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August - Week Two

Open In Prayer 

Begin by praying together – taking some intentional time to invite the Holy Spirit into your gathering.


Below is an optional liturgy you could pray: 

Lord, as the hours unfold, let the veil between our gathering and your eternity grow thin. Let the simple gift of a seat at this table and the experience of friendship be a reflection of Your unconditional welcome. Amen.

Table Conversations

This is space during your gathering to share a meal, build relationships, and enjoy one another. 


  • If your week were a candle, is the flame burning bright, low, or somewhere in between? Why?


Learning: Reflect & Discuss Sabbath Together

  1. As you engaged in the practice of trying sabbath (including implementing a beginning and ending ritual and sabbath activities), where did you feel resistance?


  1. Where did you experience delight? 


  1. Where did you most experience God’s nearness?


  1. Over the next two weeks, we don’t have a new practice - our practice is simply to, again, try sabbath. How are you feeling about this practice? How can we support one another as we try to sabbath? 


  1. As you conclude, spend some time as a Community praying out loud for one another. Consider breaking up into smaller groups and sharing prayer requests.


Practice: Try Sabbath

Refer to the Companion Guide for all of the specific details of the practices. 


  1. Pick a time to sabbath, and give it a try

  2. Pick a beginning and ending ritual

  3. Pick one to three sabbath activities to enter into the spirit of sabbath


[If you are looking for ways to go deeper, the Practicing The Way: Sabbath Companion Guide offers optional “reach practices”. Overachievers in the room: there is not an expectation to complete the reach practices, these are simply available for those who have the interest and capacity.]

Reminder: August Accountability Partner

For August, identify a partner within your Ethos Community that shares your same gender. This should be someone different than you were just paired with for June! 


Your role as accountability partners is to do the following: 


  • Schedule a time to hang one-on-one in person with your accountability partner during the month of August. Consider inviting each other into the lives you’re already living instead of having to create extra margin (ie: meal prep together, walk the dog together, run errands together).


  • Encourage one another as you lean into the practices via text etc! :)


 
 
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