Is it too late to join a Book Discussion Small Group for Lent?
IT’S NOT TOO LATE! You can SIGN-UP via our website at ctredeemer.org ANYTIME during Lent OR you can DROP-IN any Thursday evening at 7PM OR Tuesdays at 9:30AM and we will gladly get you connected. If you can only attend one or two gatherings, that’s a-okay too! Also, ALL those who have participated in our small groups are very welcome to attend a closing social following Taize prayer on March 15th.
Why consider being part of a small group? There is something powerful and unique about an intimate gathering of 6-10 people in a living room or a small classroom that forces us to think differently than when we are worshipping as the larger church at Mass. Small groups, as the early church discovered (Acts 2:42-72) is where the rubber hits the road, where we genuinely care for one another and our theology begins to be fleshed out in conversation and action.
There is tons of research that shows that small groups are absolutely crucial to the life and growth of any church. God calls us to love, not in an abstract or superficial way, but in a deep, face-to-face, transformative way…and this happens profoundly in small groups. The people we meet regularly with to discuss our faith are the folks that concretely support our family by attending graduations, baptisms, funerals, etc. This is how real “church” is lived day to day.
And our theology supports this concept too. In the doctrine of the Trinity God has shown God’s-self to be a community of three persons, equal in every way, living together in loving, mutual relationship. So, if we believe, and God has revealed, that God is a community of mutual love and equality, then whenever we find ourselves freely giving or receiving love we are actively growing in knowledge and discovering the truth of the Trinity in the most potent and powerful way…not through our limited reason and words, but through our graced experience.
In short, our Christian life is not meant to be lived alone. Our doctrines and experience point to the deep truth that God is to be found much more in the “WE” than in the “ME.”
Our CTR Small groups meet all different days, time and locations. Need not be a parishioner to participate, so invite your friends, family and neighbors too if you like. Books are still available 2 for $10 in the main office during business hours and after Masses.
Sign up here: www.ctredeemer.org/bring-a-friend-lenten-book-discussion/
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