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Leader Notes

Session 5: Slowing

SESSION GOALS

Every session has a point—what each participant should walk away from the discussion knowing, feeling, and doing.

• Main Idea: Physically slowing down trains our souls to resist hurry and increases our capacity to be present with God and others.

• Head Change: To know that our bodies are essential to who we are and physical discipline can help us connect more deeply to Jesus.

• Heart Change: To feel peace in waiting while learning how to slow down.

• Life Change: To incorporate focal practices that help you be present with God and those around you.

This study is a companion to the book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. However, for this study, we will not be reading the book together. It would be an excellent supplement for anyone wishing to do so.

Weekly Timeline

5 Days Ahead of Time

• Email the group welcoming them and providing links to that week's content.

1 Day Ahead of Time

• Send a reminder message including the time and location of the group

During the Group

• Warm-up Question:

  1. • 1. Do you prefer a fast-paced lifestyle or one that’s slow? What do you like or dislike about the pace of your life?

• Questions Before the Video:

  1. • 1. In what ways are our bodies just as important as our souls?

       2. What were three of the focal practices John Mark discussed?

       3. What reasons does John Mark give for our phones being a major obstacle to an unhurried life?

• Watch The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - Part 5 Video

• Use The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - Part 5 DISCUSSION GUIDE for the remainder of the group time.

• You'll need a Right Now Media account in order to access this material. You can create a Southside-provided account here: https://www.rightnowmedia.org/Account/Invite/Southside

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