The Head of the Church

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

February 23, 2025
The Lord’s Day: Principles and Patterns for Sunday Worship

• Review the sermon from Sunday. What was the big idea? Was there a specific insight or illustration that stood out to you?

• Take a few moments to talk about the subject of gender roles and the Bible. What concerns do you have around this subject? How can your group approach this discussion in a way that honors (and hopefully speaks to) those concerns?

• Read the passage: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. This is a notoriously tricky passage. What stands out to you as strange or difficult? How can you work through these difficulties?

• Discuss the Big Idea: “Worship should spotlight God, not you.” What are the telltale characteristics of worship that is focused on God and not on the worshippers? 

• Think of some examples of how someone might dress, speak, act, etc. in a way that pulls focus from God and toward themselves. How have you seen this in real life? (Don’t be mean to anyone in your group!)

• How would it impact the way you prepare for worship to make your chief concern focusing yourself and others on God? Give some concrete examples of what might change.

• Talk through the “3 Considerations” for preparing for and participating in worship that Collin drew from this passage. Which of the three is most convicting to you right now? Why?

• Pray for Southside to grow more and more into a church that worships God with single-minded and full-hearted devotion.