It's easy to get lost in a large church. You can attend and never really get to know people.
Years ago, when I first started attending my church, I sat in the back pew and quickly exited after the service. But I missed out on so much by not getting involved and meeting others.
Now, I attend a small group Bible study called Life Group. My friend Marcia started this particular class as a place for people to really get to know one another. We go through good times and bad times and times of challenge. In the midst of it all, we know that we can count on each other to pray and lend a hand.
And we do Bible studies. We're currently doing Chip Ingram's study on Romans 12 called R12. It's really a good one.
But today we had a fellowship. That's always fun since we each bring a dish to eat; yum!Since we have several new members, Kathryn and Dave printed off handouts and we were asked to complete them. They asked questions like:
where you were born
your first car
how many countries you've visited
high school colors and mascot
most unusual job
favorite TV show
favorite music
favorite Bible verse
Then Dave started reading the answers and we had to guess who it was. It was such a fun time and we got to know one another better.
What a great ice breaker! There are many people in our group originally from Texas so there was plenty of Texas humor.
Nancy, Amber, Tom and Steve who really isn't sleeping; LOL. He and his wife Tesa brought the Starbucks coffee.
Hue and Andreas are originally from Indonesia
Marcia, Martha and Mickey
Kathryn and Ruth seem to be listening intently.
Rex and Jess having a good laugh
It was a fun Sunday morning for me. It's easy to isolate yourself when life is challenging. I'm so glad to know I have friends in real life too.
What a great ice breaker! There are many people in our group originally from Texas so there was plenty of Texas humor.
Nancy, Amber, Tom and Steve who really isn't sleeping; LOL. He and his wife Tesa brought the Starbucks coffee.
Kathryn and Ruth seem to be listening intently.
It was a fun Sunday morning for me. It's easy to isolate yourself when life is challenging. I'm so glad to know I have friends in real life too.
Happy Sunday!