November 30, 2025

Return - Zechariah 1:1-6 - Rev. Justin Young

Main Idea: Return — don’t repeat!

Zechariah 1:1-6

  • Context (v. 1)
  • Past judgment and present pleading (vv. 2-6)

Plea to return

  • Rational
  • Relational

Announcements

🎄 Youth are invited to join our Christmas Project and Party on Saturday, December 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. We'll be serving at Shepherd Community Center's Christmas store (video) and then return to church for games and a gift exchange. Please bring wrapping paper, bows, or tape and / or canned items (such as canned meat and canned beans) to donate to Shepherd Community Center as well as a small gift ($10-$15 value; doesn't have to be new) for our gift exchange. There are five spots left and early registration closes Sunday, November 30, so please register today.

🥫 Please support Shepherd Community Center’s food pantry by donating canned items (such as canned meat and canned beans) in our church foyer on Sunday, December 14. Please also bring boxes on Sunday, November 30, and Sunday, December 7, in which we can collect the cans.

💧Baptism is an important next step in following the Lord. Our next baptism will be Easter Sunday, April 5. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Justin by the end of the year.

❤️ Current 8th graders and older are invited to learn more and register for our short-term mission trip with Shepherd Community Center on July 5 to 10, 2026. During this week, we will learn about poverty, serve the community, and care for students. Registration closes Sunday, December 31.

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This Week's Bible Reading

  • December 1 - Psalm 43, Zechariah 2
  • December 2 - Psalm 44, Zechariah 3-4
  • December 3 - Psalm 45, Zechariah 5
  • December 4 - Psalm 46, Zechariah 6
  • December 5 - Psalm 47, Zechariah 7

(Complete plan here.)

Growth Group Guide

  1. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas which holiday do you enjoy more? Why?
  2. How much are you like your parents or grandparents?
  3. Read Zechariah 1:1-6. In what verses and why does the Lord highlight their ancestors?
  4. Trace the argument in this text: why should the people return to the Lord?
  5. What similarities are there between Zechariah 1:1-6 and Christmas / Christianity? Where is the hope?
  6. How will you respond and return to the Lord this Advent season?