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Order of Worship

1st of March 2026 | 10:30 (Espoo)

Our welcome team members will pass an offering basket during this song.

For information about giving online, please visit ucclife.fi/give or follow the QR code on the screen. You can also speak to our pastors or leaders for more information about giving and generosity. You can also ask the welcome team or any of our staff team members for more info on giving online.

A warm welcome to all, and especially to any visitors joining us today – if you’re new to our community please take a moment to fill out our digital visitors card or speak to us after the service!  

If you have children, they are welcome to join our Sunday school classes! 

20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
22 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
25 “Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry.
“Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
26 “Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Jesus defines the blessed life in a way that overturns the world’s assumptions.

I. The Blessed Poor vv 20-23
II. The Dangerous Comfort vv 24-25
III. The Trap of Applause v 26

If you believe in Jesus as your Saviour and King, you are welcome to the Table. 

Please hold the elements until all have received; we will all take them together. 

The bread is gluten free, the cup is alcohol free.

Introduction 
1. How does our culture define the “good life” or the “blessed life”? Where do you see that definition most clearly?
2. When you first read Luke 6:20-26, what feels most surprising to you?
 
Into the Text
3. Read verses 20-23 carefully. Who is Jesus looking at when He speaks? Why does that detail matter for understanding these blessings?
4. Look closely at the four blessings. What common thread connects “the poor,” “the hungry,” “those who weep,” and “those hated for the Son of Man’s sake”? What kind of posture toward God do they share?
5. Notice the time language. What is present tense (“yours is the kingdom”) and what is future tense (“you shall be satisfied,” “you shall laugh”)? What does this teach us about the nature of the kingdom?
6. Now compare the blessings in vv. 20-23) with the woes in vv. 24-26. How do they mirror each other? What reversal is Jesus describing?
7. In verse 24, what does it mean that the rich have “received their consolation”? How does that connect with the warning in verse 25 about being “full now”? What spiritual danger is Jesus exposing?
 
Application 
8. Which description in this passage most honestly reflects your current spiritual condition,  poor, hungry, weeping, rejected… or rich, full, laughing, affirmed? Why?
9. Where might comfort, success, or approval be dulling your spiritual hunger? What would it look like to live this week in deeper dependence on Christ?
Song lyrics (Espoo)

Order of Worship

1st of March 2026 | 16:00 (Helsinki)

Our welcome team members will pass an offering basket during this song.

For information about giving online, please visit ucclife.fi/give or follow the QR code on the screen. You can also speak to our pastors or leaders for more information about giving and generosity. You can also ask the welcome team or any of our staff team members for more info on giving online.

A warm welcome to all, and especially to any visitors joining us today – if you’re new to our community please take a moment to fill out our digital visitors card or speak to us after the service!  

If you have children, they are welcome to join our Sunday school classes! 

20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.
“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
22 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
24 “But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
25 “Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry.
“Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
26 “Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

Jesus defines the blessed life in a way that overturns the world’s assumptions.

I. The Blessed Poor vv 20-23
II. The Dangerous Comfort vv 24-25
III. The Trap of Applause v 26

If you believe in Jesus as your Saviour and King, you are welcome to the Table. 

Please hold the elements until all have received; we will all take them together. 

The bread is gluten free, the cup is alcohol free.

Introduction 
1. How does our culture define the “good life” or the “blessed life”? Where do you see that definition most clearly?
2. When you first read Luke 6:20-26, what feels most surprising to you?
 
Into the Text
3. Read verses 20-23 carefully. Who is Jesus looking at when He speaks? Why does that detail matter for understanding these blessings?
4. Look closely at the four blessings. What common thread connects “the poor,” “the hungry,” “those who weep,” and “those hated for the Son of Man’s sake”? What kind of posture toward God do they share?
5. Notice the time language. What is present tense (“yours is the kingdom”) and what is future tense (“you shall be satisfied,” “you shall laugh”)? What does this teach us about the nature of the kingdom?
6. Now compare the blessings in vv. 20-23) with the woes in vv. 24-26. How do they mirror each other? What reversal is Jesus describing?
7. In verse 24, what does it mean that the rich have “received their consolation”? How does that connect with the warning in verse 25 about being “full now”? What spiritual danger is Jesus exposing?
 
Application 
8. Which description in this passage most honestly reflects your current spiritual condition,  poor, hungry, weeping, rejected… or rich, full, laughing, affirmed? Why?
9. Where might comfort, success, or approval be dulling your spiritual hunger? What would it look like to live this week in deeper dependence on Christ?
Song lyrics (Helsinki)
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