Housegroup will starting again fresh from the beginning
of September, though some groups are still meeting informally and for
fellowship. Why not take this opportunity get to know other socially
in the church during the summer holidays!!
Its impossible to know everyone in a church or to met every
need whether social, spiritual
or
practical.
With
this
in
mind
we
run weekly meetings
held in homes, where people can interact socially, build relationships
and explore the very important spiritual side of their lives in a very
real
way.
The programe of these meetings in varied from a chosen
set topic (that the whole church covers at the same time) to focusing
on the message preached on Sunday. On occasions group members may bring
a
different topic
that may be weighing on their mind or by the prompting by The Holy Spirit.
Meetings often
start with a wind down coffee (though some groups eat together),followed by
singing a few worship songs, before going into discussion/teaching. Often there
is prayer time for people with a need or greater needs outside the
group. Please note when a more personal need for counseling and prayer
may arise this
can be
arranged
via the home group leader/s for an alternative time or venue.
The
main purpose for home groups is for spiritual development, and encouragement,
where people can feel more confident to open up in a group of people
that they come to know well. There may be Christians of different
maturities, both spiritually and actually, but with discerning
leaders at 'the
helm'
all should be accommodated. Occasionally people may feel that a
homegroup they've been attending is not for them, in which case
a different group
may be recommended, as groups by their nature and diversity
differ in their individual ways.
There are at present three groups at the moment (two in St Ives and
one in Hayle) all on
Thursday evenings starting 7:30pm and finishing 9:30pm. We aim to
move one of them
to another evening as not all people can make Thursday night, and
are also exploring the possibility of a daytime or womens daytime group,
so watch
this space!!
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