Look Back
- What has stayed with you from last week?
- Are there any ways you have been involved in reconciliation of relationships this last week?
Conversation Starters
Ask some or all of the following questions:
- What does creativity mean for you?
- What is your best moment of creativity?
- How do you feel about what humans have made of the world?
Reading Scripture Together
Read the passages aloud together
Genesis 1:26-28 & Genesis 2:5-9
- What is the Spirit highlighting to you today from the passages?
- What do you think being made in God’s image means with regards creativity?
- What can we see about God’s creativity in these chapters?
Video Content 1
Culture made new
Discussion Questions
Discuss some or all of the following questions:
- How are you participating in ‘making something of the world’? (eg, making things, bringing out the best, creating order, etc)
- In what way can you see that culture is God’s call and gift to humanity?
Video Content 2
Culture made new
Take some time to discuss what struck you about the video.
Discussion Questions
Discuss some or all of the following questions:
- How are you participating in ‘making something of the world’? (eg, making things, bringing out the best, creating order, etc)
- In what way can you see that culture is God’s call and gift to humanity?
Response/Action
Ask some or all of the following questions:
- What things need to be condemned in culture? What good can be celebrated? What can be redeemed?
- Reflect on the clay pots story from session 1 and how it changed culture. Can you think of other ways where cultivating and creating new things changes culture?
Prayer ideas
Get in touch with your inner creative – draw something that reflects how you want the world to be. Feel free as a group to get as creative as you want! Let it be a prayer.
AND/OR
Pray over each participant’s work or ministry. Pray that God would use their roles to contribute positively to the culture.