Future Worship at the East.

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Picture23rd September 2018
   
        Mark 9.30-37       
​        Jesus teaches his disciples about his death and resurrection, but they do not understand.            They argue about who is the greatest, but Jesus says that the greatest is one who is                      servant of all, and he encourages them to be humble and childlike.

Picture30th September 2018
   
         ​Mark 9.38-50         
​         When the disciples see someone casting out demons in Jesus’ name, Jesus says, ‘                       Whoever is not against us is for us.’ He warns his disciples not to put any stumbling block             in the way of those who believe in him.

Picture7th October 2018
 

                  Mark 10.2-16         
​                  Some Pharisees test Jesus by asking about divorce. In response, Jesus honours the ideal                     of marriage and the equality of both partners. When the disciples try to stop people                                bringing children to Jesus, he says that the kingdom of God involves childlike acceptance.

Picture14th October 2018

       Mark 10.17-31       
​       A rich man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus challenges him to sell         his possessions and give the money to the poor. Jesus says that it is hard for rich people
​       to enter the kingdom, and that following him involves sacrifice.
Picture21st October 2018

                Mark 10.35-45         
​               Jesus reprimands two of his closest disciples for letting their ambitions be tainted by the                      example of earthly rulers. He says to all the disciples that they will achieve true                                      greatness only by their service to others.
Picture28th October 2018
     ​Mark 10.46-52A blind beggar persistently calls out to Jesus, ‘Son of David, have mercy on         me!’ Jesus tells him that his faith has made him well. Immediately, the man is able to see         again, and becomes a follower of Jesus.
Picture4th November 2018

     Mark 12.28-34     
​      A scribe commends Jesus’ choice of the two greatest commandments from the teaching          of Moses, and Jesus tells the scribe he is not far from the kingdom of God.
Picture11th November 2018

       Mark 12.38-44       
       Jesus is critical of the greed he sees in Jerusalem and its Temple, contrasting the large            donations made by rich people with the tiny, but proportionally much greater,                            amount given  by a poor widow.
Picture18th November 2018
               
​               Mark 13.1-8In response to a disciple’s admiration of the Temple, Jesus predicts its                           complete destruction.
               He warns his followers against the attractions of leaders who make empty promises.
Picture25th November 2018



                 ​John 18.33-37
                 Jesus’ conversation with Pilate brings the representatives of earthly and                                                  heavenly rule face to face. They use the same words about kingship, but mean very                           different things.