I. Poor Questions

Are we as concerned about the poor as the Bible is?

Do you know personally a poor person or family to have firsthand knowledge of what their life is like?

How do you reconcile having so much and others having so little?

Should the church continue its participation in Room in the Inn, a ministry of hospitality with the homeless? Our church has been involved in Room in the Inn for many years. Have we worn out? Are we experiencing “compassion fatigue”? Is there enough commitment among us to participate another year?

II. Jesus and the Poor

In Luke’s gospel, Jesus begins his ministry on the Sabbath in this hometown synagogue. He reads from the prophet Isaiah these words, “the Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor….” When he f…