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This week’s focus is on our need and desire for inter-generational ministry from Titus 2.
For Personal Reflection/Small Group Discussion:
- According to Titus 1:12, the people of Crete were known to be “all liars, cruel animals, and lazy gluttons” (NLT).
- How did the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus, speak into this reality?
- Why was the “intergenerational model” recommended?
- Think about the issues that plague our own culture- a lack of truth, mean-spiritedness and self-seeking materialism and consumerism.
- How does the Gospel speak into our reality today?
- Why is an “intergenerational model” needed today?
- God’s vision for intergenerational discipleship plays out in a number of ways.
- It looks like investing in relationships.
- Think about the people you usually hang out with. Do you have more things in common than differences? Do they mostly look like you, act like you and think like you? How has this helped you grow?
- Are you in a discipling relationship with someone of a different age?
- It looks like investing in relationships.
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- It looks like events and programming that takes into account multiple generations.
- Think about the church events and programming in which you participate. How many ages are represented? How does having only similarly aged people make the event better? What’s the impact of not being more representative?
- It looks like events and programming that takes into account multiple generations.
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- It looks like involvement and serving.
- Think about the ways you are involved at WestWay in a small group, Bible study, Sunday School Class, or serving opportunity. How many age groups or generations are involved? How can you change this?
- It looks like involvement and serving.