E-Mail Updates from FaithQuest Groups
From Rocky Mountain Conference:
FQ study group has been "life-changing" for these folks.From East Ohio Conference:
FaithQuest is up and running — and running well here at Main Avenue UMC. We started in October with a rather rough beginning. The videos are great, as is the whole lesson layout. What I didn't take into consideration was that most of the church leaders have NEVER been in a structured Bible study. We spent a lot of our time on the Bible study, as that is what they were most interested in. I kept trying to use the videos, but finally decided to use them a different way. I now use them in MY preparation and include the information in another way. I also bring the church issues and plans into this class. There have been wonderful suggestions from the class in regard to our church and how we carry on the business of furthering the kingdom of God. For example, during Communion we put pieces of paper with these words: "Lord, I know I am a sinner, please forgive me especially for . . ." in the bulletin. The congregation was instructed to write and bring the papers forward as they came for the Lord"s Supper. At the close of the service, we shredded the papers, symbolizing how God removes our sins. Another thing is that the FaithQuest group is shaping goals for 2001 planning. This is only a tip of what is happening with our FaithQuest group. The group includes people who have not come together before to learn and share. The leadership of our church will be strengthened by the time we come to the close of this study.From Louisiana Conference:
Everyone has found the Bible study interesting and feels that we have learned to look at the Scriptures from another aspect.From an annual conference coordinator:
Exciting reports from churches that were in our fall training event here — so good in fact that the Capitol District wants to sponsor a training event soon. It will be a statewide event again, but they want to really do a focused push on their district churches.