Approximate Agenda for
11/15/02 Friday Evening Covenant Group (Meeting #2)
DINNER (6:30-7:00 PM)
LIGHTING OF THE CHALICE (7:00):
“Our
lives are made up of small moments:
sharing a meal with friends or family,
wondering about a question that puzzles us,
giving help to another,
listening to a person and being listened to,
talking with another about something that makes us sad,
an embrace, a smile, a touch,
offering a thought that might help, just a little, to make more sense
of it all.
Our
gathering here is just such a small moment.
It
is a small thing we do in gathering. Yet
it is significant.
May
we affirm and celebrate the moments that we share here today.”
( - Bruce Marshall)
CHECK-IN (<2 minutes each ŕ 7:00-7:20)
MAIN TOPIC (7:20 – 8:10)
OPENING THOUGHTS FROM EACH MEMBER (<2-3 minutes each ŕ 7:20-7:45)
“Timelines”: For each decade in your life, briefly summarize a lesson (or lessons) you learned or something memorable which happened to you and seems to define that time in your life.
“OPEN” DISCUSSION (7:45-8:10)
After hearing from everyone, perhaps it will be interesting to consider the existence of patterns and overall lessons, including:
Was the order in which these events occurred important?
What patterns do I see in my own events?
Is there anything about these patterns which seems similar for all of us?
If I learned a lesson in one decade, do I still believe and live it now?
What do I hope to learn or achieve in the next decade?
(Or other thoughts/views/questions which occur to group members)
CHECK-OUT (<1 minute each ŕ 8:10-8:20)
CLOSING WORDS (8:20)
“And
now we take our leave. Before we gather
here again – may each of us bring happiness into another’s life; may we each be surprised by the gifts that
surround us; may we each be enlivened by
constant curiosity; and may we remain
together in spirit ‘til the hour we meet again.”
(- Barbara Cheatham)