Opening
Icebreaker question: What was your most useful gift?
Worship
Worship the Lord together!
Word
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.Philippians 2:5-11
Discussion
Reflection & Response:
- When have you experienced/extended forgiveness
- In what ways have you sacrificed for others?
- Is there something that you feel God is calling you to right now?
Witness
- Operations Christmas Child – Nov 15th / 17th
- This year, our church is participating in operations Christmas child to pack shoeboxes for those in need. We encourage each cell to participate together and pack shoeboxes ahead of the drop off date
- Details can be found at this link, reach out to Lucas and Clarence
- Boxes, labels for gender/age, and elastics to close the boxes will be available in the English Congregation cubicle in the church office
- Packed shoeboxes can be dropped off in Pastor Santos’ office up to Sunday, Nov. 24th at 12:30 PM
- Each cell is responsible for coordinating Christmas shoebox on their own time
- For those that are not part of a cell, there will be a communal packing session on Friday, November 15th from 7:30 – 10 PM in the small gym
- Christmas EV: On Dec 20, 2024, we will be having our annual Christmas EV dinner evening. Begin praying for who we are inviting to this event to share the good news of Jesus others. If you are interested in serving, reach out to Xiao for more details.
- Cell Teams
- Thinking about joining the cell team? Talk to your nurturer!
- Summary of new Cell Roles: Document Link
- More Details and Sign up forms: https://gcgcny.link/adultzone
- Thinking about joining the cell team? Talk to your nurturer!
- 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.