{"id":333,"date":"2008-01-11T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T13:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/life\/serving-like-christ-together-a-couples-small-group-to-begin-2008.html"},"modified":"2008-01-11T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2008-01-11T13:18:11","slug":"serving-like-christ-together-a-couples-small-group-to-begin-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/life\/serving-like-christ-together-a-couples-small-group-to-begin-2008.html","title":{"rendered":"Serving Like Christ Together: A Couples Small Group to Begin 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/serving_like_christ.jpg' alt='Serving Like Christ' \/><\/p>\n<p>Beginning in the third week of January, Tricia and I will be continuing the couples small group that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/life\/small-group.html\">we started in late 2007<\/a>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=QLrJ9FoJTJoC&#038;dq=beginning+life+together&#038;pg=PP1&#038;ots=tNvbROUTWf&#038;sig=qioviiqwdbhKgDswTLzdPuFcGGw&#038;hl=en&#038;prev=http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=beginning+life+together&#038;rls=com.microsoft:en-us&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;oe=UTF-8&#038;sa=X&#038;oi=print&#038;ct=title&#038;cad=one-book-with-thumbnail\">Beginning Life Together<\/a> series was our first experience facilitating a small group. 3 couples got to know each other, examine where we are at with our faith and ultimately grow in our spiritual lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a Small Group?<\/strong><br \/>\nSimple. Couples who meet regularly to discover more about themselves, build deeper friendships, and most of all relax and have a good time together. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Do I need to be Christian, go to your church, or even attend church regularly?<\/strong><br \/>\nNope. Everyone&#8217;s Walk is totally different. You don&#8217;t need to believe, or belong to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.browncroft.org\/\">Browncroft Community Christian Church<\/a> either. Just come because you want to fill that spiritual void in your life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is this a Bible study? What will we be doing?<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the completion of our last session we examined new studies to guide us in the new year. The &#8220;chosen one&#8221; for this session is the Serving Like Christ Together series. There is more info about the content of the study, including a video preview on the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetogether.com\/leader\/SmallGroupCurriculum\/tabid\/598\/Default.aspx\">lifetogether.com<\/a>. There is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetogether.com\/Portals\/9\/ECT_serve_sample.pdf\">study guide<\/a> that each couple will purchase for $13 which will help lead our exploration. There won&#8217;t be any homework. You&#8217;ll come watch the DVD, chat, snack, and go home. In my mind, this really isn&#8217;t &#8220;Bible Study&#8221;. That&#8217;s way too hard-core for me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>When will this be?<\/strong><br \/>\nThis go &#8217;round we are thinking every other Wednesday evening from 6:30-8:30. The first meeting will be January 23rd. At that time if we want to move times and dates around to accomodate schedules, we&#8217;re definitely open. The study would last for 6 sessions (12 weeks) ending sometime end of March. <\/p>\n<p>We will also be welcoming at least one new couple into the group for this session. It is awesome to be able to conenct with more and more people!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about childcare?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Small Group should be uninterrupted by kids (including ours). So, we will try the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Group members with kids could bring them to our house. They can play together in the basement with Mason and Anna. If the kids can&#8217;t stay down there quietly, one of the parents would skip the Small Group on a rotation every week to watch the children.<\/li>\n<li>All parents pitch in on a sitter<\/li>\n<p>There&#8217;s other ideas, but we can work together to figure it out.\n<\/ol>\n<p>We&#8217;re really looking forward to continuing a group that everyone points to as a great part of their life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning in the third week of January, Tricia and I will be continuing the couples small group that we started in late 2007. 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