Mission Team Formation Reading Assignments

These assignments can be copied and pasted into emails for team members or pasted into individual Word documents and sent as attachments.

 

Session 1:

Theme: (1) Commitment

Reading Preparations:

From the Bible

  • Philippians 2:1-16

  • 2 Peter 1:1-10

  • John 21:15-18

  • Luke 9:57-62

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part 2, p 7-12

  • Part 4, p 1-2

Review your ministry instructions and general team instructions.

 

Theme: (2) Shared Ministry

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part 2, p 21-30

From the Bible

  • Romans 12:1-14

  • Ephesians 4: 1-16

  • I Corinthians 3:5-11

  • I Peter 2:5 and 9-10

Remember your daily disciplines of prayer and scripture reading.

Pray for our team, our families and the retreatants.

Pray for next week’s witnesses.

 

Session 2:

Theme: (3) Evangelization

Witness: Renewal

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • Romans 10:8-17

  • 1 Peter 3:15-16

  • 1 Corinthians 9:19-22

  • Mark 4:1-20

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part II, pp 35-38

  • Part IV, pp 27-36

 

Theme: (4) New Life in Christ

Witness: New Life in Christ

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • Ephesians 4:17-24

  • John 3:3-8

  • Colossians 3:10-12

  • II Corinthians 5:16-18

  • Galatians 2:20

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part 2, p 13-17, 39-49 

Focus on listening to scripture daily.

Don’t forget daily disciplines of prayer and scripture reading.

Pray for our team, our families.

Pray for retreatants – who is God calling to join us?

Pray for next week’s witnesses.

 

Session 3:

Theme: (5) Prayer as Relationship

Witness: Spirituality

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • John 17:9-21

  • I John 4:7-21

  • Matthew 6:5-14

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part 2, p 25-26

  • Part 4, p 37-42

Theme: (6) Parish

Witness: Christian Community

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • Ephesians 4:1-6

  • Acts 2:42-47

  • I Corinthians 3:5-17, 12:12-27

  • Matthew 5:13-16

  • Acts 4:32-35

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part 2, p 51-63

Spend time reflecting on your relationship with the Lord, especially changes since the beginning of formation.

Reflect on your own experience of parish, church and Christian community.

Please remember to pray for our team, especially your prayer partner, our teen witness, retreatants and next week’s witnesses.

 

Session 4:

Theme: (7) Gospel Values

Witness: Christian Awareness

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • Matthew 5:1-16

  • Luke 6:20-26, 10:24-37

  • John 13:12-17

  • Matthew 25:31-46

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Table Leader Ministry Instructions, Part 4 p 10-11

 

Theme: (8) Reconciliation

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • Luke 6:27-42

  • Matthew 18:18-35, 6:14-15

  • Mark 14:66-72

  • Luke 7:36-50

  • Romans 3:21-31

  • I John 4:19-21

  • Luke 15:11-32

  • Romans 5:6-11

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part 4, 49-59

Focus on how we’ve grown in Christian Awareness in our lives.

Remember daily disciplines of prayer and scripture reading.

Special prayers for our retreatants, the team and next week’s witnesses.

Make an examination of your personal sinfulness. Attend reconciliation with your prayer partner.

 

Session 5:

Theme: (9) Eucharist

Witness: Teen on Eucharist

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • I Corinthians 10:16-17

  • Luke 22:14-20

  • John 6:25-28, 48-58

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part 2, p 39-49

  • Part 4, p 61-64

 

Theme: (10) Scripture

Witness: Scripture

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • John 1:1-18

  • 2 Timothy 3:15-17

  • I Timothy 4:13

  • John 5:39-40, 6:63

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part 2, p 24-25, Part 4, p 43-48

Reflect on the personal significance of scripture in your life.

Keep praying for each of our team members, our families and the retreatants.

Pray for next week’s witnesses.

Read/Pray/Read/Pray/Read/Pray.

Enjoy God’s word and works this week!

 

Session 6:

Theme: (11) Prayer as the Power of Love

Witness: Father’s Loving Care

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • Philippians 4:6

  • Luke 11:5-13, 18:1-8

  • John 16:22-28

  • Hebrews 4:14-16

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Review Part 4, p 24-26, 37-42

 

Theme: (12) Spiritual Growth

Witness: Discipleship

Team Reading Preparations:

From the Bible:

  • Romans 5:1-11, 8:18-39

  • John 15:1-17

  • Luke 6:43-49, 14:25-33

From the Christ Renews Manual

  • Part 4, p 1-2 plus general team and ministry instructions

Remember your daily disciplines of prayer and scripture reading!

Pray for our team, our families, the retreatants.

Consider the importance of affirmations in your life (both giving and receiving).

Don’t forget your daily disciplines of prayer and scripture reading.