YOUNG MUSICIANS DEVOTIONS ALOVE UK & MUSIC MINISTRIES UNIT This series of devotions on the senses has been written by Christina White who is part of CARUS, a new expression of The Salvation Army in Chelmsford, Essex. This series requires your group to split into small groups for Discussion and prayer. If this isn’t something they have done before you might want to consider appointing leaders for each group to help.
COMMUNITY 2 – LOVING Intro - Ask the group to shout out some quick fire answers to the following questions; • •
What is love? How does it feel to be loved?
Bible Reading – Romans 12:9-10 Activity - Around the room place four large sheets of paper (flip chart) with a big heart drawn on each sheet. Write one of the following words in each heart. Place some pens by each sheet. • • • •
Church Family Friends The name of this group
Ask the group to take some time to go around each sheet and write down why they love each of those elements and how they show love to each of those elements. Once they’ve done it they should get into their small groups. Small group questions; 1. Church, family, friends and this youth band / chorus are all communities we are a part of. Do we spend enough time investing in genuinely loving these communities and the people that make them up? 2. How can we start to do that better? Prayer in small groups – Ask each person in the group to commit to pray for the person on their left for the next month. Spend a few moments finding out what specifically they can be praying for.
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