Backyard to the Universe
Small Group Ministries
HOMEWARD BOUND
Opening Words:
We came, we gathered.
We told our stories, personal and professional.
We leave and we leave part of ourselves with others,
We take wisdom, understanding and connection to this shared experience.
Ever thus is the cycle of entering and leaving, of coming and going.
It is in the coming that we prepare for the quest,
It is in the leaving that we relish the prize - new wisdom, understanding, connection.
It is in being a "lover of leaving" that we move on our spiritual and professional journeys.
Check-in: How are you? What is going well? What are your challenges?
Topic/Activity:
Reflect on this conference.
What stories are you going to take with you? What stories will you tell?
Have stories, or your interpretation of stories, in your own setting changed? Have you told the stories differently here than you might have otherwise?
What has changed or reinforced your perceptions or way of being in your own setting?
What difference has this conference made?
Looking around the group.
What would you say to the group regarding your experience together?
What are you taking with you from the group?
Closing:
Sing or say,
"Go now in peace. Go now in peace.
May the spirit of love surround you,
Everywhere, everywhere you may go."
Amen and Blessed be.
Likes and wishes: How was the session for you?