APPENDIX A

I Hear A Call
by Emmylou Harris

Instructions: Follow the lyrics and listen to the song.
 
I hear a call
Now will I answer
Forsake my all
To serve another
Though darkness falls
Stay a believer
I hear a call
Now will I answer

I see a light
Now will I follow
Fill up this life
That grows more hollow
Make joy reside
Where there lives sorrow
I see a light
Now will I follow

I hear a call
From out of nowhere
And from everywhere I go I hear a call
Now will I answer

I feel a touch
Now will I hold on
Be there with love
For those with no one
With a kindness such
It lives though I'm gone
I feel a touch
Now will I hold on

I hear a call
From out of nowhere
And from everywhere I go
I see a light
Now will I follow
I feel a touch
Now will I hold on
I hear a call
Now will I answer

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:

1.    What is the primary message of this song?

2.     Read the following passage:
    Mark 1:16-20 (NRSV)  As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea--for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fish for people." 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.
    
    a.    To what do you think Jesus called the disciples?
    b.     What are some nets (things) that you have been called to lay down in order to follow Christ and fulfill your call to discipleship as an elder?
    c.     You were called by God in Jesus Christ through your congregation to be on its church session. What specifically do you think the members of your congregation understand your call to be? What specifically do you think it is?