Northfield Methodist Church

WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY GOD

Ice Breaker: How real is God to you right now?

1. Is the God we believe in as Christians better or greater than

    

     the God other religions believe in?

2. What are the main characteristics or attributes of the God we believe in as Christians?

2. What are some of the false / inadequate / wrong pictures

           that some people have of God?

4. How does Jesus show us or help us to understand who

     God is?

      Cell Health: When last did the cell do a self examination?

                           How goes it with the cell generally?

·        Are all the members of the cell feeling a sense

of achievement in the cell?

·        Is everyone clear about the type of cell you are?

( General Growth group, bible study, parents group,

   etc.)

          Cell diseases:-

          KOINONIA COMMUNITY

          Courtship Failure –

          SYMPTOMS: Communication breakdown. Surface chatter

         about “football” or “the weather”. Group sits like a poker  

         game with cards held close to chest. Feelings never shared.

         Or, if somebody does “open up”, nobody “hears it.” Nobody

         cares or gets close.

         PROBLEM: No group building. No bonding. No trust.

         PRESCRIPTION: Spend the whole first session and the

         first few minutes of every session getting to know each other.

        Covenant together. Share your “God story” with each other.         

         Your spiritual ups and downs. Hopes and dreams. Fears and     

         failures. And where you are struggling right now. The group

         that plays together stays together. Not fair having fun without  

         letting the other guy in on it.