Home Teams

Sunday evening I returned to Centerpoint to observe and participate in a kick-off fellowship for their small group home teams.

There were 16 adults plus the facilitator in attendance, about half of those who attended the morning service though the youth may have met somewhere else. A delightful couple was visiting and commented that they had been drawn to attend this week because of the home teams. Another woman testified that she had come into the church fellowship through a friend's home team. After some preliminary discussions, we divided into groups of four to participate in an "African Bible Study" exercise, I'll save those details for later as well.

That time closed with a season of praying for one another. The specific instructions were to pray only for the others in your group and not for yourself. "Trust the others to pray for you and you commit to pray for each of them this week." Each prayed for the others and received prayer for themselves and then left with an assignment and commitment to continue praying throughout the week. The atmosphere was warm, casual, and mildly intimate.

It is interesting to me that hearing the short, simple prayer requests of others and committing to pray for them built a strong connection with a small group of strangers. Oddly enough, they seem like friends.

P.S. Maryjo I'm praying for your joy; Jake for your ministry; Ron for your leadership. God bless each of you.

His Peace.