last thursday, the nyc small group finishing j.i. packer's praying. it looks like we'll be joining the rest of the new brunswick groups and starting joshua harris's stop dating the church. since our books won't be here by our meeting time this week, we're going to get together for prayer and dinner.
our group is literally a small group. five of us--me, david, daniel, gina, and rebecca--meet every other week (emily moved back to nj so she's going to join one of the central jersey groups) at my apartment. i think our dynamics have been ok considering the size and it's nice to have familar faces but i worry sometimes about where this group will end up. rebecca is on a temporary "sabbatical" from goodnews and she is considering moving to brooklyn so that might leave our group with me, my husband, my brother-in-law, and gina. this works ok with me, but i think the other members wish our fellowship circle was a bit broader.
the challenge for me has been to reclaim some of the excitement of being a small group leader. preparing the studies in a way that is relevant and meaningful has been a lot harder than i remember from my college days. i think partly it's due to the fact that i've lost a lot of the zeal i once had for God's Word. please pray for me that i would have a bigger heart for these things.
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that is a tough situation. i don't even know exactly how to pray for it. but i'll keep it in mind.
Thanks for sharing, prayed for you this morning.
thanks for the update! let's meet up again sometime!
hoping the Lord will use the smallness to deepen intimacy and commitment amongst the members.
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