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11 | Continuing and Spreading Renewalgroups may meet at your church or in homes. Most should NOTbe pastor-led. [ARM can provide you with a small group leadertraining session on DVD by Bishop Richard Wills.Participants may have a new hunger for the scriptures. Theymay have many questions. These needs are best addressed insmall groups.Preach on topics that build on what wastalked about and experienced at the eventPerhaps people in the church experienced some newexpressions of worship. Perhaps some new ideas were shared.Maybe spiritual gifts were demonstrated that the church had notexperienced before. Maybe some in the church are now havingnew spiritual experiences. Give your people biblical messagesthat will guide them into more of God’s truth and a deeperunderstanding of God’s heart on these matters.Schedule additional spiritual growthevents to take the congregation furtherSpecial Events are times of celebration and joy! They arealso part of God’s plan for spiritual growth. God’s people are tocome apart from their world and their work from time to time toappear before Him. God designed times for the people of God togather in His presence for spiritual renewal and growth.“Three times a year all your men must appear beforethe Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Feast ofthe Unleavened Bread, the Feast of weeks and the Feast ofTabernacles.” [Dt. 16:16]
Shepherding Renewal | 12God knows that there are special dynamics involved withspecial events, or celebrations when His people pull away fromday to day activities and pressures with an expectation andanticipation of experiencing God in new ways. When a churchsets aside special times to experience the Lord in new ways,amazing things happen.arm is a ministry of special eventsThat is what we do—we provide opportunities for people toappear before God in an atmosphere of special celebration wheretheir lives may be transformed.We provide opportunities for people to come apart to:• National Aldersgate Conferences• Clergy Conferences• Worship Conferences• Minister and Spouse Retreats• Regional Renewal Fellowship Events• The Methodist School for Supernatural MinistryYou may find out more about these opportunities on theARM website: www.AldersgateRenewal.org. We also provide sixdifferent team-led, local church renewal events for special seasonsin the life of the church:• Lay Witness Missionwww.LayWitnessMission.com• Venture in Discipleshipwww.VentureInDiscipleship.com• Lord Teach Us To Praywww.LordTeachUsToPraySeminar.com
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