~ SERMON NOTES ~ Re-read 1 Samuel 27. Also read 1 Samuel 22:1,2 Who is it that becomes David’s community while in the desert wilderness fleeing Saul? How might this company be a reflection of the church as a community? In what ways does the church get mistakenly idealized? Quote from Eugene Peterson: “The church…

~ SERMON QUESTIONS ~ What has been your experience of the wilderness? How are those experiences a part of who you are? Wilderness has a biblical history – the Israelites in the desert for forty years, David being pursued by Saul, Jesus temptation by Satan. Why was wilderness necessary in each of these instances? What…