Week 4 Discipleship Guide: One Family, Many Cultures
Rev. Sharlet talks about welcoming to our house or welcoming home is something we all say to our guests, family, and friends. The invitation to Christ’s table is one of openness and welcome for all people. You and I are part of the resurrected body of Christ- and we prepare and become Open Communion Tables- for others wherever we may find ourselves. Just as a table is not uniform – comes in different colors, shapes, and sizes. We all are Eucharist tables of different shapes and sizes coming from different cultures and traditions. And we offer ourselves to others in the strength of God’s spirit.
Thinking about the stranger, the outcast, the least, the last, and the lost:
1. How welcoming are we when it comes to those that are different than us? Explain.
2. How does that correlate into our churches? Explain.
3. Being welcoming is more than just “hello” and “handshakes” it is getting to know people’s stories. How well do we get to know people’s stories when it comes to those that are different from our own?
4. How is this even possible in a world that is filled with so much hate, fear and discrimination towards a stranger?
5. What are some new ways God is calling us to be Christ-like in our communities?
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