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PART ONE
Tracking the Spirit Within Me
Meeting 6: Do I want to
continue in this group?
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Opening prayer:
Music, Scripture (Luke
2:41-52), poetry, environment, anything that contributes to the
spirit of the meeting. (4-5 minutes)
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Check-in:
How am I feeling as I begin
this meeting? (10 minutes total)
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Reflection
(facilitator read): This is
the time to reflect on whether I wish to continue in this group.
What do I look for? Do I or do I not feel more spiritually alive
now than before I joined this group? Am I finding more here than
friendship? Am I willing to share this experience with any group
of like-spirited people? Does the grace of this experience
outweigh any doubts or questions I may have about it? Neither
staying nor leaving is better. What is important is to follow
God’s desires for me made manifest through my deepest desires. If
there is deep peace about being in this group, then God may be
inviting me to continue in it. If I do not, then God may be
inviting me to leave. Either choice is equally good and to be
embraced. Short silence (2-3 min)
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Sharing
(facilitator read): What
struck me in this reflection? Do I desire to continue on in this
group? + + + After the sharings are finished, have open
conversation until finished. + + + Close
with the exchange of Christ’s peace with each other. Those who
have chosen to leave the group and those who have chosen to stay
may each gather in the center of a circle to ask for each others’
blessing. Those who are discontinuing may then leave the meeting.
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Break
(15 minutes, optional)
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Open conversation
& questions
about
matters of interest and concern.
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Preview next topic
to pray over in
preparation for the next meeting.
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Business:
Place for next meeting,
facilitator, prayer leader, other issues.
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Review of meeting:
How was I moved during this
meeting? Where did I feel positive energy? Where discomfort?
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Closing prayer
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Social
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