GCGCNY Cell Plans

Sharing your life’s Message

This plan is designed to have a Nurturer guide the study, feel free to have other cell members support any of the sections as part of nurturing. All instructions are identified for Nurturer. A separate document (cell content) is meant to be shared.

This cell plan is based on the sermon shared on Sunday, November 24th, 2024.

Prepare Ahead

Opening

Nurturer: If there are new members today joining for the first time ask everyone to share something about themselves.

  • Note: Has it been a while since your cell has reviewed the cell vision statement? Review it together at: Cell Based Ministry

Icebreaker (Game): Guess Who?

  • Game leader will give a series of physical attributes to describe members within the cell and the cell members are to guess who.
  • example: My arms are toned… who am I?
  • Members can be divided into teams of 3-4 for more engagement.
  • Teams will need to decide who the mystery person is.
  • If no teams guess correctly then game leader can share next clue.
  • example: I have curly hair… who am I?
  • Continue to share clues until someone guesses correctly. Clues should range from slightly obscure to obvious as more clues are shared about individual.
  • Avoid clues that overlap several members (example: I have black hair).

Worship

Go into musical worship if someone is scheduled. Continue to ask if members of the cell are willing to lead this portion in the future.

Please pray for the group to begin the study.

Nurture: For those who would like to lot this portion of the night to something else feel free to use the prayer exercise:

Word

1 Peter 2:9-12

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

Discussion

Nurturer: Review the sermon with the group and ask if there’s anything that stood out, then go through the discussion questions. Ask the following questions, the goal is to facilitate conversation, not a Q&A, this section doesn’t have to have everyone share their personal thoughts but try to get everyone in the conversation. In order to allow for deeper discussion, consider breaking the group up into smaller groups to allow more space for sharing.

Sermon/Teaching Summary

We tend to identify ourselves by attaching a lot of titles through our relationships, our jobs, our hobbies, or our community. We often forget that despite these earthly titles, only one title truly matters (God’s chosen people).

We were created for a purpose/mission. We are only able to achieve that goal if acknowledge and live in the reality of our God given identity.

  • We are God’s chosen people, therefore:
    • We belong to God (v.9a)
    • We no longer live in darkness/sin (v.9b)
    • We are a spiritual community (v.10a)
    • We receive God’s mercy (v.10b)
  • As a result of our new identity:
    • We are special (living with a wholistic mindset of physical and spiritual).
    • We live in the light of God’s truth and power (We have been and are being transformed).
    • We are not alone (Together we share with others about the goodness of God).
    • You have been saved!

Main Reflection & Response:

  1. How do people identify you? How do you identify yourself?
  2. Get into smaller groups and reflect on the below questions about our identity:
    • Do you belong to God?
    • Do you live in darkness/sin?
    • Are you in a spiritual community?
    • Have you received God’s mercy through the cross?
  3. How can you go forth and show your true identity off this week?

Additional Questions:

  1. Are there things that hold you back from embracing your true identity?
  2. Is there an actionable step to embracing your true self that you need support with?

Witness

  • Ask your cells:
    • English congregation is planning to have a day conference early spring next year (April/May), we want to get a sense of what people are looking for and whether they’re willing to help with the event:
      • Some details for now:
        • The conference will be a day event
        • It will be for everyone in English and the focus will be around the 5 pillars of our church
        • A mix of equipping, visioning and fellowshipping.
  • Cell Teams
  • 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 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
    • 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.

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