Session 1

Aims

• To build trust and a feeling of being a group learning together




• To encourage group members to think about the direction of their lives




• To have a good time, setting the tone for the group

The first session is critical to the success of the rest of the course. For many participants this kind of group-based, interactive session will be unusual and, quite possibly, uncomfortable.

The DVD clips and activities are therefore designed to introduce people to the way the course will work, put them at their ease and get them reflecting on their own lives. So, don’t hurry things – let the group develop its own pace.

If you’d like to watch an excerpt from the first DVD clip, click here.

The session includes:

• Two DVD clips




• Introductory exercises




• Individual reflections on the participant’s life and goals




• Meditation on Psalm 139




• Follow-up activity

Session 1Life is for living

Session 2Oh my God!

Session 3Jesus who?

Session 4What's gone wrong?

Session 5Dying to save us

Session 6Into the arms of love