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Your Circles
The three relationships every one of us should have, and a page that makes you name who fills them
Community is not found, it is created. Your Circles is the page that makes someone name the people in theirs.
Faith is not a journey to walk alone. Three relationships hold a person up, and most of us are short one.
The three circles
We see all three in the life of Paul.
Paul, our advisors. From the very beginning of the journey we build relationships with experienced disciples. People further along than we are.
Barnabas, our companions. The people you simply share life with. Friends. You encourage each other because you are hitting the same situations and the same challenges.
Timothy, our investment. We are not only receiving. We are investing. Someone behind you is taking the steps you have already taken.
Healthy community has all three present. An empty circle is the thing to notice.
Work through it
Take the circles one at a time and name the people. The printed sheet has room for three under each one.
For every person, answer three things.
- Who? The name.
- How? How are you building that relationship?
- Why? Why that person?
Paul
Who are the experienced disciples in your life, and how are you building those relationships?
Barnabas
Who are you able to simply share life with? Who encourages you because they are facing the same thing you are?
Timothy
Who are you investing in, and helping to take the steps you have already been able to take?
TODO(nick): The source intro says Paul was an advisor to Timothy, then says Paul invested in
Timothy. That is the same relationship twice, and it leaves the advisor circle without an example of who advised Paul. Keep the source wording or fix the framing?
TODO(nick): Your Circles is a fill-in sheet with nine slots. Do you want the PDF posted so leaders
can print it?