TOPIC
Meaning & Purpose
Handout: Learning Community Gathering #1
PRAXIS
WK 1 (Sept. 7-13): Reflect 2x on your purpose-driven activities using the guided recording. Practice Ignatian noting afterward using the questions that follow:
What struck you or surprised you in your heart-to-heart conversation with Jesus or your friend?
What did you learn or notice about yourself as you related to the person you cared for or accompanied in a purposeful way?
WK 2 (Sept. 14-20): Practice meeting people 2x/week (using the First Encounter suggestions on p. 6) & reflect on the experience using these questions:
What’s memorable about the encounter (the person’s uniqueness, desires, hopes, concerns, etc.)
How did you find yourself to be more like Martha and to what extent? (e.g. focused on the tasks, doing or “making things happen” mode, pursuing purpose, etc.)
WK 3 (Sept. 21-27): Read pages 5-6 on the “Central Question of Ministry”. Reflect using the questions on page 7.
Check in with your accountability partner for 20-30’.
WK 4 (Sept. 8-Oct 4): Repeat either the praxis from 1 or that of week 3.