Just as Sunday morning cannot meet all of our spiritual needs, our small groups cannot meet all of our fellowship needs.
Steve Rowe
"We are created for relationships!" That is our banner for our twice-a-year "Connection Sundays," and we support it in our Discovery classes. That means, when a person joins a small group, all of their relational needs for community will be met, right? Well…not exactly.
Small groups serve so many purposes, so many functions, and meet so many basic relational needs, but they cannot be something ...
Leader: Make enough copies for every person in your group. If everyone feels comfortable reading you may take turns reading around the circle. But if you know someone will feel uncomfortable reading simply highlight different parts of the reading and assign them to those who like to read.
Just as the deer pants for clear, cool streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
Every day, every hour, ...
The small groups would seem to be the ideal place for families to come together.
Daphne Kirk
Isaiah 41:4 says, "Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord—the first and with the last—I am He" (Amplified Bible). As the generations were created by the Almighty God, "what God has joined together, let no man put asunder"!
From generation to generation, the responsibility of every believer is to pass on ...
Read through Scripture passages that focus on hope in the face of tragedy.
Tami Rudkin
Leader: READ
Barker's Family "Safely Home"
Eric Barker was a missionary from Great Britain who had spent over fifty years in Portugal preaching the gospel, often under adverse conditions.
During World War II, the situation became so critical that he took the advice to send his wife and eight children to England for safety. His sister and her three children were also evacuated on the same ship. Barker ...
In this twelve-session course, learn how God's word in the Psalms deeply affects our emotions.
Emotions are both complicated and complex, both mysterious and mystifying. Even the experts are not sure what causes us to experience emotions. Both social science and neurobiology have tried, to no avail, to explain the origin of emotions. And for Christians, emotions can be troubling, frustrating, and untrustworthy. Some emotions seem deeply spiritual; other emotions seem downright sinful. God created ...