Missions - This month we will be praying for Phil and Katya Zarns. They are missionaries based here in the metro, but their impact and influence is global. They serve with the Global Studies department at North Central University. Phil also serves on the Assemblies of God World Missions training team. Please pray for their physical health this week.

Local - Pray for peace in our city. Pray for those that are displaced, sheltering in place, overwhelmed with anxiety, struggling to know how to respond, and are feeling relationships break. Pray for people to be connected to the peace that surpasses understanding (Philippians 4:6–7).

Church - Pray for opportunity to love and care for your neighbors this week. Pray for our 20th anniversary UNITED service that happens next Sunday.

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--Corner Church turns 20! Celebrate on Sunday, Jan 25 with ONE united service at Inbound Brew Co (701 N 5th St, MPLS). Coffee at 9am, brunch potluck & service at 10am. This is a great time to invite friends, family, neighbors, and people you know who have been a part of the Corner Church community over the years.
--Corner Church Mission Meeting Jan 29 at 7pm at the Wollers’. We’ll look at the list of missionaries we are currently supporting and their current needs and ask how we can best serve them. Then we’ll build a list of next places we should visit and who we would like to support in the future. If this is of interest to you, please come. Decaf coffee & dessert will be provided.
--Partnership Class is Sunday, Feb 8 from 12-1:30pm at Corner Coffee North Loop. Check out the calendar to register and let us know if you have any food allergies.
--New or Newer Dinner February 15 from 6:30-8pm for anyone that has never been to a New or Newer dinner!
--Worship & Prayer Night Feb 18 from 6-7:30 pm at Camden Corner Coffee. Bring your instruments to play or sing along for worship and prayer for yourself, family, community, and life needs.
--Micro Church Training 2/20-2/21, Friday afternoon through Saturday evening at the Designers Guild building. “Micro” is not the shrinking of something big, but an opportunity to do things differently. If you have felt the nudge to be part of a Corner Church multiplication team, this event might be for you. Check out the details at corner.church/micro-training or talk to your pastor about it TODAY.
--Corner Church Annual Meeting 3/1 from 6-7pm. Save the date!

Jesus impacting “unexpected” people’s trajectory

Tax collectors: Matthew (Matt 9:9–13), Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1–10)
Samaritans: Samaritan woman (John 4:1–42)
Lepers / the unclean: Cleansed leper (Mark 1:40–45), ten lepers (Luke 17:11–19)
Gentiles (non-Jews): Roman centurion (Matt 8:5–13), Canaanite woman (Matt 15:21–28)
Prostitutes / known sinners: Sinful woman (Luke 7:36–50)
The poor: Blessing the poor (Luke 6:20), ministry to the needy (Matt 11:5)
The sick and disabled: Paralytic (Mark 2:1–12), blind men (John 9; Matt 20:29–34)
Women (socially marginalized): Woman with bleeding (Mark 5:25–34), Mary & Martha (Luke 10:38–42)
Children: Jesus welcomes children (Mark 10:13–16)
The demon-possessed: Gerasene demoniac (Mark 5:1–20)
Criminals: Repentant criminal on the cross (Luke 23:39–43)

Dialogue Question:

What can make your day or break your day?

Dialogue Question:

What are some things you have seen in a person and outside a person that impact life trajectory?

Dialogue Questions:

What builds a pattern of hearing Jesus’ words and putting them into practice?
What can disrupt that pattern?

Dialogue Question:

What strikes you as you process Paul’s trajectory change, from persecutor of the Church to full surrender to Jesus?

Dialogue Question:

What would the impact be if one of these would be removed from what Paul experienced in relationship with Jesus? (remove them one at a time and talk about the impact)
-Trajectory towards Jesus
-Honesty about imperfections
-God’s grace

Dialogue Question:

Aiming to be a healthy body of Christ: What kind of community do we want to be known for, and what does it look like to become that, together?

Take It Deeper Questions:
Read Matthew 7:24-27.
Who has spoken into your life through the years?
What impacted your response to his or her direction?
What words of Jesus are impactful to you?
What impacts your response to Jesus’ direction?
How have you seen Jesus’ illustration of the houses on the rock and sand played out?
How are you challenged, focused, encouraged, and/or confused by this text?

Bible Reading Plan:
Matthew 5 • Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 6 • Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 7 • Sermon on the Mount
Romans 12 • Transformed living
Galatians 5 • Life by the Spirit
Ephesians 4 • New way of life