To Live In Community

Message: Journey Together

· Our triune God is a perfect image of community and we are made in His image.

· Living in community can no longer be optional for us.

· Matt 26:36-46 demonstrates how Jesus needed to be in community with the Father and with the disciples.

· Jesus spent most of His time with His “small group”, not with the masses.

· Act 2 and Romans 12:15 are examples of living in community.

· Goals of WoodsEdge small groups:

o Love Jesus

o Journey Together

o Bring Hope to Our World

o Feel safe, loved, not judged

o Feel like a family

o Help individual relationships with Christ grow

Questions

  1. What specifically gets in the way of creating community in churches?
  2. How can you restructure your day so that it includes community?
  3. In what ways do we long for community?
  4. What characteristics of community does the triune God exemplify?
  5. How will WoodsEdge change as it moves from a church with groups to a church of groups? How can you help with this transition?
  6. Why did Jesus have to feel so abandoned and alone in the garden of Gethsemane?
  7. How does living in community make you feel fully alive?
  8. Share how your life has been enriched because you took the time to live in community.

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