Six week series about who Jesus is and why that matters, according to the well-known “I am” statements in the gospel of John. 

Video Message	Resources
Week 1: I Am the Bread from Heaven	Monday Memo notes Scripture reading this week:  – Read the entirety of the John 6 narrative, you can break it up into smaller pieces and read a little every day: John 6 NRSVUE – Read the story about manna during the Exodus, given that it forms part of the backdrop of the discussion in John 6: Exodus 16 NRSVUE – Pray daily this week what Tertullian advised: Ask God for a daily dose of the “bread of life,” and for the awareness and openness to how it might come to you.  – Here are a few devotionals from the United Church of Christ, each on a part of John 6, that you can scatter throughout the week:  – You Are What You Eat – What’s Your Name? – Loaves and (Gold)fishes – What We Don’t Know
Week 2: I Am the Light of the World	Monday Memo notes Stay in the Light this Week Want to read about light in John’s gospel? Here are the pertinent passages, you can scatter them throughout your personal devotional time throughout the week (we’ve also included two entries from 1st John, which is closely tied to John’s gospel):  John 1.1-9 NRSVUE John 3.16-21 NRSVUE John 8.12-20 NRSVUE John 12.27-36 NRSVUE John 12.44-50 NRSVUE 1 John 1.5-7 NRSVUE 1 John 2.7-11 NRSVUE   A prayer for the week (we used this at the end of the sermon… Adapted from St. Gregory of Nanziansus (300s CE):  Lord God, Jesus Christ is the light of the world. Therefore, let me not be ashamed so that I will approach Him over and over to be filled with His light. Let me not remain what I am but instead become what I know will remain. In this life Your light shines and cannot stop shining, and no darkness can overcome it, though darkness fights ferociously against it. Let me live in that hope and confidence, I ask. O Splendor of the eternal light and Sun of justice, may I be a child of Your perfect light, amen.    A few short devotionals about “light” to sprinkle throughout your week:  Light, I Am – United Church of Christ Light Children of Light – United Church of Christ Following the Light – United Church of Christ Created to Be Light – United Church of Christ Walk in the Light – United Church of Christ
Week 3: I Am the Door and Good Shepherd	Monday Memo notes
Week 4: I Am the Resurrection and the Life	Monday Memo notes
Week 5: I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life	Monday Memo notes
Week 6: I Am the True Vine	Monday Memo notes