2026 Beacon/Praxis Retreat Session 4 – Loving Fellowship (Colossians 3:8-15)
The love of Christ can transform our imperfect attempts at fellowship into something beautiful and strong
2026 Beacon/Praxis Retreat Session 3 – Honest Fellowship (Proverbs 27:5-9)
The Upside Down Kingdom
Key Idea: In Christ’s Upside Down Kingdom, the way up is down 1 In Christ’s upside down kingdom, poverty is the way up. 2. In Christ’s upside down kingdom, mourning is the way up. Why mourning is so important: a. Our is sin is so serious b. Our Savior is so significant
2026 Beacon/Praxis Retreat Session 2 – Meaningful Fellowship (2 Samuel 1:23-27)
2026 Beacon/Praxis Retreat Session 1 – A Theology of Fellowship (Selected Scriptures
Genesis 1:27; 2:18-22; James 4:1-10
Do Not Lose Heart (2 Corinthians 4:1-18)

I. Your Suffering for Christ Reveals the Gospel (4:1-11) A. Gospel Light (vv1-6) B. Jars of Clay (v7) C. Dying to Live (vv8-11) II. Your Suffering for Christ Produces Reward (4:12-18) A. Suffering Now Wins Souls for Christ (vv12-15) B. Suffering Now Sanctifies Your Soul (v16) C. Suffering Now Produces Heavenly Rewards (v17-18)
Sorrow and Submission in the Shadow of the Cross (Mark 14:32-42)
Back to Basics – Following Christ is hard… and worth it (Luke 6:27-36)

Suffering: anything that hurts. Big question for tonight: Three kinds of suffering that I can experience in life. 1. Physical Brokenness Genesis 3:16-19 I suffer because… I live in a world broken by sin 2. Suffering we experience while we sin I suffer when I sin because… I’m living in a trap. I suffer when I sin […]
Ephesians 5:15-21 | The What, Why, and How of Singing

Key Idea: SING!! 1. What is singing? Worship: revelation leading to right affection leading to right expression “Worship is the theme of salvation history, the supreme purpose for which believers were redeemed (John 4:23), and the occupation with which they will be eternally enthralled (Rev. 22:3–4; cf. 19:1–6). To worship the Lord is to ascribe […]
The Word and You (Luke 11:27-36)

Key idea: True blessing belongs not to those nearest Jesus outwardly, but to those who receive his Word with obedient faith.