Home Group Resources

Whilst our homegroups may not be able to physcially meet, we hope that people can find different ways either online, on the phone or via email to connect with one another, to encourage one another and to grow in our faith.

Homegroups begin week commencing 3rd January 2022 with a series based on the 23rd Psalm, looking this week at 'The Lords is my Shepherd'. See above PDF for full details.

Psalm 23 is one of the most beautiful and best-loved passages in the whole of God's Word. This serene and sacred psalm towers over the others as does Mount Everest over the Himalayas. The great preacher C.H. Spurgeon said of it: `What the nightingale is among birds, this psalm is among others; it has sung sweetly in the ear of many a dejected soul, and in the night of his weeping has given him hope for a morning of joy.' Many have memorised this exquisite psalm, but have never given the time to study it in detail. Commentators believe that this psalm was written during the time when David's son Absalom rebelled against him, causing him to flee into the wilderness of Judea. Outlawed and hunted, David solaced himself with images drawn from his more peaceful days as a shepherd. Psalm 23 particularly speaks to people who, like David, are experiencing a major upheaval in life. Do you feel let down by someone who has been extremely close to you? Have the skies suddenly become overcast and grey? Is a longstanding friendship about to break up? Then this psalm is for you. But even if your life at the moment is without such trauma, I recommend that you begin today by memorising the psalm and repeating it out loud to yourself. Roll every word around on the tip of your spiritual tongue and suck every precious drop of refreshment from it. Let it lie upon your mind until you feel its peace and serenity invading and penetrating every cell of your being. I promise you that if you will make the effort to absorb the truths that lie buried in this matchless psalm, you will never again be overwhelmed by life's difficulties and problems. But whatever our experience, we can draw from this psalm timeless truths about God which, once absorbed, will transform our perspective and enable us to deal with difficulties that come our way. This Bible study seeks to help us understand David's revelation of God as a Shepherd. More than that, however, we are pointed towards the full revelation of God displayed for us in the birth, life and death of Jesus, the Good Shepherd who laid down His life for His sheep.

The Dangerous Faith videos can be found online on the Open Doors website - https://www.opendoorsuk.org/resources/dangerous-faith/

It's a new term for our homegroups, many of which are meeting via Zoom, others keeping in contact by email and phone. The Covid-19 crisis drags on, so the theme for the run-up to Lent is 'Keeping going', with 3 studies from the letter of James encouraging us to do just that, which have been written by Brian Parfitt.

At the moment we are journeying together through the Beatitudes.