Faith Sharing

Faith sharing is telling each other our individual reflections of what God has been or is doing in our lives.  Faith Sharing in Small Christian Communities inspires us by seeing how God's grace is working within us.

ANYONE CAN DO IT!!!!

Here is an example of how an SCC might experience faith sharing:

  1. The community gathers.
  2. The leader plays a prearranged song.  Note: The role of leader may be shared by some or all of the members of community, or it may always be the responsibility of the pastoral facilitator.
  3. The leader reads a prearranged reading from Scripture or from another spiritual book, or the group can focus on any life experience common to the community.
  4. The leader calls to mind a relevant experience to start.
  5. Each member reflects in silence on how this experience affects them.  "Does this remind me of a time when I felt God close to me? When? How?"
  6. After a period of reflection and prayer, the leader opens the time of sharing.  As volunteers from the group share their experiences, the other members are silent, attentive, and respectful.  We do not dialog with the person sharing.  We affirm what the person is sharing by looking directly at the person.  Verbal affirmations are held until later.  We do not preach at each other.  We just share our own experiences when it is our turn.  No one is ever forced to share.
  7. Between each individuals sharing, the community is silent taking in what each person has said and thanking God for the grace in sharing.  Silence is OK!
  8. After everyone has finished, the leader may close with a shared prayer or some other prearranged prayerful way.

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Fort Wayne, IN  46825
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