Cafe Discussion Guides

These Café Discussion Guides are being shared with you as a tool to facilitate your spiritual journey.
Each session will summarize the topic/practice, give an example from the Bible, and help show how the topic/practice continues to be relevant today.
They may be used individually or in small group situations.

Sing a New Song

We are called to sing new songs because God is doing a new thing in our lives and in the world. Songs are important part of how we learn, remember, and practice what we believe about God's saving story. These four sessions will how singing can remain vital for Christian disciples (even if you don't think of yourself as a singer).

Session 1: Sing Liberation

Session 2: Sing Tribulation

Session 3: Sing Transformation

Session 4: Sing New Creation

Practice Generosity

For Christians, generosity is not a kindness, but an expectation. Jesus' ministry was one of generosity, and he tasks his followers to expand his mission using all the resources, wisdom, and power we've been given. These sessions will explore four specific aspects of generosity.

Session 1: Share Resources

Session 2: Share Wisdom

Session 3: Share Justice

Session 4: Share Power

Practice Spiritual Disciplines

Session 1: Fast

Session 2: Pray

Session 3: Listen to God

Session 4: Embrace Simplicity

Session 4: Unplug

Session 4: Try Different Practices

Baptize

Session 1: Remember Your Baptism

Session 2: Cross the Divide

Session 3: Die and Rise

Session 4: Honor the Body

Follow Jesus

Session 1: Accept Jesus' Invitation

Session 2: Follow with the Community of Other Disciples

Session 3: See Everything through the Lens of Love

Session 4: Follow Jesus in the Making of Disciples

Welcome All

Session 1: Welcome Others as God Welcomes You

Session 2: See Christ in Every Person

Session 3: Challenge Othering