Group Expectations

1. attend regularly, six months
2. notify a member of the group if you must miss a session
3. arrive on time, close on time
4. be clear with each other about the quality of each member’s participation
5. participate in group decisions concerning format, shared meal, discussion topics, service activities
6. participate in service activities planned by the group

Check-in: Briefly let us know what you are bringing with you to today’s group.

"[This] is what forgiveness is all about -- working through the unfinished business, letting go of the pain and moving on for your sake. You forgive so that you can finally get rid of the excess baggage that has been weighing you down and holding you back; so that you can be free to do and be whatever you decide instead of stumbling along according to the script painful past experiences wrote for you."

• Think of a time when you have been hurt by someone’s words or actions. How did you deal with your hurt and resentment?
• Were you been able to forgive the person who hurt you? How?
• How did that experience feel?
• Is forgiving condoning?

Likes and Wishes

"We cannot let the world’s wounds destroy our spirits. We cannot let our hurts and betrayals destroy our capacity for growth and caring. That there will be judgment and, perhaps, justice, is necessary. That the violence be

confronted and, if possible, contained is essential. But, most important is our capacity to nurture a loving heart, to affirm and not to curse, to forgive even when we cannot completely forget." - Glenn H. Turner

"May the Love which overcomes all differences, which heals all wounds, which puts to flight all fears, which reconciles all who are separated, be in us and among us now and always."

-Frederick E. Gillis