Exploring Life and Faith together
Being With is for anyone who’s curious about faith — or wondering if the Christian faith has something meaningful to offer.
It’s for those who perhaps feel on the edge of church — uncertain, disconnected, hurt, or simply searching for something deeper. It’s also for those who’ve never explored faith before but feel open to discovering more together with others.
It’s about sharing stories about our lives and hearing the stories of others.
These stories are the small things that mean a lot to us and they can also be the most challenging and life-changing moments of our lives.
There’s a space for every person’s life and story.
The only thing you are asked to do is be prepared to listen to others stories and maybe share your own.
Exploring topics like, Meaning, Jesus, Church, Suffering, Prayer and the Cross.
There is no judgement, no wrong answers and no proscribed path. It's authentic and real.
But don't take our word for it check out the quotes below.
Each person is celebrated.
What if our real human problem is isolation?
Our world believes our problem is limitation – not enough resources, information, wisdom.
But if we think the problem is isolation what we need is all around us: it’s all about relationships.
Being With creates opportunities to make significant relationships.
Through those relationships, we realise the truth we already know and discover truth through the experience of others.
We can’t wait to hear your stories and experiences and journey with you, discovering truth, beauty and goodness.
What happens...
It runs online and in person equally well. The group will have up to 12 participants and two leaders. The time is made up of 4 sections. There is a specific way of listening carefully that allows space for sharing.
Welcome: In the first week the group are asked what has brought them to the course and in the weeks after that the question is - what is the heart of your week? We ask everyone to respond to this. It can be telling the group anything about the week - big or small.
Wonderings: which are related to the talk or story which is next. The wonderings are not questions but just offering a space for people to share experiences about different things like freedom or feeling trapped by something.
Story: The story is about 8 minutes on a different topic each week, covering different aspects of the Christian faith from perhaps a perspective you've not heard before.
Reflection: Then there is a discussion usually related to the wonderings or the talk but can be about anything the group would like to talk about - the question to start the discussion is
"what is in your heart or your head?"
For more information please click on the link below for a video for more background information.