Stirred by the Spirit —Walking Together —Engaging the World with Love

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Stirred by the Spirit —Walking Together —Engaging the World with Love In Christ we are… Stirred by the Spirit —Walking Together —Engaging the World with Love Eyes Opened to the World Around Us Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Session 2: Eyes Open to the World Dwelling in the Word Luke 24:13-35 Acts 2: 1-21, 41-47 Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Session 2: Eyes Open to the World Dwelling Questions In the context of this day, what is the Spirit stirring in you through this text? How does this Word and our stated purpose re-shape, re-form, mold our thinking about what it means to be Church? Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Stirred by the Spirit Walking Together Engaging the World with Love In Christ we are… Stirred by the Spirit Walking Together Engaging the World with Love In light of the dwelling in the Word, reflect together upon this statement of Synod purpose. Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Session 2: Eyes Open to the World How does Christ help us to walk together?   What is God doing in the world, beckoning us to join in? How is the Spirit be stirring us to engage the world with love? Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Stirred by the Spirit —Walking Together —Engaging the World with Love In Christ we are… Stirred by the Spirit —Walking Together —Engaging the World with Love Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Eyes Opened to the World Around Us What do we see specific to our congregation’s context? What do we try to ignore in our community? What are untapped assets of our community? Important relationships we are letting languish? Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Synod = working/walking together How is my congregation already living into the synod’s emerging purpose? What could my congregation do to grow into that purpose? Where does my congregation need help moving forward? Session 2: Eyes Open to the World

Session 2: Eyes Open to the World