Summer Bible Study: The Psalms Description for the Connect and Pastoral Teams- The great reformer John Calvin said, There is nothing more perilous to our salvation than a preposterous and perverse worship of God. Using not so subtle language, Calvin is getting at the idea that when a church worships God rightly, according to His Word, everything else falls into place. However, when a church succumbs to shallow, petty, preference-based, individualized worship, that church is on a dangerous course that must be corrected. As we walk through a transition in our worship ministry, and seek to deepen our commitment to exceptional, blended, intergenerational and integrated worship services, it is prudent to examine what God s Word teaches about worship. During the summer of 2018 we will turn to the Book of Psalms, the hymnal placed at the very center of the Bible, for God s teaching on proper worship. Our goal is that by the time fall arrives, everyone who calls the Chapel their church home to have a biblical, rather than personal, view of worship. We will do this in four ways: 1. Give the Chapel family an overview of the Psalter including structure, genres, Christological emphasis, and use in the New Testament. 2. Help the Chapel family understand each genre found in the Psalms and unpack the meaning of at least one psalm in every genre. 3. At some point during each sermon ask, How does this psalm challenge our personal views of worship, and what does this psalm teach us about a biblical view of worship? 4. Provide opportunities for the Chapel family to join the worship already taking place in heaven after having our personal views challenged by God s Word. Series Name- Summer Bible Study: Psalms Scriptural Basis- The Book of Psalms Unifying Element- Summer Reflection Challenge: Typically, a pastor and a congregant will walk through their experience with the reflection plan for the previous week. Resources- Summer Reflection Guide- The Psalms Congregation will be invited to reflect on three Psalms a day for five days a week in the historic rhythm of morning, midday and evening prayer in the context of personal, corporate and family prayer. The Reflection Guide will offer one on ramp per psalm to assist people in their time of reflection. The guide will offer instructions for personal, corporate and familial reflections, and the Chapel will host a midday corporate reflection opportunity Tuesday through Friday
Summer Bible Study Series Key Dates 6/3-9/2 Summer attire (sport coat/blazer with no ties) 6/10 Chapel Family Update 4 6/19-8/31 Planning for 2017-2018 Annual Focus 7/1, 7/29, 9/2 Communion Sundays 7/23-27 VBS 8/5 SM Missions Experience and Baptismal service 8/10-11 GLS 8/29 August All Staff Meeting Dates- 6/17-9/2 (12 total weeks, with a series break on 8/5, for 11 weeks focused on Psalms) Moving toward the fall 9/10 Intro week for fall series 9/10 3 rd Quarter Chapel Family Update 9/17-10/28 (7 weeks) Williamsburg wide fall study Explore God 9/17 Small Group Launch 11/4-18 (3 weeks) Series Leading to Commitment Sunday Focused on The Next 40 11/25 Guest Speaker 11/25 4 th Quarter Chapel Family Update 12/2 1 st Sunday of Advent 12/24 Christmas Eve 12/30 Guest Speaker
I. June 17 (Father s Day) Sermon Title- Worship and the Psalms Scripture Reading- Psalm 2 Corollary Scripture- Psalm 110 Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Kingship i. Intro series ii. Structure of the Psalter iii. Introduce genres iv. Use of Psalms in the NT v. How Psalms point to Jesus II. June 24 Preacher- Rich Sermon Title- Worship and Remembrance part 1 Scripture Reading- Psalm 89 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Remembrance i. The genre of Remembrance III. July 1 Preacher- Rich Sermon Title- Worship and Remembrance part 2 Scripture Reading- Psalm 77 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Remembrance i. Unpack Psalm 77 as an example of a Psalm of Remembrance IV. July 8 Preacher- Claude Sermon Title- Worship and Wisdom part 1 Scripture Reading- Psalm 1 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Wisdom i. The genre of Wisdom V. July 15 Preacher- Claude Sermon Title- Worship and Wisdom part 2
Scripture Reading- Psalm 119 (need to pick a good set of verses for scripture reading) i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Wisdom i. The Law and Wisdom ii. Unpack Psalm 119 as a Psalm of Wisdom VI. July 22 Preacher- Hunter Sermon Title- Worship and Confidence part 1 Scripture Reading- Psalm 91 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Confidence i. The genre of confidence VII. July 29 (Chapel Family Worship VBS) Preacher- Rich Sermon Title- Worship and Confidence part 2 Scripture Reading- Psalm 23 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Confidence i. Unpack Psalm 23 as a Psalm of Confidence VIII. August 5 (series break and Chapel Family Worship SM Missions Experience) Preacher- Luke Sermon Title- Abraham Scripture Reading- Genesis? Connection to series resource- Summer Reflection Challenge catch up week i. SM Missions XP ii. Life transformation seen in baptism iii. Abraham s encounter with God as a Paradigm for our encounter with God
IX. August 12 Sermon Title- Worship and Lament Scripture Reading- Psalm 22 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Lament i. The genre of Lament X. August 19 Sermon Title- Worship and Lament part 2 Scripture Reading- Psalm 88 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Lament i. Unpack Psalm 88 as a Psalm of Lament XI. August 26 Sermon Title- Worship and Praise part 1 Scripture Reading- Psalm 19 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Praise i. The genre of Hymns of Praise ii. Also connect to the genre of Thanksgiving XII. September 2 Preacher- Hunter Sermon Title- Worship and Praise part 2 Scripture Reading- Psalm 150 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalm 146-150 i. Unpack Psalm 150 as a Hymn of Praise ii. Each book of the Psalms ends in doxology iii. Connect Psalm 150 to the great five Psalm doxology that is the final crescendo at the end of the Psalter
Note on Genres: Tremper Longman III in his book, How to Read the Psalms, identifies seven genres in the Psalter 1. Psalms of Praise 2. Psalms of Lament 3. Psalms of Thanksgiving 4. Psalms of Remembrance 5. Psalms of Confidence 6. Psalms of Wisdom 7. Psalms of Kingship (sometimes called, The Messianic Psalm ) Our Series will focus predominately on the five genres of hymn, lament, remembrance, confidence, and wisdom. We will cover the Kingship Psalm in the introduction to the series and touch on the Psalm of Thanksgiving in conjunction with our teaching on the Psalm of Lament (often times Thanksgiving Psalms are thanking God for answer to a prayer offered in lament). Bellow are examples of psalms in each genre to help the preachers identify corollary psalms: Psalms of Praise o 103 o 113 o 92 o 19 o 98 hymn of praise for deliverance and dealt with in-depth in Longman book Psalms of Lament o 22 o 42 and 43 together represent all three types of complaints between the two of them and they were probably one psalm together at one point o 12 o 17 o 69 dealt with in-depth in Longman book o 54 o 109 imprecatory o 26 o 83 national lament o 3
Psalms of Confidence o 11 o 16 o 23 o 27 o 62 o 91 o 125 o 131 Psalms of Remembrance o 77 exodus o 89, 132 Davidic covenant o 78 also a wisdom psalm o 105 o 106 o 135 o 136 His Love endures forever Psalms of Wisdom o 1 o 19 o 119 o 77 similar to Job o 45 similar to Song of Songs o 78 Psalms of Kingship o 20 Israel s king o 21 Israel s king o 47 God as king o 98 o 120 frequently quoted in the NT Psalms of Thanksgiving o 56 o 34 o 32 o 30 o 18