1. Discerning Together The Spirit of Christian Conferencing

2. What to teach? How to teach? What to do?

3. To animate and shape governance To enliven and ‘discipline’ To encourage evangelistic outreach

4. More than polite disagreement Being the church shaped by scripture and growing together in worship and prayer A commitment to listen, discern and grow together. - even when we have failed before.

5. Christian Conferencing is a means of grace Meaning…. God is always present and conveys His grace, when we practice it.

6. Are we convinced how Important and how difficult it is to order our conversation right? Is it always in grace? Seasoned with salt? Meet to minister grace to the hearers?

7. Do we not converse too long at a time? Is not an hour at a time commonly enough? Would it not be well to plan our conversation beforehand? To pray before and after it? (Wesley, Works, 10:856-857)

8. Discerning God’s way for the church must be a shared desire and responsibility Realizing the Holy Spirit may convey new insight and deeper understanding as delegates from our worldwide connection share insights and perspectives.

10. They who ‘walk after the Spirit’ are also led by him into all holiness of conversation. Their speech is ‘always in grace, seasoned with salt’ with the love and fear of God. No corrupt communication comes out of their mouth, but (only) that which is good; that which is ‘to the use of edifying’ which is ‘meet to minister grace to the hearers’. (Wesley, Works, 1:236)

11. Reflect around the tables – 5 minutes - If you have a question in the group please write it on the provided sheet and hand it in.