3/3 Group Format

Announcements and Updates:

  • Start of next semester: Week of 9/7

  • Serve Sunday - 9/21

    • Serving 9am-12pm and lunch at City Church after!

    • Sign up on the website!

    • If you are in a city group you will sign up where your group is serving

    • If someone is not in a city group then they can sign up at their discretion

  • 30 Days of Fasting and Feasting: 9/8-10/1

    • 30 Day Devo - God Comes Where He’s Wanted - HERE

    • 4 different ways to lean into the practice of fasting:

      1. The Traditional Food Fast

        1. A rhythm of consuming Water Only from Sun up to Sun down on Wednesdays and Fridays over the 30 day period

      2. The Selective Food Fast

        1. A rhythm of giving up certain elements from your diet for the 30 day period. An example of this would be what’s commonly referred to as the “Daniel Fast” (taken from the story of daniel in the Old Testament, where he fasted for 30 days from “meats and sweets”). So maybe you remove “meats and sweets” from your diet for 30 days. Other examples could be removing substances such as alcohol or caffeine from your diet for the 30 day period.

      3. The Influence Fast

        1. An influence/modern fast is choosing something other than food to abstain from. If you don’t have much experience fasting food, have health (or other) issues that prevent you from fasting food, or if you wish to refocus certain areas of your life that are out of balance, this is a great option for you. For example, you might choose to stop using social media, watching tv, or shopping/material consumerism for the duration of the fast and then carefully bring that element back into your life in healthy doses (if at all) at the conclusion of the fast.

      4. A Combination of the Fasts

        1. If you’re like me, you can have a desire to let the rhythms of the Traditional Food Fast be worked into your life while also wanting to leverage the other days during this 30 day period. As a result you might do both the traditional food fast while also abstaining from social media for 30 days, or removing alcohol for 30 days, etc.

LOOK BACK (1/3 OF YOUR TIME)

As you gather, share a meal, or snacks & refreshments. Open your time together in prayer 🙏

Care & Connect

  • Share your name and something you’re grateful/thankful for 🎉

  • Share something causing you stress/anxiety. 😓

    • Is there anything this group can do to help with some of the needs mentioned? 🤲

  • How did your “I Will…” statement go from last week? 🤷‍♂️

  • Did You share your story, or God's story with anyone? 📣

LOOK UP (1/3 OF YOUR TIME)

Read & Discuss

This Weeks Passage: Matthew 7:24-27

  • Pause for a 30 second breath prayer - “Holy Spirit, Come” 🕊️

  • As we practice the way of Jesus, together, in Boulder, it is our intention to empower and encourage one another to put into practice the words and ways of Jesus. We will take the kick off of city group to review the 5% Life together. As we review, let’s share openly and honestly about what’s going well and where we’re struggling to practice the way of Jesus.

  • City Group Leaders, make sure everyone in your group has the 5% Life Review Tool to help them process each area as you discuss:

    • How’s it going in the practice of “Get Alone?”

    • Share about your commitment and concerns as you “Get Close.”

    • Share about your commitment and participation as you “Get Together.”

    • How’s it going in the practice of “Get Out?

LOOK FORWARD (1/3 OF YOUR TIME)

Obey - Share - Pray (never skip)

If necessary, split up into smaller groups to make sure everyone has time to share and pray. 🪑

Pause and have everyone in the group pray for the Spirit to show them how to answer these questions: 🕊️

  • How will you obey the leading of the Spirit tonight? 🏃‍♂️

    • Create an “I Will…” statement and write it down. ✍️

  • Who will you share your story or God's story with this week? 📣

  • Is there a struggle you need to share? 🏋️

  • Is the Holy Spirit saying anything specific on behalf of another that needs to be shared? 🕊️

    • Blessing, Prophecy, Word of Knowledge, etc. 📣

Pray for One Another

Pray for the person to your left: 🙏

  • Ask God to give them the strength to be obedient to their commitments. 💪

  • Ask God to prepare the hearts of the people who will be hearing about Jesus through them this week. ♥️