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SILENCE #1: The Childlike

APPGROUPS WEEK OF SEPT 20-27: Candace Pringle

  1. Is everything going on the world affecting your mental health at all?

  2. Have you ever thought about rest as something other than sleep? What else do you need to be truly rested?

  3. Do you find it easy or difficult to be compassionate when you’re tired?

  4. What do you think it means to remain childlike with your faith?

  5. Candace described heavy soul burdens as:  bitterness, anger, unforgiveness, shame, and guilt. Which one do you struggle with the most?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway from this sermon?

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FIERCE #6: Eran Holt

APPGROUPS WEEK OF SEPT 13-19: Eran Holt

  1. Eran said, “Both fear and faith ask you and I to believe in something that you cannot see.” What do you think this means?

  2. What does it mean to get a “revelation” from God? Have you ever gotten one?

  3. Have you ever been too quick to judge your “malta”? (a season of uncertainty and ‘shipwreck’)

  4. What’s been your biggest takeaway from FIERCE overall?

  5. What was your biggest takeaway from this week’s message?

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FIERCE #5: Wrestling for the Blessing

APPGROUPS WEEK OF SEPT 6-12: Pastor Jason Hollenbeck

  1. What do you think it means to rest with God?

  2. What do you think it means to wrestle with God?

  3. Would you consider yourself a fighter?

  4. If someone asked you what Spiritual Warfare is, what would you say?

  5. What resources do you use to study God’s Word?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway from this message?

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FIERCE #4: How Do We Build Compassion?

APPGROUPS WEEK OF AUG 30-SEP 5: Guest Jeremiah Stoddart

  1. Jeremiah said, “24 million people will pass away this year without knowing Jesus.” How does that statistic make you feel?

  2. How often do you read your Bible (be honest!)? How often do you aspire to read it?

  3. What do you think it means to “have a brokenness for people”, as Jeremiah said?

  4. Has the Holy Spirit ever revealed something to you that changed you? Tell the group about it.

  5. Would you consider yourself a compassionate person? Why or why not?

  6. What was your main takeaway from the sermon this week?

  7. What was your impression of Jeremiah? What did you takeaway from his passion?

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FIERCE#3: The Results

APPGROUPS WEEK OF AUG 23-30: Candace Pringle

  1. Do you generally struggle with thinking of others as better than yourself?

  2. Would you say pride is a big issue in your life? Scale of 1-10

  3. What do you think it would look like for you to be more fierce in your faith?

  4. What is your definition of faith?

  5. Have you ever been able to share the Gospel with someone? Tell the group the story.

  6. Who are you praying for to come to know Jesus?

  7. What was your main takeaway from this week’s sermon?

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FIERCE #2: The Privilege of Suffering

APPGROUPS WEEK OF AUG 16-22: Candace Pringle

  1. Have you fasted? What was your experience like? What have you learned?

  2. Have you ever experienced any spiritual warfare stuff? What was that experience like?

  3. What do you think the word “surrender” means in your faith?

  4. What do you think Paul meant by “living your life in a manner worthy of the Good News”?

  5. Would you say you are a very compassionate person? Why or why not?

  6. Do you see any areas of opportunity for evangelism in your life?

  7. What was your biggest takeaway from this weekend’s message?

DON’T FORGET: Drive-In Movie Night Friday!

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FIERCE #1: Fierce Focus

APPGROUPS WEEK OF AUG 9-16: Pastor Candace Pringle

  1. What does “fierce” mean to you, after hearing Candace’s message?

  2. What was your religious background, before coming to FV?

  3. Are there any pieces of religion that have really meant a lot to you in the past?

  4. How do you define faith in your life?

  5. Is letting go of the past something that you are good at? Or not so much? Why?

  6. Are you participating in the fast with us as a church? www.fv.church/fiercefast

  7. What was your main takeaway from this message?

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BRAGGING RIGHTS #4: God's Plans

APPGROUPS WEEK OF AUGUST 2-9: Jason Hollenbeck

  1. What does Jeremiah 29:11 mean to you?

  2. Have you ever struggled with the idea of having to submit to an authority?  Why do you think you struggled?

  3. What do you think biblical submission looks like? Ephesians 5:21, “And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”

  4. Have you ever been involved in an argument dealing with politics? How did it go?

  5. Do you ever have difficulty responding to people with strong political opinions? Why or why not?

  6. How can we promote unity in a politically polarized society? 

  7. What is an exile? Do you view yourself as an outsider in todays secular society?

  8. What was your biggest takeaway from the message this week?

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BRAGGING RIGHTS #3: The Scattering

APPGROUPS WEEK OF JULY 26-AUGUST 1: Candace Pringle

  1. Have you recently tried to share the Gospel with anyone? How did it go?

  2. Why did you come to Jesus? (not church, Jesus!)

  3. What has Jesus brought you out of?

  4. Who is on your prayer list for “ears to hear”?

  5. Can forgiveness be earned? Should it? Do you struggle with the type of forgiveness that Stephen showed?

  6. Have you ever personally seen a miracle? A Holy Spirit baptism? A salvation? Share the story with the group.

  7. What was your main takeaway from this message?

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BRAGGING RIGHTS #2: Lay Down & Die

APPGROUPS WEEK OF JULY 19-24: Candace Pringle

  1. Do you often talk to God without listening for an answer? Would you say listening is a strong suit for you in general?

  2. What do you think this verse means? 1 Peter 2:16, “For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.”

  3. What do you think surrendering fully to Jesus actually means in your life?

  4. Would you say your faith is strong enough to withstand persecution right now? What can you do to make it stronger?

  5. Have you ever been guilty of having an “us vs. them” mentality when it comes to your fatih?

  6. What would it mean, in your life, to lay down your life for the Gospel?

  7. What was your main takeaway from this message?

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BRAGGING RIGHTS #1: Why Are We Suprised?

APPGROUPS WEEK OF JULY 12-18: Candace Pringle

  1. Can you identify any ways in which you’ve made church about you, instead of about Jesus?

  2. What are your personal reasons for attending church?

  3. Is there anything that you would have a hard time giving up for Jesus?

  4. Can you identify any areas of your life where you have been a spiritual couch potato in the past?

  5. Have you ever been “persecuted” for your faith? Tell the group about it.

  6. What was your main takeaway from this sermon?

  7. Is there anything you are hoping this sermon series covers?

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HOLY GROUND #5: Who Makes Mouths?

APPGROUPS WEEK OF JULY 5-11: Candace Pringle

  1. Is there anything in your life that you used to see as fear, but now you see as selfishness?

  2. Do you struggle with living for the approval of people?

  3. What was your biggest takeaway from this sermon?

  4. What was your biggest takeaway from “Holy Ground” over all?

  5. How can you identify with the life of Moses?

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HOLY GROUND #4: What's In Your Hand?

APPGROUPS WEEK OF JUNE 27-JULY 4: Candace Pringle

  1. Has your life ever been changed by one conversation with God? Tell the group about it.

  2. What’s the biggest thing in your life, that you second-guess God about?

  3. Are there persistent doubts that you deal with, about your faith or about God?

  4. Are there any questions you’re asking God right now, that you feel like He’s not answering?

  5. What do you feel like is “in your hand” that God can use?

  6. What was your biggest takeaway from this message?

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HOLY GROUND #3: The Bloody Bridegroom

APPGROUPS WEEK OF JUNE 20-26: Candace Pringle

  1. Do you struggle to leave the past behind? Why or why not?

  2. What is “people-pleasing”, and have you ever struggled with it?

  3. Candace said, “Peace with God is better than peace with people.” What do you think this means?

  4. Have you ever used your past as an excuse?

  5. Do you ever slip into thinking you know it all? How does that affect your relationship with God?

  6. Would you consider yourself an “intentional” person? (Do you live life on purpose?)

  7. What do you need to repent of today?

  8. What was your biggest takeaway from this message?

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Holy Ground #2: The Turning Point

APPGROUPS WEEK OF JUNE 14-19: Candace Pringle

  1. Are you excited or apprehensive (or both) about coming back to the church with everyone?

  2. Do you feel like you’ve been in a wilderness season lately?

  3. How do you remind yourself about how BIG God is?

  4. Do you ever ask God for signs? Do you get them?

  5. Have you had Holy Ground moments with God? (conversations that changed everything)

  6. What was your main takeaway from today’s message?

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HOLY GROUND #1: Where God Lost His Shoes

APPGROUPS WEEK OF JUNE 7-14: Candace Pringle

  1. Have you felt like you’re in the wilderness emotionally lately?

  2. What do you think God is calling you to do when we come back together?

  3. What questions do you have for God right now?

  4. When you come back to church, how will you contribute? What can you give?

  5. What did you learn out of this season?

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EPIC Weekend with Tim Bennett

APPGROUPS WEEK OF MAY 31-JUNE 6: Tim Bennett

  1. What does your private time with God look like?

  2. How could you improve this time or set aside more time with Him?

  3. How do you see the Holy Spirit working in your life right now?

  4. What have you been learning about your relationship with God during this quarantine time?

  5. Have you ever presented the Good News to a non-believer? How did it go? What did you learn?

  6. Tim Bennett said he worries about church being too convenient. What do you think he meant by that?

  7. What was your biggest takeaway from this message?

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SOLUTIONS #5: Nothing Less

APPGROUPS WEEK OF MAY 24-30: Candace Pringle

  1. What do you think it means to ‘take your thoughts captive’? Do you do it regularly?

  2. Do you often have the thought: “This is a scary time to be living in”?

  3. Do you think you’ve ever been guilty of changing your thinking, but you’re actually just changing your words?

  4. Do you see yourself as a fisher of people? Why or why not?

  5. How do you go about “taking authority”? What does that mean?

  6. Would you say you have a lot of peace in your life?

  7. What was your biggest takeaway from this message? From this series?

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SOLUTIONS #4: I'll Go

APPGROUPS WEEK OF MAY 17-24: Candace Pringle

  1. Did anything surprise you about the real story of David & Goliath?

  2. How would you explain how faith works to someone that doesn’t believe?

  3. “The Lord looks at the heart.” How does that make you feel to read?

  4. What do you think the Lord has called YOU to do in this season?

  5. What were the last two big tests of your faith?

  6. Have you asked the Holy Spirit into your life? Tell the group about that experience.

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SOLUTIONS #3: The Surprise of Sacrifice

APPGROUPS WEEK OF MAY 9-16: Candace Pringle

  1. Do you find yourself asking God for little things, and not big things?

  2. Have you ever had a very honest, maybe angry or passionate, conversation with God? How did you feel afterward?

  3. Do you feel like you can be yourself with God? Why or why not?

  4. Have you ever thought of God as your source? Does that thinking change anything for you?

  5. Have you ever sacrificed something for God? How did it work out?

  6. Do you ask God to use you? Does He?

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