PART
TWO
Tracking the Spirit Within
The Community
Meeting 12: How Has God Touched
Me In These Meetings?
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Opening prayer:
Music, Scripture (Luke
2:41-52), poetry, environment.
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Check-in:
How am I feeling as I begin
this meeting? (10 minutes total)
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Reflection
(facilitator read): Instead of
just looking back over the past two weeks, you are invited now to
consider how God has touched you during the past five meetings.
These dealt with
#7 My experience of Christian
Community
#8 Finding God in my family
#9 Finding God in my work
#10 Finding God in the American
Culture
#11 Finding Christ in Social
Reality
Are there one or two experiences
that stand out in your mind that profoundly affected you during
this time? Have they been for the better or worse? Do you feel
spiritually more alive with a greater interior freedom because of
this experience? Are you aware of anything that is blocking you
from entering into this experience? Are you aware of feelings of
uneasiness that won’t go away? How has God touched you as a result
of being in this group these past ten weeks? Short silence
(2-3 min)
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Sharing
(facilitator introduce): What
struck me in this reflection? + + + After the sharings,
members may add anything else they wish, or ask for feedback from
the group. Brief prayer.
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Break
(15 minutes, optional)
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Open conversation
& questions
about
matters of interest and concern.
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Preview next topic
to pray over in
preparation for the next meeting.
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Business:
Place for next meeting,
facilitator, prayer leader, other issues.
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Review of meeting:
How was I moved during this
meeting? Where did I feel positive energy? Where discomfort?
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Closing prayer
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Social
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