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Is it ok to be sad? (1 Samuel 1)

Intro: Do you ever feel under pressure not to be sad?
- Why are we not ok with people being sad? 

Read 1 Samuel 1:1-20 

Why is everything not ok at the start of the book of 1 Samuel? (v1-8) 
- Why does Elkanah think everything is fine? Why is he wrong?! 
- What is wrong with the wider leadership (1:3 with 2:12, Judges 21:25)?
- How does Hannah’s pain reflect Israel’s situation? 

How is Hannah an example of true faith? (v9-20) 
- Why is she misunderstood by Eli the high priest? 
- How does she show faith before and after she has Samuel? 

Do you find it easy to pray about and share your personal requests?
- What holds you back or encourages you to pour out your heart to God? (v15)
- How might this passage change the way we comfort each other in times of sadness?  

Planning your Visit

Welcome from the VicarRevd. Peter Breckwoldt

Let me welcome you to St John’s! I am so delighted you have found our web site. We are a Church family in Wimborne for anyone living, working or studying around this area. Whoever you are, whatever your age, whether you’re an experienced Christian or not, we would love you to join us.

From an intrigued onlooker to the committed follower we are keen that everyone should grow in relationship with God through knowing Jesus. To help us do that our emphasis is on hearing God speak to us by his Holy Spirit through his word, the Bible. Each of us knows that we only grow in a relationship with someone and get to know them when we spend time listening to them and responding and reacting to what they say. So the focus of St John’s is on listening to God’s word, talking to him in prayer and taking up all that he says.

The Church family here at St John’s longs to help anyone who wants to investigate the life of Jesus. On this site you will find people, meetings, talks and events shaped to help you take another step forward in finding out more about God and his love for us in Jesus, and to help you get linked into the church family life.

I do hope I will have the opportunity to meet you personally in the very near future and that you will quickly feel at home at St John’s.

Revd. Peter Breckwoldt