We are a people learning to follow Jesus...on the way. Experimentation and exploration of smaller and collective gatherings leave room to be attentive to the Spirit moving among us. As we embody the love of Jesus in the world, we live out our faith a bit differently over the summer, especially in light of the pandemic. We’ll engage our “repressed centers” for spiritual transformation: thinking, feeling, and doing. Alternating between Communal Liturgy Gatherings on Zoom with Shared Stories and then Gatherings “outside the box”& outdoors, we’ll catch a glimpse of what could be as we live into communitas, during ordinary time.
**Please note that for the weekends we meet outside (which are bolded below), there are guidelines for meeting.
WEEK BY WEEK:
June 7/Zoom: Reaffirmation of Baptism and Series Introduction [Romans 6.3-5]
June 14/Zoom: Shared Story: Thinking (Justice in Education) [Isaiah 1:17 & Philippians 4.8-9]
June 21/@100 Acre Woods: 100 Acres of Wonder - the Beauty of God [Genesis 1 and Psalm 27]
June 28/Zoom: Shared Story: Feeling (Blogging/Writing) [Psalm 28.7]
July 5/Location TBD: Brunch Sunday (brown bag picnic lunch)
July 12/Zoom: Shared Story: Doing (Nou Hope) [Psalm 25.4-5]
July 19/Location TBD: Group Spiritual Direction & Yoga [Matthew 11.28]
July 26/Zoom: Shared Story: Thinking (Real Talks) [Philippians 4.8]
August 2/6151 Central Lawn: First Brunch Blessing [Luke 6.31]
August 9/Zoom: Shared Story: Feeling (Emotional and Mental Health/Spiritual Formation) [Proverbs 3.5]
August 16: Broad Ripple Neighborhood Walk [Psalm 22.8]
August 23/Zoom: Shared Story: Doing (Habitat for Humanity) [Romans 15.2]
August 30: Through2Eyes Walk & Talk [Matthew 13.15]
September 6/Location TBD: Labor Day Weekend Brunch
DISCUSSION PROMPTS:
Act: Name where the Spirit is moving in our lives and calling us to embodied participation in God’s redeeming activity in the world (i.e. to form/participate in a microchurch). Together, reflect on these experiences and identify how you might be held accountable to re-integrate that reflection back into practice, as we continue to discover the good news and be nurtured in it.
Nurture: Wonder together. Hold space to tell, and listen to, stories. Ask questions with compassionate curiosity. In what ways does the good news need to talk hold in our lives? And how God is moving us to embody the good news in the world? Where is God at work in your heart and life?
Discover: As we foster a haven of belonging, name the good news at work in one another’s life. Exploring this week’s scripture reading or liturgy, name the ways in which you see God re-narrating the world, or sharing your experience of the love of God enfolding you in divine union. Together, discover the kingdom of God breaking forth here and now. What do you need right now to feel empowered to obediently follow God’s prompting and join in the kingdom’s unfolding?
RESOURCES:
When Helping Hurts by Corbett & Fikkert
My Name is Child of God by Julia K. Dinsmore
Foreign to Familiar by Sarah Lanier
The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
Faithful Presence by David Fitch
MUSIC:
Chrysaline by Josh Garrels
Suite No. 2: The World Keeps Spinning by the Brilliance