Restoration Ministries: Faith & Friendship

Faith and Friendship Guidelines 2007-2008

“MOMENTS OF RECOGNITION"

Format for the Monthly Meeting

Opening Prayer: A Prayer of Faith and Friendship

Father, we come together in this gathering of Faith and Friendship

to give and to receive
to share and to listen
to understand
and to discover the richness of your life in one another.

We thank you for your gift of faith
and for the various ways we express that gift within our different faith traditions.
We thank you for your gift of friendship
and for the working of your Spirit that has brought us to this meeting place.
We ask for an outpouring of your peace on this neighbourhood where we meet.
We pray for an awakening of Christian community within this land.
Grant that we might catch a vision of the unity you desire for all your people,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Reading the Scripture Passage
(Please turn to the relevant page)
Sharing on the Scripture Passage
(Is there anything in the passage that speaks directly to you or any thoughts relating to the passage that you would like to share with others in your group?)
Reading and/or Commenting on the Reflection
Suggestions for Sharing and Doing
(Please find on relevant page for each month)

Time to pray

Thanksgiving
Repentance
Intercession – to include prayer for peace in your own country and other areas of the world where there is ongoing strife
Time to remember the other gatherings of Faith and Friendship

Celebration of Friendship

Encouragement
Sharing of stories
Sharing supper together