Week of May 30th - Trinity Sunday

Week of May 30th - Trinity Sunday, John 16:12-15

1. Typically, are you the kind of person that likes books and movies that make you think to follow along, or do you like those where you can just sit back and be entertained? Why?
2. Share with the group your understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity. What about it do you understand well? What do you not understand so well?
3. Each member of the Trinity is a person. How have you experienced the Father, Son and Holy Spirit individually?
4. Each member of the Trinity is God, and of the same essence. (Homoousia.) This means that Father, Son and Holy Spirit are each fully God. What would be the danger of not holding to this view?
5. Each member of the Trinity is interrelated and always involved what the other is doing. (Perichoresis.) Think of a time when you really felt God's presence with you. Can you describe how all three persons of the Trinity would have been involved?
6. Each member of the Trinity has permanent distinctions. The Father creates, the Son is begotten of the Father, and the Holy Spirit comes to the disciples and to us. We each need God in different ways at different times. Can you times when you might especially need one person of the Trinity?
7. Sum up how this doctrine can improve your relationship with and growth in God.
8. Pray for one another....