100 JEOPARDY Vision Statement Final Jeopardy Question Living Justly The Year Of Jubilee (not on the test) Anoint- ment Character- istics of a Caring Community

Column points QUESTION True or False A vision statement identifies a group of people by stating what they strive to do and the outcome of their actions?

Column points ANSWER True

Column points QUESTION In the Mennonite Church’s vision statement how are they identified?

Column points ANSWER They are identified as followers of Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Column points QUESTION What does the Mennonite Church strive to do?

Column points ANSWER Grow as a community of grace, joy and peace.

Column points QUESTION What does the Mennonite Church hope will be the outcome of their actions?

Column points ANSWER …that God’s healing and hope flows through the world.

Column points QUESTION Recite the Mennonite Church’s vision statement.

Column points ANSWER As followers of Jesus Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit, God calls us to grow as communities of grace, joy and peace, so that God’s healing and hope flow through us to the world.

Column points QUESTION Give an example of human exploitation.

Column points ANSWER slavery

Column points QUESTION Which of the following is an example of economic oppression. Pollution Poverty Incarceration

Column points ANSWER poverty

Column points QUESTION Give an example of Environmental oppression.

Column points ANSWER pollution

Column points QUESTION In the Old Testament who are the righteous ones?

Column points ANSWER The poor and oppressed

Column points QUESTION Give an example of the “poor” in society, and describe what “Good News” might look like for them.

Column points ANSWER Materially poor -good news would be to have adequate food, shelter, and economic resources to provide for themselves. Poverty of opportunity - having access to education, jobs, justice and equality.

Column points QUESTION Caring communities seek to love others even when…

Column points ANSWER …it is not expected or necessary by offering forgiveness, and finding ways to build peace.

Column points QUESTION Give more examples of how a caring faith community can sow seeds of hope.

Column points ANSWER By honoring the dignity of every person and not assigning blame or judgment on others and by not ignoring or alienating the poor and marginalized people (for example the prisoners, homeless, and immigrants.)

Column points QUESTION Seeing the world as it is, recognizing the needs of others, and then trying to help those in need are all signs of what?

Column points ANSWER A caring community

Column points QUESTION List three ways we can follow Christ more faithfully?

Column points ANSWER Through … … Prayer … Worship … Study of the scriptures … Giving our time and resources to God

Column points QUESTION Caring communities of faith are called to which of the following? Offer love Extend forgiveness Practice hospitality

Column points ANSWER All of the above.

Column points QUESTION Name one Old Testament book and one New Testament book where we can find the following: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Column points ANSWER Isaiah and Luke

Column points QUESTION What did Jesus mean when he said he was the anointed one written about in Isaiah?

Column points ANSWER He was the one chosen and dedicated for the purpose of proclaiming The year of the Lord’s favor

Column points QUESTION What did the people of Nazareth try to do after Jesus talked in their Synagogue?

Column points ANSWER They tried to push him off a cliff.

Column points QUESTION Who did Jesus say was never excepted in their hometowns?

Column points ANSWER Prophets

Column points QUESTION Identify three things Jesus was anointed for (from Luke 4:14-21).

Column points ANSWER 1. to bring good news to the poor 2. to bring freedom to the captives set the prisoners free, recover sight to the blind 3. proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor

Column points QUESTION Every how many years was the year of Jubilee to occur?

Column points ANSWER 50

Column points QUESTION The year of Jubilee is part of keeping the….

Column points ANSWER Sabbath

Column points QUESTION How would the Jews know It was the year of Jubilee? What would they hear? Leviticus 25:9

Column points ANSWER The trumpets would be blown loud and long throughout the land

Column points QUESTION Every seven years the Jews are to observe a _____. Which meant what? Leviticus 25:1- 4

Column points ANSWER Sabbatical year Let the land have total rest no planting, however they could harvest what grew naturally.

Column points QUESTION Every 7 days man is to observe the ______________. Every 7 years man is to observe a ________________. Every 50 year man is to observe__________________.

Column points ANSWER Sabbath Sabbatical Jubilee

FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION Essay question on your test

FINAL JEOPARDY ANSWER In four or five complete sentences… Describe what is meant by the phrase “the year of the Lord’s favor.”