FINDING YOUR PLACE AT
NORMANDY
THROUGH A FELLOWSHIP GROUP
Interested
in connecting to a new group of potential friends at Normandy UMC?
Finding a fellowship group…enjoying time with fellow Christians
in a small group?
At
Normandy
you may have heard of the Greek Groups.
They were started years ago as Koinonia groups….What is Koinonia?
It is a Greek word that is mentioned 18 times in the New Testament and
describes a special relationship in the Holy Spirit between humans and God
and persons and other persons. "It
means that my relationship with God and with other Christians is
interwoven. My relationship with God is affected by how I get along
with my brothers and sisters in the church, and my love for them depends
on my relationship with God. I can't really love God without loving
other Christians, or the other way around."
(1)
In
the history of Normandy there was concern that as we grew in size we would
find it increasingly difficult to keep in touch with our members in a
personal, caring, supportive manner. In an attempt to make it
possible for members to experience
the support of a caring group that small churches have, the membership was
encouraged to divide itself into small groups based on the theology of
Koinonia and at
Normandy
we called them Greek Groups. Since
that time we’ve added other Koinonia/small groups without the Greek
name, i.e. First Fridays, Mom’s Morning In and a more informal young
couples fellowship.
There
has been interest expressed in starting some new fellowship or koinonia
groups that would mostly likely meet monthly and have the kind of
fellowship that would open doors to those in the group being supportive of
each other in Christian love and be a link with the members to the bigger
church. Each group would determine their own structure to accomplish
the koinonia relationship.
Our
community, thus
Normandy
membership, is very mobile. Koinonia/small groups can be key to
finding your place in the wider fellowship.
Jane and Jon Kinghorn have a special interest in encouraging this
movement and would love to hear from you if this strikes a cord with you.
Is it something you’d like to explore?
Call Jane or Jon or the church office to see what’s unfolding.
(1) Building
People through a Caring Sharing Fellowship by Donald L. Bubna with
Sarah Ricketts
