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The Engage Rewind provides a place where you can look back on parts of the Engage experience.

 

Rewind from Interrogative: How can we be free? (3.17.08)

We concluded the talk with one simple yet profound question: What are you hiding from?

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Rewind from (un)Breakable 1.15.08

BREAK UP

What ground in your life needs to be broken up?

What step can you take to begin breaking up that ground – to begin peeling the orange?

BREAK DOWN

Are you enjoying chocolate cake from your Father right now – or are you staring at an empty plate?

Where do you see God in the midst of your breakdown?

BREAK THROUGH

What Goliath are you facing right now? Where do you need a breakthrough?

How can you throw the first rock?

Just imagine … what God will do with the rock you throw

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Rewind from 10/22/07

We confessed together in Prayers of the People

Eternal God – our Judge and Redeemer
We confess that we have tried to hide from you
For we have done wrong
We have lived for ourselves
And apart from you
Lord in your mercy
HEAR OUR PRAYER

We have turned from our neighbors
And refused to bear the burdens of others
We have ignored the pain of the world
And passed by the hungry, the poor, and the oppressed
Lord in your mercy
HEAR OUR PRAYER

For our greed and luxurious living
Devoid of hospitality and generosity
For being so eager to point out the sin of the world
And yet so reluctant to confront our own
For being half-hearted followers trapped in indecision
Lord in your mercy
HEAR OUR PRAYER

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Rewind from 10/15/07

We took a moment to respond to the power of God with these questions:

What would change in your life if you altered the altar tonight?

What would it take for you to finally...
... stop flying two flags?
... burn the white flag?
... and nail your colours to the mast?

What would you ask for right now if you truly believed God still has the power to surprise?

Do you have the courage to call down an
all-powerful
all-present
all-consuming FIRE?

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Rewind from 4/17/07

We celebrated how Engage's gift will start a domino effect in Ethiopia. (PDF)

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Rewind from 4/3/07

As we prepared to start a domino effect by giving money for small-business loans in Ethiopia, we learned a little more about the situation there. (PDF)

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Rewind from 3/20/07

We addressed the question of evil Christians by asking what we can do to start a Domino Effect. (PDF)

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Rewind from 2/6/07

Response exercise from Jack & Jill: Happily (N)ever After

What chain reactions have you begun by the way you have ended relationships?

What chain reactions have you suffered from ended relationships?

What breakups do you need to apologize for?
What will it look like for you to do this?

What breakups do you need to move past?
What will it look like for you to do this?

How can you live like today is forever when it comes to breakups?

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Rewind from 1/30/07

Response exercise from Jack & Jill: Panic Room

What will it look like for you to inspect what you expect?

What will it look like for you to develop character and not just characteristics?

What will it mean for you to recognize character and not just characteristics?

What will it look like for you to live with momentum and not just movement?

What will it look like for you to live with commitment and not just passion?

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Rewind from 1/23/07

Response exercise from Jack & Jill: Laws of Attraction

What type of person are you normally attracted to?
What type of person do you want to be attracted to?
What has to change for you to be attracted to that kind of person?
How are you attractive?
How can you develop these qualities?
How can you add to these qualities?
How can you share these qualities with someone right now?
When are you most attractive?
When are you going to realize that you have something valuable, something beautiful, something attractive to share with the world?
When is last time you invested in someone not based on looks alone?
When are you going to become someone who increases the value of others?

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Rewind from 12/5/06

Tonight, we’ve been talking about legacy in the tale of a wayfarer. The Engage team invites you to join our legacy tonight. The mission of Engage is to redefine normal in the lives of individuals and in the upstate community.

The choice that Joshua passed down is now passed down to you. If you choose to take up that call as you follow God in your life, pick up a green redefining normal wristband as you leave tonight. May this gift remind you of the legacy you are writing in your tale of a wayfarer.

Rewind from 11/28/06

We prepared for our tale of a miracle by listening to Chris Brooks' spoken word piece. (MP3)

Rewind from 11/21/06

In our tale of temptation, we searched out sin in our own lives with a unique reflection exercise -- a word search. (JPEG)

Rewind from 11/14/06

We concluded our tale of courage with a reflection exercise. (PDF file)

Rewind from 10/24/06

We concluded the Dumpster Diving series with a response and affirmation of God's presence in our lives. (PDF file)

Rewind from 10/10/06

We began our night on God's provision with a prayer exercise in which we asked God for what we need and thanked God for what He has provided. (PDF file)

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Rewind from 4/11/06

We used these slideshows to point us toward how our world needs change and how God sends us out to be changers. (PDF files)

Rewind from 3/28/06

After a talk on how God exposes our sin with His excessive grace, we took part in a corporate confession. (PDF file)

Rewind from 2/14/06

During the talk on "Does true love wait?", we used this diagram to illustrate how we should order our lives. (PDF file)

Rewind from 2/7/06

We followed up a message on "Does God hate me as much as I hate me?" with a reflection exercise. You can see it here in a PDF file.

Rewind from 11/15/05

We closed the series Between the Lines with a reflection exercise where we committed together to life not in the gutters but on the lane. (PDF file)

Rewind from 9/27/05

Responsive Prayer

Leader: God is closer than you think. Throughout the day, He is reaching out to be with you.

Community: Lord, help us see how You are present, how You are speaking, how You are at work.

Leader: As He is present, God is speaking to you in many different ways – through the voices of others, the beauty of nature, the words of a book, the lyrics of music and the stories of Scripture.

Community: Lord, help us to open pathways in our lives so that we can hear what You are saying to us.

Leader: As He speaks, God is urging you to start your journey of spiritual transformation. There is something you can do right now – this very night – to take the next step.

Community: Lord, show us what that step is, and help us to take it.

Leader: And as you move forward, God is with you every step of the way, cheering you on like a loving Father.

Community: Lord, we choose to move forward with You. Thanks for loving us. Amen.

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Classic Rewind

We first presented the Story of the Bible graphic at Engage during the summer of 2004.

Two classics from the Barriers to Belief series from 2005: the Lament over Tragedy and the Letter from God that happened as part of the Barrier of Self talk.

All Classic links open PDF files.

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