This coming Sunday - July 28, 2013 - Tabitha Strickler will be taking Just
Coffee back to one of our favorite NOOMA studies - "Rain." She will
lead us in a casual discussion of the topic.
This week our focus will be on the last and twenty-fourth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Whirlwind." Traci will lead us in this casual discussion. What do we do when there aren't nice, neat answers?
A lot of us have gone through times in our lives that are difficult.Some have been small and hard to understand and some have been big andoverwhelming. During these times we want answers, don't we? We want to knowwhy. Why do we have to suffer? Why do bad things happen to good people? We justwant someone to make sense of it all. But we don't always get the answers, dowe? Sometimes we are left wondering. And those can be some of the mostdifficult times. Maybe there are times we need to be released from having tohave all the answers. And maybe it's when we're released that we are able tosee there may be more going on here than we realize.
Click this link to watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on February 10th:
Next week our focus will be on the nineteenth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Open." Helen will lead us in this casual discussion.
Does prayer really help? Many of us have experienced situations where we've prayed and it felt like God wasn't listening. And yet other times we've prayed or known someone that prayed and the situation changed. Does God answer prayer? Sometimes, but not all the time? Or does God always answer prayer and it's just that sometimes God says no? Some of us are angry with God for not answering the prayers we've prayed for years. Why did he answer their prayer but not ours? What if there's more to prayer than just God listening and answering? Maybe if we understood how Jesus prayed, our concepts and expectations of prayer would change. Click this link to watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on January 6th:
Bermuda Hundred's newest small group has begun! We're calling ourselves "Just Coffee" - a group meeting Sunday mornings for casual discussions of faith and fellowship.
Our first meeting will be tomorrow (July 29th) in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45am). Everyone is welcome! We'll have a chance to discuss what we would like to get out of this small group and how we would like to grow. All suggestions are appreciated!
Tomorrow...
We will be discussing Rob Bell's first film in the Nooma series - "Rain." Tabitha will lead us in this casual discussion. Come with an open mind and an open heart!
Things don't always work out the way we want them to, or the way we think they will. Sometimes we don't even see it coming. We get hit with some form of pain out of nowhere leaving us feeling desperate and helpless. That's the way life is. Still, it makes us wonder how God can just stand by and watch us suffer. Where is God when it really hurts? Maybe God is actually closer to us than we think. Maybe it's when we're in these situations, where everything seems to be falling apart, that God gets an opportunity to remind us of how much he really loves us.
Watch the trailer for the first film that we'll watch tomorrow:
What is NOOMA?
The name NOOMA is an English phonetic spelling of the Greek word pneuma, which is commonly translated to spirit or breath. Pneumatology refers to the study of spiritual beings, particularly the interaction between humans and God.
NOOMA is a new format for spiritual direction. It is short films touching on issues that we care about an that we want to talk about. It's a format that's there for us when we need it, as we need it, how we need it. NOOMA is short films that really speak to us. Concise and to the point, 10- to 14-minute DVDs tackle topics like forgiveness, discipleship, and unconditional love, making biblical truths vivid and relevant for today's generation. They will surprise you, touch you, help you to think in new ways and spark meaningful discussion in our small group.
