Break Review

Introduction & Welcome (1 min.)

Welcome members back after the break and to the new quarter. Thank them for coming.

I. Opening Prayer (5 min.)

Grace: To identify the graces over the break and to find God in all things .

Use the grace or a suggested scriptural passage above to create your own prayer. You may also use the prayer below. After reading the scripture, say:

Almighty God, we thank You for gathering us here tonight. Thank You for Your invitation to come to You for rest and learn from You, for Your yoke is easy and Your burden light. We pray for the grace of being attentive to how You have loved us over the quarter and the break. Help us to identify those graces and give You glory. Amen.

Note: Ask for a volunteer to lead opening and closing prayers for the next meeting.

II. Check-In (5 min.)

• What were some of your high and low points of the week?

III. Focus Exercise (40 min.)

Materials Needed:

• CLC supply box (CLC journal booklets, papers, pens, etc.), instrumental music,
• Break Review (found in journal booklets)

Introduction

1. Feel free to use any song to set the tone.
2. This meeting will center around looking back at the past few months and the break in order to help the group process all that has happened and changed. It will help deepen the group’s practice of finding God in all aspects of their lives and learning to be more attentive to God’s movements in their everyday experiences as well as more momentous times, particularly in change.

Exercise 1: Break Review Questions (30 min.)

Allow everyone to spend some time in prayer and reflection for 5-7 minutes on the following questions and then have an open and honest discussion about them (remind everyone about confidentiality). The Break Review questions can also be found in their journal booklets. Play some instrumental music in the background.

Sharing

1. What changes, if any, have you noticed in your relationships with friends, significant others, family, the Church, and/or God in the past quarter or over the break?
2. What are your feelings about coming back to school? What are your hopes for this quarter?
3. How do you feel about renewing your commitment to CLC for the rest of the year?

Exercise 2: Meeting Topics

Preview the meeting topics for the rest of the quarter. Check in and discuss them.

Listening Deeper

Suggested questions to deepen awareness of inner movements and further conversation

• What has struck you as you have been listening to others share? Do you notice any patterns or commonalities?
• How have you been feeling throughout the meeting? Comfortable? Anxious? Curious?
• Is there anything you would like to share after listening to another person share?

IV. Moving Forward (5 min.)

• Wrap-Up: Thank members for their openness and participation. Emphasize that God is with us at all times and in all aspects of our lives, such as in whatever changes or transitions might be taking place for us now as well as in more commonplace moments of each day.
• Action:
  • Pray with the question, “What do you want to get out of CLC this quarter?”
  • Ask God, “What do you want me to get out of CLC this quarter?”
• Announcements:
  • Topic for next meeting and upcoming CLC events
  • Make sure to confirm that the group is still in agreement on the meeting day and time for this quarter

V. Closing Prayer (5 min.)

Invite members to lift up their intentions before or after reading the prayer below: