Formed For Mission
8/16/26-10/3/26

Overview
Jesus is enough for you and me.

The Church is not merely a gathered people - we are a sent people.

Yet mission is not pressure, performance or persuasion. Mission begins with presence.

God is already at work in our neighborhoods, workplaces, families and friendships.

He goes before us.  He draws hearts.  He is the One who saves.

To be Good News People is to live with a quiet confidence:  Jesus is enough for you and me.

The Spirit leads. We follow. Love moves first.

In Acts and Isaiah we see a gospel that crosses boundaries, disarms fear, mends division and calls the nations home. This theme trains us to join what God is already doing - not with anxiety, but with warm, ordinary, everyday faithfulness.

This is not a program. This is a posture.

We are not “doing evangelism.” We are becoming Good News People.

Missional Practices
Over these seven weeks, we will move slowly and gently into mission together:
      • We will pray for the people already placed in our lives.
      • We will practice hospitality through shared meals, conversation, and unhurried presence.
      • We will invite others into our rhythms - into church, into our homes, into relationships of care.
      • We will share our stories of God’s mercy simply and honestly - no pressure, no performance.
      • We will speak the gospel with grace, trusting the Spirit to move and open hearts.
      • We will serve the vulnerable, because mercy is mission and love takes shape in action.
      • We will pray for the nations, because the gospel is not small - it is wide, beautiful and global.

This is not a checklist.  This is daily love in motion.
Dates Theme Scripture Focus
Aug 16 –
Aug 22, 2026 		Acts 1–4;
Isaiah 1–9
Aug 23 –
Aug 29, 2026 		Acts 5–8;
Isaiah 10–18
Aug 30 –
Sep 5, 2026 		Acts 9–12;
Isaiah 19–27
Sep 6 –
Sep 12, 2026 		Acts 13–16;
Isaiah 28–36
Sep 13 –
Sep 19, 2026 		Acts 17–20;
Isaiah 37–46
Sep 20 –
Sep 26, 2026 		Acts 21–24;
Isaiah 47–56
Sep 27 –
Oct 3, 2026 		Acts 25–28;
Isaiah 57–66

Scripture Memory
 August 16 - September 5, 2026: Acts 1:8 (ESV)
[8] But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 

September 6 - October 3, 2026: Matthew 28:18–20 (ESV)
[18] And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
[19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
[20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Spiritual Movement
Sent → Speaking → Crossing → Enduring → Worshiping → Restoring → Rejoicing

Mission is not performance - it is love growing legs.

Core Truth
To be the Church is to be Good News People -  gentle in presence, courageous in love, confident in Christ’s sufficiency,
trusting that Jesus is enough
for you and me.

Reflection Prompt for the Whole Arc
At the close of Week 39, pause and look back:
      • Where did compassion rise unexpectedly?  Where did fear soften into gentleness?
      • Where did love lead you to move toward someone rather than away?

Write a prayer beginning with:
“Lord, make me a Good News Person - present, patient and full of love…”

Let this become your posture moving into a season of prayer.