• Help us learn how to pray in different ways
• Help us grow as a Christian
• Teach us about evangelism and how sharing our faith can help us and others grow
• Promote fellowship and friendship in a small group setting
• Inspire and excite us about God’s presence in our lives
  

Dear Church family,

Last Fall, several Elders and Deacons were part of a small-group leadership study based on a book entitled Unbinding the Gospel. Over the course of 8 weeks, we met regularly, discussed the book, prayed for each other, and talked about our faith experiences. In these few weeks, we became more confident in our Christianity!

This same small-group study experience is now being offered to our whole church during Lent. Please join us for this exciting adventure in Christianity. We’ll all be discussing a companion book to Unbinding the Gospel entitled Unbinding Your Heart. The study, also called an “E-vent”, will begin the week of February 22nd on Ash Wednesday and concludes the week of April 4th. Please join us for a very special, all-church study. “This book is about untying the knots that keep us from living exciting lives … with God and with each other.” “It’s about unbinding the Good News that God adores us and everyone else, that God has shown this to us through Jesus Christ.”* It’s also a prayer journal with many forms of classic Christian prayer included in the daily prayers that accompany the study.

We would love to have you take part of one of these rich group events. You can share in the group experience with no pressure to “do” anything other than read each week’s chapter, do the daily prayer exercises and attend six meetings.

Discussions at group meetings will be strictly confidential. At prayer times, we will be encouraged to pray in whatever way that is comfortable for each of us. These group meetings are intended to put us at ease with one another, our faith, and with God.

People in churches across the country are excited about what is happening in their congregations through their ‘Events’: deeper relationships with God, a rich, meaningful personal prayer life, and a new sense of God’s activity in their lives. People are saying they can be more ‘real’ with others as their relationship with God grows … and that this extends to relationships within their families and with people in every area of their lives.

Call the church at (408) 297-7212 or stop by the table in the narthex on Sunday for group meeting days and times and to receive your copy of Unbinding Your Heart. We’d love to have you with us!

Joyfully, in Christ’s Service,

P.S.: If you have questions about this all-church study, please contact Pastor Sharon,  Judy Lacoco, Pat Plant, or Charlotte Powers.
* Quotes are from the introduction to Unbinding Your Heart, page 3.