“I can’t imagine someone really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
– C.S. Lewis
Ministry Leaders Groups
Sure. You read it every week. Maybe? Hopefully every day? But how might reading the Bible together with other colleagues who are in ministry settings help enrich your lens, and maybe, how you teach and preach about this text? Like most things at Peterson House, this is simple and all you need to do is sign up and show up. We will gather together in a group of no more than 12 people and see how the Bible can inspire us and the ministry we do committed to the kingdom work in different places.
We want to create space to help tend to the ministry leaders soul care where they can be served/have the text washed over them in order to care for those they have been called to love. We are committed to creating contemplative space for these ministry leaders where alongside others, in unhurried delight, the Sprit of Truth empowers them to serve faithfully.
(Our in person ministry leaders group will include a simple meal.)
Summer 2026 Virtual Series:
Our inspiration for this series comes from part of a collection of sermons from Eugene Peterson that were compiled from his time pastoring Christ Our King church in Maryland. In the introduction Peterson said he had a revelation in those years that completely shifted how he preached sermons and pastored his congregation. The words he preached from the pulpit needed congruence with how he and his congregation lived their lives throughout the week- between what we do and what we say.
In the compilation of these 49 sermons in, "As Kingfishers Catch Fire: A Conversation on the Ways of God Formed by the Words of God," Peterson highlights 7 different biblical voices who might help with this congruence problem. Being in their company can widen our eyes and spirits to what the Lord is at work doing even now.
We are choosing to reflect on the Scripture lessons from the section on Peter. Though the texts below will place us in the context of Peter, Peter is not the main point. Preaching in the company of Peter is a proclamation that comes from walking with Jesus. Peterson calls this "incarnational storytelling." Simply, this is the stuff of their lives that they saw take place before their eyes.
You should join us for any and/or all of the sessions listed below. Contact us if you would like to have the Zoom call link or would like to learn more about this series. Our summer series is open to anyone. Where we normally have groups for ministry leaders and others for laity (in person and virtual), our summer series gives us a chance to simplify and invite all our participants to join on a virtual format to experience this as a broader community. It is also a great chance for people to get a taste for what it is we do at Peterson House. You should join us and get a taste for yourself.
June 17: Mark 8- "Who Do You Say That I Am?"
June 24: Mark 1- "With the Wild Beasts"
July 1: Matthew 5- "Jesus Went Up The Mountain"
July 8: Mark 10- "Do For Us Whatever We Ask"
July 15: Luke 13- "Sir, Let It Alone"
July 22: Mark 15- "The Death of Death"
July 29: Mark 16- "He Is Not Here"
Winter/Spring 2026 Groups
So who is David? Not the one we have dreamed up or narrowed to one particular text or even a good movie clip, but who is the young boy shepherd to bewildered king of Israel who lived a real life attempting to be faithful to the God who called him? Given the amount of material we have from and about David in Scripture we have the chance to sit with a large scope of his life. Though we are not being called to lead God’s people in the same context as David, we are attempting to respond to God’s call upon our own lives.
