What are humans? (New Year)

New Year 2021 (27 December - 30 January). See the Resource Pack PDF for full details including weekly subthemes and daily prompts and Bible readings. See the Discussion Group Questions PDF to see the material adapted for small Connect groups.

2021. 

Writing those four numerals in late 2020 as this theme is developed feels surreal. Who knows what things will look like in a few days, let alone when the calendar rolls around to a new year? The world has been thrown off kilter by a global health crisis and the accompanying economic and social turmoil left in its wake.

Everything is on its head as we seek to rebuild a better world.

At the start of this new year we are going to go back to basics and ask — what are humans? On a physical, cultural and spiritual level what does it mean to be human? 

Who are we called to be and what are we called to do? 

How can we come together in this strange turbulent time to live up to our humanity?

We will consider the cosmos, gold, worms and how utterly precious we are…

Each week of the five week theme runs Sunday-Saturday and has its own subtheme, which contains daily Bible readings and thought triggers, see the Resource Pack PDF for more details. See the Discussion Group Questions PDF to see the material adapted for small Connect groups.