Gathering 5 – Our Immanuel Stories
Informal - 15 minutes
- Warm greetings with eye contact and smiles as people are welcomed in
- 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, “What is something about you that no one would ever guess?”
Non-formal – VIDEO – whole group – 30 minutes
- Tap the vagus nerve 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 139:7-12 – 2 minutes
- Watch Video – 10 minutes
- Each person share a 30-60 second gratitude/appreciation or read an excerpt from your journal – 10 minutes
Split up into gender-specific triad (or 2 close friends) – 20 minutes
- Each person take 10 minutes to tell about how you came to faith in Jesus Christ. Describe how you have grown in your relationship with Him.
- Ask any clarifying question of a group member’s memory 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
Learn and sing: Brother, Let me Be Your Servant
(Full stanzas and lyrics are below. Learn 3 stanzas at this gathering and 4 at the next one.)
Fun-work: The host will email the video homework assignment to everyone
- Journal a bit about your experience this week.
