Opening
Icebreaker question: Share one of your previous new years resolutions and whether you were able to achieve your goal or not?
Worship
Worship the Lord together!
Word
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Hebrews 12:1-4
Prayer
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
- Additional Reference: Hebrews 10:24-25
- Share: In our spiritual journey, we are not meant to run alone, who are your cloud of witnesses (people running with you)?
- Pray: With a focus on thankfulness and gratitude, Go around and each pray for your spiritual community.
let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us
- Additional Reference: Philippians 2:12-13
- Share: What is an area that is hindering your journey with God?
- Pray: Pray for each other (one other person in your group) about the hindrances, pray for God’s power to be present.
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Additional Reference: Matthew 11:28-30
- Share: Who is Jesus to you? How has Jesus changed your life, how has he helped you in your journey?
- Pray: As each person shares, have someone else pray for them and thank God for how they have walked them and their journey ahead
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
- Reference: Church Vision: to make disciples of all nations, passionately multiplying disciples locally and worldwide
- Share: Jesus shed his blood for us so that we will not be weary and lose heart, enabling us to run the race that we are called to run. Reflecting on the cell vision statement, is there someone who is on your heart right now (that you know or from the request list) that you want to run with in their journey ahead? Share with the group who they are and how you know them.
- Pray: Pray for God to reveal how he will use each member of the group to welcome new cell members and multiply
Witness
- Baptism and membership:
- Are you interested in baptism or membership, ask your nurturer! Classes start week of September 23rd
- Cell Teams
- Last Zone, we discussed the cell team and the new cell roles, share with the group whether you’re thinking about below is the recording
- Recording: YouTube Link
- Summary of new Cell Roles: Document Link
- More Details and Sign up forms: https://gcgcny.link/adultzone
- Last Zone, we discussed the cell team and the new cell roles, share with the group whether you’re thinking about below is the recording
- Cell Outreach Process
- Gather a group cell members to go and get to know people/person that we are hoping to bring into the cell.
- Existing Relationships
- Share the details with the cell group and pray for the outreaching process
- Cell Request List
- The cell request list is for people without direct connections to anyone in cell right now, pray regularly for the list to see if God is moving you to reach out of any of them
- Existing Relationships
- As relationships establish with others in the cell (outside of the cell setting), share with them the purpose of cell groups (leverage vision statement) and invite them in.
- Gather a group cell members to go and get to know people/person that we are hoping to bring into the cell.
- Christmas EV: On Dec 20, 2024, we will be having our annual Christmas EV dinner evening. This year, worship ministry is heading up the annual Christmas EV dinner with dinner, and then a Worship EV night, headed up by Xiao. We are starting to gather interest in people who would like to help out with this event, and we would like to start early (August) in planning and preparing and working together to bring the vision of the Christmas EV dinner together.
- We want to offer many opportunities to serve for this evening for anyone who is interested in the roles:
- 1. Event planning team (Will meet 3-4 times to keep the organizing of the event on track and check in with how everything is going)
- 2. Worship EV planning team (Will meet once/twice a month for Aug/Sept to discuss and plan out the worship portion of the evening. Doesn’t have to be part of the actual worship team)
- 3. Worship team (Will meet during November/December at least 4 times to practice through the worship set)
- 4. Hosting Team (Greeters – Generally just greet and meet people and get to know new people and friends who come. Help seat people etc)
- 5. Hosting Team (Waiting – We’d like to have something more special and formal for everyone, so we’d like to have some people who want help wait and serve tables)
- 6. Food Team (Prepare/coordinate/work on food for the evening)