Several years ago we had been concerned about lack of contact with some of our church members and so we started a Serendipity Bible Study to try to keep in touch with them. The Serendipity Bible Study is relational Bible study as you all know. It encourages the participant to relate to the scripture and relate it to their own experience. It was such a success that our “small group” turned into 12 – 15 people each week. After the study, we enjoyed light refreshments. These groups were held in the homes.
When we began to build our church, we found we had to stop it but it did help us keep in contact with members for that period of time.
Now we are trying something else. Our present study is interdenominational. It started by being a “Saving Jesus” study and we went through that entire series. Then we moved to a “Living the Questions” study. We have gone through two entire sessions of that. We have also done some “Nooma” discussions. We have gone from 6 – 8 in our small group to 10 – 12. We have six Methodists, one of them completely inactive, three Community of Christ members, two Presbyterians and one agnostic. It has been a very interesting group of studies. We meet either on Sunday night or Monday night…depending on the schedule of all. After the viewing of the DVD and discussion of questions, we have light refreshments and visit.
It really helps people participating to think about their scriptures and how they relate to the needs of people today.
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