Leading up to Pentecost - the time in the Church year when we celebrate the imparting of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus - we gather to discover and embody the love of Jesus as we grow in attunement (a fancy word referring to prayer) with the Spirit. As a faith community, we are a “caravan” of people who are continuing to move and join in the redemptive work of God in the world. Throughout this series we explore settling in the Spirit - in our bodies, in our minds, in our faith - which spurs us on toward being the Church.
WEEK BY WEEK
April 11: Intro: The Caravan of Community, Acts 4.23-35
April 18: Settling to Face the Fire, Daniel 3
April 25: Settling to Resist, Luke 4:1-13
May 2: Settling to Join, Acts 8:26-40
May 9 : Settling for Good, Exodus 2.1-10
May 16 : Settling to Hope, 1 Samuel 1: 1-21
May 23/Pentecost: Convergence and the Spirit, Acts 2:1-21
May 30th: Memorial Day weekend Brunch
DISCUSSION PROMPTS
-As you consider our community as a “caravan”, what beauty do you see in that movement and where do you sense the Spirit as we gather together in community?
-What are some of the ways and places we might grow in becoming more settled in the Spirit?
-Read the passage for this week again. Pay attention to what you sense in your body. Are you open or constricted? Are you settled in the Spirit? Talk with others about your experience.
-As you become more settled in the Spirit, what do you sense Jesus’ invitation to be to you in following him today/this week/this month/this year?
RESOURCES
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community
Weightless by Marconi Union (music)
*Image credit: Dave Hoefler