Summer Bible Study: The Psalms

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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 •

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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

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9/10–Intro week for fall series 9/10–3rd 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 11/25–4th Quarter Chapel Family Update 12/2–1st Sunday of Advent 12/24–Christmas Eve 12/30–Guest Speaker

I. June 17 (Father’s Day) • • • • •

Preacher- Travis 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 Big Idea(s) i. The genre of Remembrance

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Preacher- Rich Sermon Title- Worship and Remembrance part 2 Scripture Reading- Psalm 77 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Remembrance Big Idea(s) 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 Big Idea(s) i. The genre of Wisdom

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Preacher- Claude Sermon Title- Worship and Wisdom part 2

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Scripture Reading- Psalm 119 (need to pick a good set of verses for scripture reading) i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Wisdom Big Idea(s) i. The Law and Wisdom ii. Unpack Psalm 119 as a Psalm of Wisdom

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Preacher- Hunter Sermon Title- Worship and Confidence part 1 • Scripture Reading- Psalm 91 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Confidence • Big Idea(s) 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 • Big Idea(s) 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 Big Idea(s) 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 • • • •

Preacher- Travis Sermon Title- Worship and Lament Scripture Reading- Psalm 22 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Lament Big Idea(s) i. The genre of Lament

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Preacher- Travis Sermon Title- Worship and Lament part 2 • Scripture Reading- Psalm 88 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Lament • Big Idea(s) i. Unpack Psalm 88 as a Psalm of Lament XI. August 26 • Preacher- Travis • Sermon Title- Worship and Praise part 1 • Scripture Reading- Psalm 19 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalms of Praise • Big Idea(s) i. The genre of Hymns of Praise ii. Also connect to the genre of Thanksgiving

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Preacher- Hunter Sermon Title- Worship and Praise part 2 Scripture Reading- Psalm 150 i. Addl. Context for Scripture Reading- Psalm 146-150 Big Idea(s) 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

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Psalms of Confidence o 11 o 16 o 23 o 27 o 62 o 91 o 125 o 131

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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

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Psalms of Wisdom o 1 o 19 o 119 o 77–similar to Job o 45–similar to Song of Songs o 78

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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

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Psalms of Thanksgiving o 56 o 34 o 32 o 30 o 18