Our First Official Study Meeting!

I am looking forward to our next Life Group meeting on Sunday, July 20th. We are going to need to cover a few more things at this session so I am asking everyone to arrive at 5:15. We will still break up around 7:30.

Your kids are absolutely welcome for this study. If you will be bringing your kids, please email me back with their names and ages. Getting a headcount is especially important for this week.

We will begin our first study of The Purpose Driven Life. Hopefully, you all have been reading the first section in the book. Please be sure to bring your study guides, Bible and a pen with you to the meeting. If you picked up a study guide and/or book at the last meeting but didn’t pay Dawne, please be sure to settle up with her on Sunday. We still have extra Study Guides and books for those that missed last week.

How is the memory verse coming? This is a tough one to start out with but I think it is one of the most important scriptures in the life of a Christian; especially a single Christian. For those of you that missed our first meeting, I have attached the handout that includes our memory verse for this week. Please take the time to learn it before Sunday. Remember also to bring an affirmation that influenced your week in a positive way to share with the group.

Bambi and I will be the first to go with our Positive Insights section with Sharona on deck, if we have time. We have set aside 15 minutes each week for this so let’s try to keep these to about 5-7 minutes per person. For those that missed last week, Positive Insights is a section of our study that we learn about each other. Everyone will have an opportunity tell about yourself using only the positive attributes of your life. I am writing a prep guide for this and will hopefully have it finished by Sunday. This is a great exercise for us all to learn about each other and also for you to acknowledge the positive things in your life that have helped form who you are.

I want us to take a little extra time this week to discuss our community and the exchange of our personal contact information among us. If we are going to do this, we need to set some boundaries and rules that we all need to adhere to. We will spend our extra time discussing this.

I am going to pass around a book this week in which you can sign up to help with different needs of the Life Group (prayer, scripture reading, food, clean up, etc.). Please be thinking about how you would like to serve to help our group.

Thank you all for joining us on this journey and I cannot wait to get to know each of you better!