We had our final Norfolk meeting on Tuesday, July 15th. The meeting was split into two parts. During the first hour Luke finished the pre-trip bible study on Elijah. We have been studying Elijah's encounter with God as a model for how we should be on the lookout for the presence of God during our trip to Norfolk, VA. He looked at 1 Kings 19:13-18 to show what happened after Elijah's encounter with God. Elijah still had the same verbal response to God's question, What are you doing here?, but Elijah's actions showed that he had learned something because he obeyed God and went back the way he had came. Furthermore, God showed Elijah that he was not alone and that he should not try to follow God's plan alone either. After Luke's teaching, the team split into small groups and looked at the questions below.
Small Group Questions
During the second half of the meeting, the team split up into four groups and each group was given two random household items that they had to use to create a competition. As a group they were given ten minutes to create the competition and then they presented it to the rest of the group and got volunteers to try it out. Some of the leaders judged all of the competitions to determine which group worked together the best, was the most creative, and presented the game the best. The goal of this fun exercise was to build team unity as well as have the team get used to playing/leading games because we will be doing a lot of games with people down in Norfolk.
Finally, just a final reminder that we are leaving at 5pm on Thursday, July 24th. Please try to meet in the SM Worship Room by 4:30pm on Thursday to check-in and get packed up. We are planning to return by 5pm on Saturday, July 26th. Below is the packing list for the trip.
Packing List
