Homegroup Study: Sharing your story

1. Witness (intro)
2. Love
3. Hope
4. Truth
5. Justice
6. Trust

The aim of these sessions is to give you confidence to share your faith through 5 personal stories.

In October 2024 we will have a series of events at St John's that we can all invite our friends and families to. But alongside this we want the whole church family to feel able to talk about Jesus in their everyday life.

The first study is an introduction that will help us to think about witness - how to overcome the awkwardness we feel, and the importance of sharing our personal story. The next 5 sessions cover 5 topics that connect with everyone.

Scenarios

We need to listen well before we can speak so there'll be some scenarios to reflect on that are based on real life situations. Asking a good question can help to open up a conversation.

Bible passages

We talk about what we're excited about, so each session will look at Bible passages that show how Jesus fulfils the longings of our hearts. There'll be two passages each time which will enable us to think deeper about the riches of our Christian faith, and so how it connects to those around us.

Read more about group Bible study

Sharing our story

For each theme, we'll be encouraged to think of a personal story about our faith that connects. Sharing it in your small group will hopefully be not too scary, and give you confidence to share it more widely. You could use the fingers of your hand to help remember the five themes and the story for each one.

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Praying for opportunities

Each session will have a time for prayer, where we can pray for each other to have the courageous to share our story with others. There might be particular people that you want to pray for opportunities to talk to about the theme.

Extra Resources

There are some links to extra resources, including some videos from Glen Scrivener that answer common questions. Glen came to St John's in 2019 for our "Real Lives" week, and has produced an excellent online course for those exploring the Christian faith (speaklife.org.uk/321course).

Planning your Visit

Welcome from the Vicar

Let me welcome you to St John’s! I am so delighted you have found our web site. We are a Church family in Wimborne for anyone living, working or studying around this area. Whoever you are, whatever your age, whether you’re an experienced Christian or not, we would love you to join us.

From an intrigued onlooker to the committed follower we are keen that everyone should grow in relationship with God through knowing Jesus. To help us do that our emphasis is on hearing God speak to us by his Holy Spirit through his word, the Bible. Each of us knows that we only grow in a relationship with someone and get to know them when we spend time listening to them and responding and reacting to what they say. So the focus of St John’s is on listening to God’s word, talking to him in prayer and taking up all that he says.

The Church family here at St John’s longs to help anyone who wants to investigate the life of Jesus. On this site you will find people, meetings, talks and events shaped to help you take another step forward in finding out more about God and his love for us in Jesus, and to help you get linked into the church family life.

I do hope I will have the opportunity to meet you personally in the very near future and that you will quickly feel at home at St John’s.

Revd. Peter Breckwoldt