October 6 Update

Dearest Small Group Members,

Thank you for all for coming last night and opening up the discussion about love and respect! (We missed you, Jason and Sarah.) I know this study has been hard on a lot of people but I can't say I didn't warn you. I hope it hasn't caused any unnecessary strife between you and your significant other. It is essential throughout all of your studies that we concentrate on what God has for us individually in each lesson. It may not be what you want to hear, or written in a way that fits you, or may not seem to apply to you but God uses these things to teach us different things. I think a little break will help us get motivated again and get ready for what could be the toughest part of the book.
As you all know from last night, we will be taking a break from the study to have a social get together where we can just eat and talk. Please bring your kids (except Chris and Anntonette, please don't bring your kids) and your food and get ready for fun. If you ask nicely maybe we will allow people to go "behind the set" and see the rest of the Shiver operation.
For the group study, we will be going over a few questions each week from the group study. I will email those to you weekly so you can think about them and look up associated scripture. We will start in two weeks with these so I will get the first few questions to you soon. The church and your beloved small group leaders STRONGLY recommend that you do the daily journals that go along with the messages. It is especially important because we are not doing the entire small group study. They started on Monday so there will be a little catching up to do (for me too) if you haven't already started them. They are very short, so it shouldn't be too much to ask. Here is the link to week one:

http://www.sagebrush.cc/pdf/journal/hz_jrn_wk1.pdf

If you want to see all of them go to www.sagebrush.cc/resources

Thank you again for listening to the Holy Spirit and coming to our group. We are so blessed to have you in our lives and appreciate all the work you do every week. Everyone has done great with attendance and homework and we really appreciate it. It makes facilitating conversation much easier when we have all read the same thing. You guys are awesome!


-Miles Shiver