Quarter 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 for the past few months.

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.).  

Introduction

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: Quarter Review

Invite members to spend time praying with “Quarter Review.”

Sharing 

Invite members to share, using the Examen questions given as a guide for group sharing and conversation. 

Exercise 2: Meeting Topics

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

Quarter focus:  Vocation Discernment.

• 1. Key concepts of Vocation Discernment

  2. Discernment Process and Method

  3. Three vocational questions

Listening Deeper

Suggested questions to deepen awareness of inner movements and further conversation

• 1. What has struck you as you have been listening to others share?  Do you notice any patterns or commonalities?

  2. How have you been feeling throughout the meeting? Comfortable? Anxious? Curious?

  3. Is there anything you would like to share after listening to another person share?

IV.  Moving Forward (5 min.)

• Wrap-Up:  Discuss group service project this quarter. 

• 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

V. Closing Prayer (5 min.)

Pray for each other or use the CLC Closing Prayer