Week 1:Week 1:IntroductionIntroduction

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Connecting ActivityConnecting Activity

–What is your name?What is your name?

–Why did you come to this Why did you come to this class?class?

–Share about one of your Share about one of your favorite trips?favorite trips?

My StoryMy Story

Walk through the class Walk through the class format and bookformat and book• Look at the bookLook at the book

• FormatFormat

• Assignment for next weekAssignment for next week

• QuestionsQuestions

• Small GroupsSmall Groups• Sliding Small GroupsSliding Small Groups

– First two weeks will be all together.First two weeks will be all together.

– Third week we’ll lock in the groups.Third week we’ll lock in the groups.

– Fourth week we’ll break out into groups at Fourth week we’ll break out into groups at the end of the class.the end of the class.

Spiritual Formation is a Journey Spiritual Formation is a Journey with Three Questionswith Three Questions

•Where Am Where Am I?I?

•Where Am I Where Am I Going?Going?

•How Will I How Will I Get There?Get There?

Where Am I? Where Am I? A Spiritual Formation AssessmentA Spiritual Formation Assessment

•WorshipWorship

•PrayingPraying

•Studying God’s WordStudying God’s Word

•GivingGiving

•Sharing My FaithSharing My Faith

•ServingServing

•Vital FriendshipsVital Friendships

Where Am I? Where Am I? A Spiritual GPSA Spiritual GPS

•Invitation to check out Invitation to check out VibbleSpace.comVibbleSpace.com

•What is my Worldview?What is my Worldview?

•What is my Personal Style?What is my Personal Style?

•What is my Pain?What is my Pain?

……as Yourselfas YourselfWe find it difficult to We find it difficult to love God and others love God and others

because we don’t really because we don’t really love ourselves.love ourselves.

Two distorted self-Two distorted self-perceptionsperceptions

•I am the center of the I am the center of the universe. I deserve universe. I deserve everything.everything.

•I am worth nothing. I am worth nothing. I deserve nothing. I deserve nothing.

•Both are self-oriented.Both are self-oriented.

The first key to Spiritual Growth is The first key to Spiritual Growth is to see yourself how God sees you.to see yourself how God sees you.

•I am not the center of the I am not the center of the universe, God is.universe, God is.

•I am a unique and valued I am a unique and valued being, created by God to being, created by God to contribute to the contribute to the universe.universe.

•God’s Way is other-oriented.God’s Way is other-oriented.

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