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Housegoup
Posted by Derrick
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We had our first housegroup the other day and it was great. People were supposed to turn up at half seven but most of us were there (5 of the 6) by half six and we had the best time.
It was a remarkable time of fellowship. It was nice just getting to chat and spend time before our kids went to bed having fun, finishing cooking, setting out stuff etc. I also had time to indulge in a little light scripture reading.
We started with some communion. It had been decided that we needed to focus ourselves on this aspect of the biblical church. It really is something that the church has made into something it isn't. A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine, whose church is in interregnum, posted on facebook that they had only been able to have half a communion because the locum priest had not turned up! Ridiculous idea that Christians could not share bread and wine because someone with a dog collar had not blessed the wine.
We used homemade wine and a glass of grape juice. Plain, simple but very moving.
This was followed by a meal of spaghetti (miracle of miracles, I didn't cook too much!) followed by a luscious cheesecake.
We were not going to have a bible study as we just wanted some fellowship to start and we ended up chatting and laughing for ages whilst someone with a wonderful servant heart did the dishes (and didn't try to put them away either, which is a real blessing). The time for prayer. Lots to pray about and we entered into it with gusto.
Having said earlier in the evening that I was not often blessed with 'words' or 'pictures', the Lord in His wisdom decided to give me two! Once delivered, time for a little more chat and then people left; a lot later than planned.
What did we learn? We learned that each and every one of us is different. We, of course, knew this, but we delved more into each others backgrounds and learned so much more about what makes us tick.
We learned that studying the bible is great but that it is only one part of what a housegroup should be. It cements us together yes but it also should encourage us to seek out more people, to help bring light to the darkness and to show the unloved that there are places in the world where there is no judgement and there is nothing but love.
It was a remarkable time of fellowship. It was nice just getting to chat and spend time before our kids went to bed having fun, finishing cooking, setting out stuff etc. I also had time to indulge in a little light scripture reading.
We started with some communion. It had been decided that we needed to focus ourselves on this aspect of the biblical church. It really is something that the church has made into something it isn't. A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine, whose church is in interregnum, posted on facebook that they had only been able to have half a communion because the locum priest had not turned up! Ridiculous idea that Christians could not share bread and wine because someone with a dog collar had not blessed the wine.
We used homemade wine and a glass of grape juice. Plain, simple but very moving.
This was followed by a meal of spaghetti (miracle of miracles, I didn't cook too much!) followed by a luscious cheesecake.
We were not going to have a bible study as we just wanted some fellowship to start and we ended up chatting and laughing for ages whilst someone with a wonderful servant heart did the dishes (and didn't try to put them away either, which is a real blessing). The time for prayer. Lots to pray about and we entered into it with gusto.
Having said earlier in the evening that I was not often blessed with 'words' or 'pictures', the Lord in His wisdom decided to give me two! Once delivered, time for a little more chat and then people left; a lot later than planned.
What did we learn? We learned that each and every one of us is different. We, of course, knew this, but we delved more into each others backgrounds and learned so much more about what makes us tick.
We learned that studying the bible is great but that it is only one part of what a housegroup should be. It cements us together yes but it also should encourage us to seek out more people, to help bring light to the darkness and to show the unloved that there are places in the world where there is no judgement and there is nothing but love.
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