Pecky Day at Tribe

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December 5, 2022 was Pecky Day at Tribe, the annual Hunter family tradition that the church has made its own. Brian walked the room through the story behind the name, and then let Habakkuk 3:1-2 carry the weight: remembering what God has done in the past arms us with strength for today's battles. Pecky Day started in the Hunter family years before Tribe existed. Every year they set aside a day to...

Read together

1. Habakkuk 3:1-2 main text for the sermon, read aloud and returned to repeatedly as the basis for remembering God's past provision
2. Habakkuk 3:3-13 read aloud as a picture of what the return of Jesus will look like
3. Habakkuk 3:17-19 quoted by a congregation member about rejoicing in the Lord even when circumstances feel barren
4. 1 Corinthians (unspecified) referenced as the passage about gathering where one will have a word or picture or encouragement
5. Proverbs (unspecified) quoted as those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed, prayed over Joy Abad
6. Joshua 4:1-7 congregation member read it as a parallel to the pecky board, Israel setting up memorial stones from the Jordan
7. Isaiah 49 (unspecified verses) congregation member quoted it about God not forgetting his people and inscribing them on the palms of his hands

What was said

• Start a pecky board at home, a designated spot where you can clip or pin reminders of specific ways God has come through for you, big or small.
• Write down one thing God has done for you in the past that you have not told anyone, and share it with a friend or someone at church this week.
• If you feel like the Lord is putting something on your heart during a gathering, step out and share it rather than talking yourself out of it.
• Pick up an angel tree tag next Sunday and buy a gift for a family in the valley that otherwise would not have Christmas this year.
• Invite someone to the Christmas Eve service on the town square by asking where they are going for Christmas Eve rather than whether they have plans.

Talk about it

1. Brian described Pecky Day as a time to remember how God has provided in the past and to build faith for how he will provide in the future. What is one specific way God has come through for you that you have not written down or told anyone about?
2. Lissa pointed out that the Pecky story was not just a bird landing on a window and money appearing. She said there were moments before the reward where obedience was required, including not calling her parents to borrow money. Have you ever felt the Holy Spirit ask you to hold back an obvious solution and wait? What happened?
3. Brian said his memory is as leaky as a sieve, and that we either meditate on the problem or we use our chooser and remind ourselves of what God has done. Which of those two pulls harder on you right now, and what would it look like practically to shift?
4. Jay said he sometimes wonders whether God just does not move that way for him, or whether God has been moving and he simply has not seen it. Which of those two feels more true to you in this season, and why?
5. The passage read from Habakkuk 3 verse 2 says, help us again as you did in years gone by. Brian pointed out that you can only pray that prayer if you have the past victories logged somewhere in your memory. What would your own Pecky board look like, and what is the first thing you would put on it?