I’ve never heard of a care group workshop before and I’ve been going for CG for like a year already. So, not knowing what else there is to talk about bible study + fellowship, I went to CG workshop on a good Wednesday afternoon.The workshop sort of redirected my focus to God. I guess sometimes you just have so much fun eating and laughing your head off with one another that CG meetings slowly morph into a sort of social networking club. Granted there’s the bible study component that helps us grow spiritually together, but there’s also a purpose for us to fulfill as a CG, which is the vision set for CF this year (outreach, acts of love and something??) and then something about Ruth and the community showing love and including outsiders was mentioned. Blurred memory but the main point, if I remember correctly, is that as a CG we do not just(i.e. growing together also v impt) focus on ourselves but also extend to other people outside our group (and bringing them in) and be the salt of the earth in school. But more importantly, whatever we do in CG, whether it’s outreach, bible-study, or eating and laughing, the core of CG is God and the main purpose is to shine for Him.
And then Ainsley started talking about thermostats and thermometers which raised my awareness about certain aspects of CG that I’ve never really paid attention to before. Being a thermostat in CG means to set the tone/mood/atmosphere/dynamics of the group (like how the thermostat sets the temperature) while the thermometer-people are the ones that indicate/reflect/propagate the growth of CG. I guess realizing such roles give new significance to being a CG member.
It was overall a fun day of bonding, laughing and learning new stuff with the CF people. Then I went home at 6 o’ clock so the mystery of what happens after that remains with those who did not leave.