Gathering 1 – Our Golden Memories
Informal - 15 minutes
- Warm greetings with eye contact and smiles – assign 2 people to arrive early and
serve as greeters for each week - Pre-printed name tags retrieved – provide a conversation starter note for each
week - Serve simple refreshments
- Mingle and offer warm greetings to others
- Conversation Starter: Ask, “Where did you grow up?” and/or, “Where are the places you have lived throughout your life?”
Non-formal – VIDEO – whole group – 30 minutes
- Three sets of “4-4-4-4” breaths to place onto Christ any cares of the day/week
and to quiet/calm – 2 minutes - Prayer to welcome God’s presence and read Psalm 133 – 2 minutes
- Watch Video – 10 minutes
- Each person share a 30-60 second gratitude/appreciation – 10 minutes
Split up into gender-specific triad (or 2 close friends) – 20 minutes
- Each person answer the question, “What might those close to you say is ‘so like
you’?” - 10 minutes Ask Jesus to remind you of a “golden memory” – 2-3 minutes
- Share your “golden memory” with your group – 10 minutes
- Ask any clarifying question to a group member about which you are curious – 5 minutes
- Say a blessing prayer over the person on your left – 3 minutes
Regather whole group – 10 minutes
- A few folks share a 30 second gratitude/appreciation from this gathering
Fun-work: The host will email the video homework assignment to everyone
- Journal a bit about your experience this week.
