Friday, September 2, 2011

Big Group: Doubt

We have had two confirmation classes thus far. We are in our new format and our "big group" time for the first two weeks was on "doubt".



We finished our series on Doubt. Here is a highlight from the series:

Everyone has moments of doubt. We doubt if we are heading in the right direction when going someplace new. We doubt if that low-fat snack that tastes really good is really as healthy as it claims to be. We doubt if sometimes the people in our lives really care about us, despite the evidence that they do. And sometimes our doubts are about God. Can we really trust Him? Does He have our best in mind? What does that Bible verse really mean?

When questions arise, they can be a little unsettling, especially questions about our faith. But what if God was big enough to handle the questions? He is. What if He was secure enough to handle our uncertainty? He is. And what if doubt actually paved the way to a deeper belief, a stronger relationship with Christ? It can.

August 21st: Honest Questions
Bottom Line: Doubt paves the way to belief.

August 28th: Gray Matters Bottom Line: Faith grows when you learn how to view doubt through both what you know and what you've been through.

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Beginning Sept. 18th, we will have updates on big group time and small group time. Big Group time is where we look at wonder / discovery / passion. Small group time is when we look at our confirmation material.

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