Series Resources

sermon-based study guide

This guide is designed to guide a group discussion around the weekend sermon. You can also use this as an individual, but we highly recommend finding a friend and inviting them to discuss with you. Menlo Church has Life Groups meeting in-person and online using these guides. We’d love to help you find a group.

What you will find in this guide: A discussion guide for groups and individuals. If you are using this as an individual be sure to engage with each question in a journal or simply in your mind as you prayerfully consider what you heard in the sermon and seek to discover what God is inviting you to know and do.

Hope For Everyone Series Resource

📘 Hope For Everyone — Resource Guide
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Series Graphic:

Dates: November 16 – November 23, 2025

Subtitle: Choosing to care, even when it hurts.

Key Passages: Haggai 1:2–9; Luke 15:20–24; Galatians 6:9

Formation Practice:

Write or revisit a family generosity prayer.
Re-calculate your gift or explore new giving methods
Invite someone into a generosity conversation you’ve never included before.

Series Synopsis

For over 150 years, Menlo Church has been part of something bigger than itself—generation after generation choosing to invest in hope they might never fully see.

Hope for Everyone is more than a campaign; it’s a declaration that God’s not done yet.

In this two-week series, we’ll revisit the vision that launched a bold step of faith last year and celebrate how far we’ve come. But more than that, we’ll explore what it means to keep going—to believe again, to keep building even while we wait.

Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or are just joining the journey, now’s the time to lean in.

God is still working. And He’s still using people like us to bring hope to everyone.

🧭 Series Roadmap

Week

Date

Sermon Title

Scripture Focus

Key Theme

1 Nov 16

Don’t Stop Believing

Haggai 1:2–9

Even when obedience is interrupted, it can be reignited.

2 Nov 23

They’re Still Worth It

Luke 15:20–24; Galatians 6:9

God is still working in the waiting—are you?

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📚 Recommended Reading

Books to Go Deeper

Generosity: Moving Toward Life That Is Truly Life — Gordon MacDonald
The Treasure Principle — Randy Alcorn
Counterfeit Gods — Tim Keller

🎧 Podcasts & Messages

How Money Makes us Fools — Tim Keller
How Money Makes us Orphans— Tim Keller

Websites

🧠 Key Concepts & Practices

Spiritual Practices to Try

Generosity Prayer: “Lord, reignite what I’ve let fade.”
Re-calculate and Re-commit: Review your budget or rhythm of serving to ensure God’s work is still central.
Re-story your Generosity: Share one story this week of how God has used your giving or serving to build hope in someone else.

Key Terms

Build — Rebuilding what matters most with God at the center.
Consider — Setting your heart on the direction your life is headed.
Go — Partnering with God to finish what faith began.
Generosity — The joyful release of resources and self for the sake of God’s kingdom.

🙌 Community & Next Steps

Serve on a Team
Join a Small Group
Renew your Hope for Everyone commitment at Recommitment Sunday.
Invite someone who’s new to Menlo to hear the vision and join the journey

Weekly Challenge:

“This week, I will rebuild what matters most.”

✍️ Reflection & Prayer Prompts

Where have you drifted from calling to comfort?
What is God asking you to start, stretch, or stay faithful in?
How has God used your past obedience to bless others—and how might He be inviting you to continue?

Prayer

God, reignite what’s grown cold.

Help me build again what matters most.

Teach me to consider my ways and trust your timing.

Use my life and resources to bring hope to everyone.

Amen.

📌 Notes

Use this space to jot down insights, stories of impact, or prayers for the next 150 years of hope for the Church

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