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Are You In Relationship?

Are You In Relationship?. St. Mary Student Parish Graduate Student and Young Professionals Discussion Group Monday Mar 6, 2005. Framework. Format: Small Groups & Large Group Style: Discussion

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Are You In Relationship?

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  1. Are You In Relationship? St. Mary Student Parish Graduate Student and Young Professionals Discussion Group Monday Mar 6, 2005

  2. Framework • Format: Small Groups & Large Group • Style: Discussion • Scope: Personal relationships at work, family, church, dating, and with God. NOT a support group therapy session. • Context: How to apply Christian values to our relationships • Snacks: Tasty

  3. Overview • Small Group Discussion Questions • Large Group Topic 1 – Relationships at Work Topic 2 – Relationships at Church *Snacks* Topic 3 – Relationships in Dating Topic 4 – Relationships with God

  4. Small Group Questions • How would you define the term relationship? • What relationships have been meaningful in your life? • Discuss a relationship in your life that has ended.

  5. Large Group Small Group Wrap-Up

  6. Topic 1 Relationships at Work

  7. Topic 1 Relationships at Work • Relationships with people whom you didn’t choose • Relationships that have an obvious purpose/goal • Is it important to have good relationships with coworkers? • Is it possible to do good work with bad working relationships? • How does your Christianity affect your relationship with coworkers (regardless of their beliefs)?

  8. Topic 1 Relationships at Work “The average person spends 90,000 hours of work in their lifetime. We generally spend more time with the people at work than we do with anyone else in our lives. It is therefore in our best interest to work on having strong work relationships. This doesn’t mean you have to be friends with everyone at work, it just means that you need to have positive relationship withy coworkers that allow all involved to do the best they can at their job.” [http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/coworkers3.html] “A Gallup Poll of over a million employees found that how long workers stay at companies and how productive they are is determined by their relationship with their immediate supervisor.” [http://www.fabjob.com/tips6.html]

  9. Topic 2 Relationships at Church…

  10. Topic 2 Relationships at Church • Relationships with people who you can choose to relate with • People that you can see once a week or less • As Christians, do we have an obligation to be an active part of that community, more than others communities we are a part of? • Why are you in Grad Group? What is the benefit to you and to the community?

  11. Topic 2 Relationships at Church “I once read about a survey where they asked 400 church drop-outs why they had left their churches. Over 75% of the respondents said ‘I didn’t feel anyone cared whether I was there or not’.” When a church’s survey asked, ‘Why did you join this church?’ – 93% of the members said, ‘I joined because of the pastor’. It then asked ‘What if the pastor leaves? Will you leave?’ – 93% said ‘No’ and the reason was ‘because I have friends here!’ [From http://www.pastors.com/article.asp?ArtID=3917]

  12. Topic 2½ SNACK

  13. Topic 3 Relationships In Dating

  14. Topic 3 Relationships in Dating • People with whom you share a higher level of intimacy with • People whom you choose to be with freely • Is there a goal in dating? • Is all relationship experience useful? • What is the difference between a positive and negative relationship? • How does proximity affect a dating relationship? • Can a dating relationship be viable without mutual benefit?

  15. Topic 3 Relationships in Dating “We’re hungry for relationships that are lasting, full of trust and fun… We want and need good relationships, but quite frankly, they are painful and risky.” “When you have good relationships, you don’t need to find security in something else… some of the deepest needs are being met” [From http://www.iamnext.com/people/quench.html]

  16. Topic 4 Relationships With God

  17. Topic 4 Relationships With God • Christianity calls for a personal relationship with God • A relationship you can choose freely • What are the mutual benefits in a relationship with God? What does God get out of it? • Are there any reliable indicators of a healthy relationship of God? Do you just know? • How can we integrate our relationship with God into all of our other relationships?

  18. Topic 4 Relationships With God “We’re hungry for relationships that are lasting, full of trust and fun… We want and need good relationships, but quite frankly, they are painful and risky.” “When you have good relationships, you don’t need to find security in something else… some of the deepest needs are being met” [From http://www.iamnext.com/people/quench.html]

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