Gathering is a focus group option to bring individuals together to encourage purposeful conversations about life and Jesus and to build friendship within the Body of Christ.
Gathering groups are designed to meet once a month. The intended format of Gathering is to share a meal, refreshments or coffee together and then engage in guided discussions with provided questions to help open the door of sharing with each other.
GATHERING MATERIALS
Introduction
January – Priorities
“The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.” (Genesis 25:27-28)
February – Family Love
“Let’s not have any quarrelling between you and me, or between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives.” (Genesis 13:8)
March – Courage
“So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.” (Exodus 3:3)
April – Focus
“The third time he said to him. “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time?” He said, “Lord you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.” (John 21:17)
May – Influence
“Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” (Ruth 1:16)
June – Forgiveness
“Have mercy on me according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.” (Psalm 51:1)
July – Obedience
“And the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?” (Jonah 4:4 NRSV)
August – Restitution
“But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now, I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” (Luke 19:8)
September – Vision for Mission
“They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord.” (Acts 15:39–40 NIV)
October – Grace
“Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back forever— no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.” (Philemon 15–16)
November – Wisdom
“Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him,” (1 Samuel 25:17).
December – Appreciation
“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.” (Luke 2:11)
MATERIAL DE ENCUENTRO
Introducción
Enero – Prioridades
“Los niños crecieron. Esaú era un hombre de campo y se convirtió en un excelente cazador, mientras que Jacob era un hombre tranquilo que prefería quedarse en el campamento. Isaac quería más a Esaú, porque le gustaba comer de lo que él cazaba; pero Rebeca quería más a Jacob.” (Génesis 25:27-28)
Febrero – Amor Familiar
“No debe haber pleitos entre nosotros, ni entre nuestros pastores, porque somos parientes.” (Genesis 13:8)
Marzo – Valentía
“Así que pensó: ¡Qué increíble! Voy a ver por qué no se consume la zarza.” (Éxodo 3:3)
Abril – Enfoque
“Por tercera vez Jesús le preguntó: Simón, hijo de Juan, ¿me quieres? A Pedro le dolió que por tercera vez Jesús le hubiera preguntado: ‘¿Me quieres?’ Así que le dijo: ‘Señor, tú lo sabes todo; tú sabes que te quiero’. ‘Apacienta mis ovejas’, le dijo Jesús.” (Juan 21:17)
Mayo – Influencia
“¡No insistas en que te abandone o en que me separe de ti! Porque iré adonde tú vayas, y viviré donde tú vivas. Tu pueblo será mi pueblo, y tu Dios será mi Dios.” (Rut 1:16)
Junio – Perdón
“Ten compasión de mí, oh, Dios, conforme a tu gran amor; conforme a tu inmensa bondad, borra mis transgresiones.” (Salmo 51:1)
Julio – Obediencia
“¿Tienes razón de enfurecerte tanto? le respondió el Señor” (Jonás 4:4, NVI).
Agosto – Restitución
“Pero Zaqueo dijo resueltamente: Mira, Señor: Ahora mismo voy a dar a los pobres la mitad de mis bienes y, si en algo he defraudado a alguien, le devolveré cuatro veces la cantidad que sea”. (Lucas 19:8)
Septiembre – Visión por la Misión
“Se produjo entre ellos un conflicto tan serio que acabaron por separarse. Bernabé se llevó a Marcos y se embarcó rumbo a Chipre, mientras que Pablo escogió a Silas. Después de que los hermanos lo encomendaron a la gracia del Señor, Pablo partió” (Hechos 15:39–40 NVI).
Octubre – Gracia
“Tal vez por eso Onésimo se alejó de ti por algún tiempo, para que ahora lo recibas para siempre, ya no como a esclavo, sino como algo mejor: como a un hermano querido, muy especial para mí, pero mucho más para ti, como persona y como hermano en el Señor”. (Filemón 15-16)
Noviembre – Sabiduría
“Piense usted bien lo que debe hacer, pues la ruina está por caer sobre nuestro amo y sobre toda su familia. Tiene tan mal genio que ni hablar se puede con él” (1 Samuel 25:17).
Diciembre – Apreciacíon
“Hoy les ha nacido en la Ciudad de David un Salvador, que es Cristo el Señor” (Lucas 2:11).
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