We like the word ‘disciple’ – but many of us aren’t sure what it means. In fact, if we were translating the bible today, we would use the word ‘apprentice’ – someone who follows the Boss, learning on the job under their expert guidance. In this case Jesus is the Boss, and you could summarise the whole journey of faith as:
To be with Jesus
To become like him
To do as he did
This term, we’ll be doing just that – investing in order to develop as Jesus’ apprentices. On Sundays, we’ll think about 9 practices (what we used to call ‘spiritual disciplines’) to help us grow our spiritual strength and follow Jesus day-by-day, throughout the week.
We’ll also be offering ‘apprentice groups’ around our team of churches, starting at the end of January, using the ‘Practising the Way’ course: 8 sessions helping us to get the big picture of how to follow Jesus, and helping each other along the Way.