Today, Dave Blow began our first teaching series of 2026, which will be about Christ's Sermon on the Mount, by looking at the Beatitudes and what it means to be "blessed". What does the Kingdom of God look like? What does it mean to be #blessed?Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here.Please find the video clip from Seinfeld here.Home Church Questions:1. What stood out to you from this week's teaching?2. Read Matthew 5:1-12 (preferably in multiple translations). What stands out to you from this passage?3. When you hear the word “blessed,” what images or assumptions come to mind?4. How does Jesus’s use of the word differ from those assumptions?5. Which Beatitude feels most surprising or uncomfortable to you? Why?6. The sermon suggested that the Beatitudes describe a community, not just individual virtues. How does that change the way you hear these words? What might a “Beatitude-shaped church” look like?7. Anabaptists emphasize following Jesus as teacher, not just believing in him. What difference does that make when reading the Sermon on the Mount?8. Why do you think the Sermon on the Mount has often been treated as impossible, optional, or only for a spiritual elite? What happens if we receive it as a way of life instead?9. Some homework: this week, pay attention to where Jesus’s values clash with the world’s values. Where did you notice that tension? What emotions does it stir in you—resistance, hope, confusion, curiosity?10. Pray with and for one another, our church community, and our world.Be in touch. Send us a text here.Instagram: @theharbournewmarketWebsite: theharbournewmarket.caEmail: [email protected]

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