Run for God - Week 8 - Sharing Community

As the weeks go by, I have really been encouraged by the Run for God participants. So many wonderful people and stories from this journey! I have enjoyed getting to know each person.

God designed us for relationship. This verse comes to mind when I think about the community our Run for God group has formed.

Hebrews 10:24-25 - And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,  not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

One of the many things I love about Christ Community Church is the emphasis on authentic life together. We share the good times and the bad, our challenges and opportunities, successes and struggles. I love the opportunity to share life with each and every individual I meet.

It's one of our Core Values -

Authentic Relationships

Because God created us for community, we devote ourselves to building healthy relationships.

Demonstrated by... engaging in life together with transparency, humility, compassion, and a commitment to speaking the truth in love (Acts 2:42-47; Rom. 12:15-16; Eph. 4:14-15; I John 4:10-12).

This past Sunday, after the motivational story and scriptures, we took some time to develop our relationships with each other. How often are we at work, at the gym, at school, at church with the same group of people but don't even know their names? What about what they do for a living? What about their family structure? To really engage and share life with others, we have to learn and invest time in each other.

We played the game below where you have to find someone who has done each of the 25 activities on the sheet. You can only use a person once. If you want to try a version of this game, just make up 25 different things. I made the one we used up. Try to find one that could be next to impossible...so that everyone focuses on getting to know people (not winning).

Find someone who

1.       Has a dog ______________________________________________________________________

2.       Lives or has lived on a farm ________________________________________________________

3.       Has ran a 5k ____________________________________________________________________

4.       Was born in another country (not USA) ______________________________________________

5.       Was born in July _________________________________________________________________

6.       Is single _______________________________________________________________________

7.       Has three children _______________________________________________________________

8.       Speaks another language (slang does not count) _______________________________________

9.       Is an only child _________________________________________________________________

10.    Doesn’t like spicy food ____________________________________________________________

11.    Can swim well __________________________________________________________________

12.    Is still in school __________________________________________________________________

13.    Can ski (water or snow) ___________________________________________________________

14.    Does not like college football ______________________________________________________

15.    Can name at least 5 presidents _____________________________________________________

16.    Has an interesting talent: What is it? ________________________________________________

17.    Can sew _______________________________________________________________________

18.    Has a collection of something. What is it? ____________________________________________

19.    Drank coffee this morning _________________________________________________________

20.    Reads the newspaper daily ________________________________________________________

21.    Has worked more than 5 jobs in his/her life ___________________________________________

22.    Owns their own business or works for a family business _________________________________

23.    Is a twin or has twins in their immediate family ________________________________________

24.    Loves road trips _________________________________________________________________

25.    Can tell a good/ clean joke ________________________________________________________

After the game, we did a short (very short) discussion on fat vs muscle and then we ran! 25 minutes of running!

So if you are following along for the workouts. This week's workout is 5 minute warm up, 25 minute run, 5 min cool down, stretch.