Small Group Fellowship

1 Corinthians 13 (NIV)

1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Background

  • Author: Paul, while in Ephesus, AD c. 53-57
  • Corinth (Kórinthos) : Peak city with two strategic ports on trade routes, $$$$
    • Multi-cultural
      • Black figured vase painting
      • Immoral vs. accepted
      • Gentile >> Jews
    • Multi-worship
      • Aphrodite
      • Poseidon
      • Roman Gods
    • The meaning of “Love”
    • Spiritual Gifts vs. Spirit connectedness
      • Temporary vs. everlasting
      • Corruptible vs. pure
      • External vs. internal
      • Achievements vs relationship
  • Key Words
  • Q: How does my relationship with Christ develop: today, this week, this year?

Session 1

  • September 13: Shins Hosting
    • 25559 Carrol Ct, Loma Linda
    • Kate Choi (Moon Kyung) to coordinate potluck. Text 909-380-6999. 
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
      • 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
  • September 20: Carters Hosting
    • 10982 Sunny Cove Ct, Redlands
    • Cynthia Carter to coordinate potluck. Text 530-592-5289
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
      • 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
  • September 27: Millers Hosting
    • 11881 Cardinal Ct, Loma Linda
    • Cristina Miller to coordinate potluck. Text 909-993-3215
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
      • 1 Corinthians 13:8-10
  • October 4: Lees Hosting
    • 547 Shadowbrook Ct, Redlands
    • Esther Lee to coordinate potluck. Text 909-957-9797
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
      • 1 Corinthians 13:11-13

Session 2

  • November 1: Parks Hosting
    • 11051 Boren Ave., Loma Linda
    • Ashley Park to coordinate potluck. Text 909-963-8170
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
  • November 8: Kims (Melody and David) Hosting
    • 26557 Hummingbird Ct, Loma Linda. Text 951-529-1759
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
  • November 15: Ims Hosting
    • 1000 Sunset Hills Lane, Redlands
    • Eunice Im to coordinate potluck. Text 909-936-3568
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
  • November 22: -- Hosting
    • -- Address
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow

Session 3

  • January 10: -- Hosting
    • -- Address
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
  • January 17: -- Hosting
    • -- Address
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
  • January 24: Kims (Erica and John) Hosting
    • 26621 Hummingbird Ct., Loma Linda
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow
  • January 31: -- Hosting
    • -- Address
    • 6:30p Potluck with Spiritual Sharing to follow

Couples Refresh Retreat, May 2020

  • Carlsbad, Yosemite, or Zion? 

Dear SG Family,
We'd like all the SG members to have an opportunity to Host and lead Spiritual Sharing, though it doesn't have to be at the same time. 
Please enter the dates you can Host the SG and when you can lead in the comment section below. 
Sincerely, 
David


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