues correspond with John’s first point in his exposition of Nehemiah 1:1-2:5. Probably most groups will not get past these two issues. But depending on your group, you may want to spend time in John’s second and third points, by focusing on prayer and specific requests. (Some example questions for these points might be: “For what specifically do you need to ask from your boss?” and “Where on your calendar are you going to pray about talking to your boss?”) We’ve designed these questions to take about 80-90 minutes. Given your group dynamic, you may spend more, or less. As the group leader, feel free to use the questions you like, don’t use the questions you don’t, expand discussion on certain areas, limit discussion on other areas, and go on Spirit-led tangents.

 

Leader Prep Time: Watch message here (35 minutes), Review questions and guide here (30 minutes), Download member-only questions here.

 

Leader Questions/Comments:

• Women contact colleen.hunter@mcleanbible.org or trisha.hicks@mcleanbible.org.
• Men contact adam.schwenk@mcleanbible.org or mike.grubbs@mcleanbible.org.
• Couples contact trisha.hicks@mcleanbible.org.

 

In this message (4/22/12), John McGowan outlines:

• Nehemiah’s example in trusting in God’s sovereignty
• Nehemiah’s example in approaching King Artaxerxes

 

1. Let’s start out by following up from last week. How did you do with making changes to your calendar? How did you create space this past week to remember God’s work and goodness (what we called “worshipful rest”)?
   Leaders: Use this question to engage your group in discussion. Whether group members were successful or unsuccessful, get to the root of the issue by revisiting the conflict between the Christian’s “sinful flesh” and “heart’s priorities.” If you desire, review questions 3 and 4 from Week 2 of this series curriculum. Leave no room for legalism but transformation rooted in the gospel. Remember that we can obey because the Christian is in union with Christ and possesses the power of the Holy Spirit. If necessary, feel free to delay the rest of this curriculum and spend time on these important points.
2. This past Sunday, John used the example of Nehemiah approaching King Artaxerxes for permission to go back to Jerusalem and repair the wall. What in this message stood out to you?
    Leaders: If your group has not listened to this message, you may want to spend some significant time in Nehemiah 1:1-2:5 before moving on. Note to the group that Nehemiah is a Godly man with Godly priorities at the outset of the story. It takes a man after God’s heart to pray as Nehemiah did in chapter 1.
3. King Artaxerxes was in earthly authority over Nehemiah. Who are the people that the Lord has placed in earthly authority over you? (Or, who is your King Artaxerxes?)
   Leaders: The point of this question is simply to identify—not judge—those people. Make sure group members are not listing people who just have influence, but people who literally can tell them what to do. Engage every person in the group to make a list with real names. Common answers will include the names of: a boss, a teacher, parents, government authorities, etc.
4. Let’s focus in on our bosses. Nehemiah had evidently “found favor” before King Artaxerxes. (2:5) What would your boss say about the excellence of your work? (Another way to ask this question: How would you rank your excellence at work, on a scale of 1 to 10?) Be honest.
   Leaders: If some people in your group are unemployed, feel free to modify this question for them to focus in on another authority in their life. Engage every person in the group on this question. As a leader, manage this discussion carefully. Make sure that group members do not judge or criticize answers – but instead, encourage group members to listen objectively. Furthermore, don’t let your discussion turn into a “gripe session” about bosses, for God’s sovereignty extends even over ungodly earthly authority (like King Artaxerxes!). Also beware of people that may want to manipulate their bosses into favoring them. There’s no indication that Nehemiah manipulated his way into the King’s favor. Instead, it was the excellence of Nehemiah’s work that caused him favor with the King.
5. In order to increase in favor before our bosses, we need to work with excellence. What is one thing you need to change this week about the quality of your work? How can this group hold you accountable to that change?
   Leaders: Aim for one specific, concrete example from each person in the group. Some ideas for accountability might include: checking in at regular intervals during the week, asking specific questions about that one thing someone needs to change, reminding each other of the truth of Colossians 3:17, 23-24, etc.
6. Nehemiah’s heart had broken for one thing: the state of the wall in Jerusalem. (1:3-4) There’s something that breaks your heart and about which you aren’t doing as much as you want. What is that thing?
   Leaders: Some examples might be: fatherless children, the absence of significant relationships in your life, stepping up to leadership in a particular ministry at Frontline, new people in DC, the elderly, college students, Haiti, people in the hospital, my next door neighbor, special needs, etc. For some group members, identifying something small might be appropriate. For others, you may want to push them to think bigger.
7. How are you going to create space in your calendar to do something about it?
   Leaders: Use this question as a review of the concepts discussed during the past 3 weeks. But also use this question as a call to action. Encourage your group members to begin to take positive steps, no matter how small they may seem. And then follow up regularly with each other in accountable relationships.

 

Leaders: The past three weeks may have brought up some issues on which your group needs more study and application. Touch base with your coach or staff contact for specific issues. But also consider the following resources:

• On the issue of spiritual disciplines, consider Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney.
• For additional study on the flesh/Spirit distinction, the 2011 Fall Retreat series, “Changed,” is a great start. This series is available on frontlinedc.com. For a long, challenging, and dense study (probably better for personal study), consider D.M. Lloyd-Jones multivolume commentary on Romans, chapters 6-8 (published by Banner of Truth).

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