Gathering 8 – Immanuel Healing – Part 1
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 the most transforming thing you have experienced through our group so far?”
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 Isaiah 61:1-4 – 2 minutes
- Watch Video – 15 minutes (Special Immanuel Prayer Video)
- 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
- One person from the group
- Describe your “golden memory” to the group and re-live the experience.
- Ask Jesus how He was interacting with you in that blessed situation. Describe your perceptions to the group.
- Ask Jesus if there is any upsetting or joy-killing experience from your recent or distant past that He wants to touch, heal and resolve.
- Ask Jesus to interact with you in the painful memory.
- Share your perceptions of what Jesus was doing or saying in the midst of that upsetting situation. Describe this experience to the group as it unfolds.
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(Review the special note in the Facilitator Guide for an alternative set of questions.)
- Say a blessing prayer of thanksgiving over the person who shared – 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.
