Gathering 4 – Who Has Brought Us Joy?
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, “Conversation Starter: Ask, “What was your favorite thing about your childhood home.”
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 139:1-6 – 2 minutes
- Watch Video – 7 minutes
Split up into gender-specific triad (or 2 close friends) – 20 minutes
- Each person take 10 minutes to share about a relationship with a family member, friend or even a pet that brought joy into their life experience. – 30 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 the gathering this week
Fun-work: The host will email the video homework assignment to everyone
- Journal a bit about your experience this week.
