1. The Third Commandment Catechism Questions 59-62

2. Want to… …or have to?

3. Why does our congregation have worship services on Sunday and festival days?

4. What does God want our attitude toward worship services to be? Galatians 4:9-11 Psalm 26:8 God wants our attitude toward worship to be “want to,” not “have to.”

5. What is one major reason our congregation has worship services? Ephesians 4:11-13 2 Timothy 4:2 1 Peter 2:2 Our congregation has worship services so that our pastor can feed us with God’s word to help us keep growing in faith.

6. What is the other major reason that our congregation has worship services? Psalm 145:3-5 Hebrews 10:25 Another major reason our congregation has worship services is to praise God for all his goodness and so to encourage each other in faith.

7. Why do we have worship services on Sundays instead of Saturdays? Mark 16:9 Acts 2:1 We worship on Sunday as a celebration of the two wonderful events that took place on this day (Easter and Pentecost).

8. God’s Word and My Life Agree or disagree? Children can't understand what's going on in church so they shouldn't really be there. Evaluate. Mark said, "I don't mind singing four or five verse hymns in church, but I just can't stand it when we sing seven or eight verses."

9. We praise God in songs and prayers And we encourage each other Our pastor feeds us with God’s Word so we keep growing in our faith GOD faith WANT TO not HAVE TO

10. Why does our congregation have worship services on Sunday and festival days? We have worship services to grow in faith by being fed with God’s word and to thank and praise God for all the wonderful things he does for us.

11. Church Year Advent Epiphany Lent Easter Sunday Christmas Easter Festival Half of the Church Year - The Life of Christ Non-Festival Half of the Church Year - The Life of the Christian Nov/Dec Feb/Mar May/Jun Pentecost

12. Advent Advent

13. Christmas Christmas

14. Epiphany Epiphany

15. Lent Lent

16. Easter Easter

17. Pentecost Pentecost

18. Holy Trinity

19. Sundays after Pentecost

20. Reformation Reformation

21. End Times Last JudgmentLast Judgment Saints TriumphantSaints Triumphant Christ the KingChrist the King