ChristCare Groups at Central

Find out about our Project Linus Missional Service Group

  • ChristCare groups are circles of care with Christ at the center
  • ChristCare groups are people who come together intentionally to build community with each other. We'll care for each other, share about our lives and our faith, listen to each other, pray for each other and be there for each other.
  • ChristCare groups are covenant groups - we make a covenant with each other about how our group will be constituted. How often and for how long will we meet? What will we do? What are our expectations as to attendance, confidentiality, activities? The first two or three weeks we meet, we will be working on our covenant together.
  • ChristCare groups participate in Biblical equipping - each time we meet as a ChristCare group, we will participate in some form of Biblical equipping. This is a form of Bible study which involves several elements. We SHARE with one another about what has happened in our lives. We HEAR God's Word read aloud. We EXPLORE what the passage is about. We CONNECT the passage to our lives today. We PREPARE to apply the scripture to our lives in the coming week.
  • ChristCare groups pray and worship together - each time we meet, prayer and worship becomes an important element. This may seem awkward at first, but as we build community together and become closer to each other, the time spent in worship and prayer will become even more important to us.
  • ChristCare groups participate in some form of missional service - as part of our covenant together, we will decide how and when we will participate in a project of mission or outreach. As we discover who we are and how God is at work in our lives, it is important to reach out beyond ourselves and to offer God's love to others. This is the way we express our faith, learn more about ourselves, and become the faithful disciples that God is calling us to be.

 

ChristCare group members participate in a Missional service project, painting chairs for the CCC Preschool

ChristCare Groups meet every week, usually for eight to ten weeks. Some groups focus on a Bible or other kind of study. Other groups are formed around a particular interest or need. All groups contain the above elements of community building, Biblical equipping, prayer and worship and missional service but some place more emphasis on one or more of those elements. The goal of each group is to share Christian life, to study the Bible and to provide support to each other through fellowship.

The schedule of groups is constantly changing as one group finishes and another begins. Watch for announcements of new ChristCare groups being formed and consider joining one. Call Rev. Gretchen Barron 428-4336 or email her for more information. You may also contact Ernestine Mrozinski by email about ChristCare.

Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
(217) 428-4336

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