What is one meal or food tradition from your childhood or family that you'd never want to give up — and what makes it feel significant to you?

Have you ever been part of a ritual or tradition (religious or not) that you didn't fully understand until later? What helped it finally click?

Garrison noted that Jesus didn't leave us an instruction manual about why he died and rose — instead he shared a meal. What does it say about Jesus that he chose a table, not a lecture, as his final teaching moment?Reflect

The four cups of the Passover Seder each represent one of God's promises from Exodus 6: I will bring you out, I will free you, I will redeem you, I will take you as my own. Which of those four promises feels most personal or most needed to you right now, and why?Reflect

Kelsey described the cosmic layer of Passover — that we are not just remembering Israel's slavery in Egypt, but our own slavery to sin and death from which God promises to set us apart. How does framing the gospel as a story of liberation (rather than just forgiveness) change how you think about it?Reflect

In John's account, Jesus washes his disciples' feet — a task so degrading that Jewish law protected even students from having to do it for their teacher. What does this moment reveal about the kind of King Jesus is, and what kind of kingdom he's building?Reflect

Garrison made a distinction between beliefs as conscious thoughts and beliefs as an operating system — the deep assumptions that drive us before we even realize it. What is one belief about God or yourself that you suspect lives in your operating system that you haven't fully examined?Reflect

The first cup is the cup of sanctification — being set apart, belonging to God. Do you find it easy or hard to actually feel like you belong to God? What gets in the way?Reflect

Jesus is described in this sermon as unhurried and spontaneous — stopping for Zacchaeus in a tree, redirecting Martha away from her anxious preparations. Where in your life right now might Jesus be inviting you to slow down and simply be present with him?Reflect

The Passover was a meal of remembrance — not just historical memory, but an active, embodied re-entering of the story. Is there a truth about God that you intellectually believe but struggle to remember in the daily texture of your life? What does forgetting it cost you?Reflect

Kelsey and Garrison literally brought their dining room table into the church to walk through the Passover together. Is there a practice, tradition, or ritual — old or new — you could introduce into your home or week that would make your faith more embodied and tangible?Apply

This sermon is part of a series following Jesus from dinner party to dinner party. Who is one person in your life you could share a meal with this week — not as a project, but simply because being present with people matters to God?Apply

The sermon highlights that God condescended to become human not because he needs us but because he wants us. How might genuinely believing that change one specific way you approach your work, relationships, or self-talk this week?Apply

The Passover Seder is a structured practice of communal remembrance — telling the old story so it stays alive. What is one concrete way you could practice remembrance of what God has done for you before you meet together again next week?Apply