First Study

Last night I attended my first Bible study with the new church and I really liked it. Every week this particular group has a meal together prior to the study; I like that they dine together, because so many groups I’ve been in have been so business like, no one cares about one another because there is so little time to speak. We dined for about an hour and then moved on to the study. This week the study took the form of a discussion about missions (this week at church was ‘Missions Sunday’; where we heard from a number of missionaries, both cross-cultural and domestic), the discussion was quite in-depth and this pleased me because I now feel confident that meaningful and informed discussions will be the norm in this group. Usually the study would be a little more structured and follow the passage taught the previous night in church, but as I said, church this week was a little different. I look forward to next week when I can see what to expect on a more normal week. Everyone in the group seemed to be genuinely lovely, quite intelligent and knowledgeable about the Bible and church history. Maybe this church is too good to be true; or it could be that my inner cynic is on a holiday; or maybe God is giving me a helping hand, He knows I need it!