Discernment Session 2
Discernment Session 2 - Chebeague UMC, Sunday December 1st
Greeting/Opening prayer
Review handout from last time: “Courage’s Role in Discernment”
Denominations - Lola
Distribute copies of the Denominations chart and point out a few of the features.
Then ask people to share their heritage and one thing they value from that heritage.
Silence
Methodist History – Lola and Gloria
Presentation from www.thearda.com/timeline/tlDenom20.asp
List of slides used in the presentation
Questions and Discussion during the presentation
Go into silence to allow time to process all this information - take time to reflect and note your own thoughts and emotional reactions to the material - to sift what seems to be bubbling to the surface for you in the midst of this first session...what might be of God...and what might be your own leanings.
Silence
Talk about themes and how history will be a foundation for how we move forward.
Comments, question, concerns
Distribute and introduce handout: Grace and Wesleyan Quadrilateral
Closing Benediction - Melissa