1. FO CUS O N FO RM ATIO N
Coming to Calvary this Spring:
LIFEGroup Summit
Justice and Mercy
…What does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy…

2. LIFEGroups Focus on Formation
SIMPLE IDEAS TO ENCOURAGE
Goals for 2007
SPIRITUAL FORMATION IN COMMUNITY:
Calvary Church will become a place
Bible Study:
West Michigan thanks God for
S cripture
Every LIFEGroup will grow a new O bservation
LIFEGroup Driver A pplication
P rayer
LIFEGroups will become a fertile Use the sermon follow-up questions
ground for ministry partners Follow a reading plan together
http://discipleshipjournal.com
Prayer:
Use a group prayer journal
Use a group prayer chart
Use individual prayer cards
Discussion:
Fueling Up Guide
Spiritual Formation Survey

3. Focus on Formation
LIFEGroups
THREE KEY PRACTICES FOR House Keeping Issues
SPIRITUAL FORMATION IN COMMUNITY:
Don’t forget to turn in your “summary forms”
Bible Study: www.calvarymuskegon.com (click on LIFEGroups)
creative-community.blogspot.com
“For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any
(click on summary form)
double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and
spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of
the heart.”
creative-community.blogspot.com
Prayer:
“They all joined together constantly in prayer…” How does my LIFEGroup fit at Calvary?
“They devoted themselves to...prayer”
“And pray in the Spirit on all occasion with all kinds of prayers
and requests. With this in mind be alert and always keep on
praying for all the saints.”
Discussion:
“Instruct one another”; “agree with one another”; “admonish
one another”; “encourage one another”; “spur one another on
toward love and good deeds”

4. LIFEGroups Focus on Formation
Foundations of Spiritual Formation: The Nuts and Bolts of Spiritual Formation:
In the Beginning: Our need for Spiritual Formation:
Two incredibly significant happenings are recorded in We were created to represent God
Genesis 1 and 2.
Sin has greatly harmed are ability to properly represent
The trinity worked as unity to create the world. God
The Father Decrees Jesus came to show us how to represent God
The Son Enacts When we look like Jesus, we are representing God
The Spirit Enables The most important thing for humans is to be formed to
look like Jesus who is the perfect representation of God
Humanity is created as the image bearers of God
God’s Method for Spiritual Formation:
Thousands of years later… The Father decrees us redeemed, allowing formation
Two incredibly significant truths are recorded in John 1 The Son enacts our redemption, beginning formation
The trinity worked as a unity to recreate the world. The Spirit empowers our redemption, facilitating formation
The Father Spoke How does the Holy Spirit Spiritually Form us?
The Son Enacted Through disciplines
The Spirit Empowered Through community
Jesus was revealed as the perfect image bearer The “One Another” Commands
of God
A formative LIFEGroup is a group of people
committed to influencing one another to be
“formed” to look like Jesus.